The Riekes Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood of Redwood City. Our mission, rooted in the initial work of our founder, is to provide each student with the best possible opportunity to define and accomplish individual goals, build character, and learn transferable life skills through Creative Arts, Athletic Fitness, Nature Awareness, and Community Service, in an environment of non-judgment and mutual respect. While the Riekes Center core programs focus on the arts, fitness, and nature, the scope of our programming has evolved to match the specific needs and interests of the 7,000 participants we impact annually. The Riekes Center works with students of all ages and backgrounds and is world renowned as a provider of veterans and adaptive services, in addition to serving as a Paralympic Sport Club. From professional athletes and award-winning filmmakers and musicians, to our many youth, veteran, and elder students, the only requirement for enrolling in a program is that the participant must embody the belief that “each participant is as important as anyone in the history of the world”.