Wheelchair basketball Feb 16-17

Wheelchair basketball

WHEELER HOSTS YOUTH TOURNAMENT: Wheeler High School will host the Midwest Conference wheelchair basketball tournament this weekend. Round-robin play will be held in the prep (age 6-12), JV (early teens) and varsity (18 and under) divisions Saturday with bracket play Sunday. The field of 17 includes a Hammond-based team in the JV division and the Fort Wayne-based Turnstone Flyers, who are ranked second in the nation in the varsity division. Wheeler senior Jared Arambula is a member of the Flyers. Games will begin at 8:30 a.m. each day with the championships scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is free.

http://nwi.com/articles/2008/02/15/sports/region_sports/doc252da5d2aa2b6a6b862573f000143a47.txt

ADAPTIVE SLED HOCKEY CLINIC

RHI SPORTS

ADAPTIVE SLED HOCKEY CLINIC

WHEN: Saturday, March 8th

12:00 - 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Ellenberger Park & Ice Rink

5301 E. ST. Clair Street

Indianapolis, IN

WHO: Anybody who wants to try out Sled hockey. This sport is more challenging for those who have decreased arm and hand coordination. However, we can always adapt the equipment if you want to try.

PRICE: $10 includes gear and lunch.

RESERVATIONS:

Please RSVP to:

Pat Dean via pdean@rhin.com

or call Pat at 317-329-2281 By

March 5^th

Basketball tournament this weekend

Aurora Christian High School Locations

2255 Sullivan Road
Aurora, IL 60506


801 W. Illinois Avenue
Aurora, IL 60506

Saturday 1-19-08

9:00
Grand Rapids vs Bulls

Rockford vs. Ann Arbour

11:00
Grand Rapids vs. Indy
Bulls vs. Ann Arbour

2:00
Rockford vs. Indy
Grand Rapids vs. Ann Arbour

4:00
Rockford vs. Bulls

Sunday 1-20-08
10:00 Bulls vs. Indy

11:30 Grand Rapids vs.Rockford

1:00 Ann Arbour vs. Indy


For more information, contact Daniel Ferreira at danielferreira@chicagoparkdistrict.com

January Meeting

We will be meeting again on Saturday, January 5th.

Gelsosomo's Pizzeria

1pm-?
2605 Laporte Avenue
Valparaiso, IN 46383
map | driving directions

Please contact nwiscig@gmail to rsvp.

February 2nd will be the next scheduled meeting.

The group meetings are open to anyone. Persons with or without spinal cord injury, friends or family, or anyone just wanting to learn more about spinal cord injuries are welcome.

We hope to see you there.

Joe

Wheelchair Basketball

I went to see the Chicago Wheelchair Bulls play at...

The annual Holiday Sports Festival, sponsored by the Mayor Daley's Office, the Chicago Park District and the host site, McCormick Place.

"Imagine the biggest indoor gym ever, then think even bigger than that. We're talking 1 million square feet of all-ages sporting events. The only thing you and the kids have to do is show up."

I didn't know much about it before I went, but there was golf, wall climbing, football, obstacle courses, a tot's zone, bowling, martial arts, table tennis, inflatable tumbling, fencing, badminton, boxing, fishing ponds, giant slides, skateboarding and bicycling and more. New this year they had cheerleading clinics, double-dutch jump rope and 2-ball. The event was wheelchair accessible and there was an adaptive sports area that included wheelchair basketball ans sled hockey.

Here are some pictures of the last game of the wheelchair basketball tournament, in which the Bullies took first place.

A Thank You from U2FP

December 5, 2007

To Joseph White and the members of the Northwest Indiana Spinal Cord Injury Group:

Congratulations on the astounding success of your fund raising Spinal Cord Injury Walk. Not only did this event raise precious dollars for the paralysis community, it helped to spread awareness and visibility for our efforts to reach a cure. We at Unite 2 Fight Paralysis are proud and grateful to work with everyone at NWISCIG.

Please accept our most sincere thanks for your donation of $5,000 to U2FP. We hope that many of you will be able to join us at Working 2 Walk, our annual event in Washington, DC, that brings together members of the community to learn about the latest research and advocate for funding.

Once again, thank you for all of your hard work in reaching out to your local community. You have provided a model for advocates around the country.

All the best,

Susan Maus, Marilyn Smith & Betheny Winkler

Unite 2 Fight Paralysis Board of Directors

Unite 2 Fight Paralysis has started promoting Working 2 Walk 2008. This is a great event that I have attended for the past three years. I am honored to be involved with Unite 2 Fight Paralysis and to have had the opportunity to meet with the scientists and politicians that directly influence paralysis research. For more information, please click the link below or contact Joe at nwiscig@gmail.com for a 2006 or 2007 W2W Symposium/Rally report.

Plan to join us for the 3rd annual Working 2 Walk in Washington

as leading researchers and advocates in the effort to find a cure for paralysis gather at the Kellogg Conference Hotel on the campus of Gallaudet University. The event will bring together members of the scientific, rehabilitative, and patient advocate communities for a lively exchange of information and ideas.

We have changed the Symposium’s format for 2008 and scheduled a variety of breakout sessions that will allow for small group discussions, increased opportunities for interaction between leaders of the various communities, and the ability to choose topics of particular interest. Following the first two days of meetings and workshops, leaders will visit Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 15, to meet with legislators and discuss the costs of care vs. cure and the need for increased research funding.

Working 2 Walk is a unique opportunity that you won't want to miss.

“I want to thank you once again for inviting me. It was such an exciting day. It meant so much to me to meet so many advocates for SCI research and to hear everyone's story. I certainly feel a heightened drive to work on chronic SCI. I told my students after the event that I think every young researcher should attend this event.”

Dr. Juanita J. Anders, PhD, USUHS