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The Confluence Center Coast Wheelchair Basketball team and the SIUE Men's and Women's Team.

DSS Workers

Disability Support student workers and friends. (L to R) Christina Kampwerth, Kim Kolweier, Kelly Abbott, Ashley Guntle, Amanda Watson and Nathaniel Tallant.

The 7 ^th Annual Wheelchair Basketball Game was held on April 16, 2008, at 6:00 PM in the Vadalabene Center on SIUE's campus. This event, which was free to the public also provided free food and drinks. At the game, audience members had the opportunity to watch as well as play wheelchair basketball and participate in wheelchair races. The Confluence Center Coast Wheelchair Basketball team, led by Jim Dugan, once again defeated the SIUE Men's and Women's Basketball Team with a final score of 41-14 giving Confluence a record of 7 to 0 against the SIUE Teams.

A Nintendo Wii was given away in a special drawing for those who attended the event with James Daniel, an SIUE student, as the big winner of the Wii. In addition, some of the other attendance prizes awarded were an Ipod Shuffle, MP3 Player, Six Flags tickets, free admission vouchers to The Magic House, free admission vouchers to Edwardsville Children's Museum, ticket vouchers to Wehrenberg Theatres, a gift basket to Robert Clark Salon & Spa, free Oil Changes, and many more!!

The emcee for the event was from the Gateway Grizzlies who was joined by Izzy, the Gateway Grizzly mascot as well as the SIUE Cougar. The SIUE Dance Team and the SIUE Cheerleaders provided the entertainment for this family friendly event and a good time was had by all in attendance!

The members of the Speech Communication 415 Class, consisting of Danielle Lyons, Amy Zentgraf, Karie Dorr, Lori Roberts, and Jennifer Shacklady elected to assist in the planning and implementation of the 7th Annual Wheelchair Basketball Game as their Public Relations Senior Project. Their combined efforts and hard work helped make this one of our most successful and well attended events.

Annual 5K Roll/Run/Walk Celebrating Abilities Race

The Jane Floyd-Hendey Seventh Annual 5K Roll/Run/Walk Celebrating Abilities Race was held on Sunday, April 20, 2008. Everyone, whether they rolled, ran or walked, seemed to enjoy the great weather and each other's company. Total registrants for the 2008 race was 348 participants. Kelsie Kellen was the overall female wheelchair racer with a time of 20:24.15 while David Grassi had the top time for the male wheelchair racers of 17:06.02. Brent Burks was the overall male winner with a time of 17:58.0 and Diana Kamadulski taking the title for the overall female winner with a time of 21:16.8. Way to go, Kelsie, David and Brent and Diana! First, second and third place medals in thirteen different age divisions were also presented. You must have Adobe Acrobat to get the 2008 5K Race Results.

A special thank you to all participants as well as all of the great volunteers who helped us "celebrate abilities."

Waiting for results at the 5K Race.

Wheelchair racers

Wheelchair racers.

In the past, NEW HORIZONS has sponsored jewelry sales and bake sales as some of its major fund-raisers. They also have an informational table at Springfest. NEW HORIZONS co-sponsors Disability Awareness Day in the Spring semester by participating in events such as the Wheelchair Basketball Game and the 5K Run/Walk/Roll Race.

Pizza parties are held in conjunction with membership drives. We urge our members to make suggestions for various types of events we can participate in as funds become available.

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