BioKite to Fly `American Eagle' at 23rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Long Beach; Japanese Sponsor for the National Games Also Puts Out a Southland Call for Volunteers.Sports Editors/Business Editors/Assignment Desks LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2003 BioKite, maker of the world's most technologically advanced kites, has announced its sponsorship of the 23rd National Veterans Wheelchair wheel·chair or wheel chair n. A chair mounted on large wheels for the use of a sick or disabled person. wheelchair, n Games to be held in Long Beach, Calif. The kite company recently launched its business in the U.S. and will be hosting a 'Kite Fly' on Kid's Day at the 23rd NVW NVW National Volunteer Week Games. BioKite is presenting the first of its new 'American Eagle' kites to athletes at the 23rd NVW Games on July July: see month. 8 during the day's Track and Field events. In addition, BioKite is putting out a call for volunteers for the 23rd NVW Games taking place from July 5 through July 9 at various venues around Long Beach. "The 23rd National Veterans Wheelchair Games are less than a month away, and we have discovered that the organizers : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
Its has several written forms, and the meaning depends on the characters used (usually kanji, but sometimes hiragana). Mori, president of BioKite. "I am coming from my home in Japan to help out and I encourage everyone from the local Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, area to make some time in their schedules to be part of this inspiring and competitive veterans' event." The new 'American Eagle' kite has a wingspan of more than six feet and replicates the look and swoop swoop v. swooped, swoop·ing, swoops v.intr. 1. To move in a sudden sweep: The bird swooped down on its prey. 2. pattern of an eagle's flight when launched. All BioKites are technologically designed to enable wheelchair flyers to launch them from their chairs and have been very popular with disabled groups in Japan. The firm hopes to encourage the same kind of interest in the U.S. "We're very happy to have BioKite join us as a sponsor to give our veteran athletes and visiting kids an opportunity to fly BioKites from their wheelchairs to see how great they work," said Gil Lafferty Hernandez, assisting the 23rd NVW Games from the host Veteran's Hospital in Long Beach. "We appreciate BioKite's management in helping us get the word out about volunteering for the 23rd NVW Games. Last year, the games were in Cleveland and they had more than 2,000 volunteers helping. We have over 600 athletes this year, almost 200 more than last year's games coming to compete! We need all the help we can get!" Anyone interested in volunteering should call the Long Beach VA Hospital's Voluntary Service, Ms. Diane Goodpaster at 562/826-8000 ext. 5715 or Mr. Lafferty Hernandez at ext. 3017. For more information on BioKite visit www.biokiteworld.com. |
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