REMINDER/Disabled Sports USA's SummerFest Coming to Long Beach, Calif.Sports Editors/News Editors/Assignment Desks REMINDER...for Sunday through Saturday (June 22 - 28) --(BUSINESS WIRE) First Inaugural Adaptive Development Teaching and Training Program will Kick Off with a Parachute Jump parachute jump n → saut m en parachute parachute jump parachute n → Fallschirmabsprung m parachute jump n on Long Beach by Double Amputee am·pu·tee n. A person who has had one or more limbs removed by amputation. Dana Bowman and will Feature Rock Climbing rock climbing Sports medicine An 'extreme sport' in which the participant climbs rock formations, with or without ropes Injury risk Fractures, abrasions, death. See Extreme sports. Instruction from Paraplegic paraplegic /para·ple·gic/ (-ple´jik) 1. pertaining to or of the nature of paraplegia. 2. an individual with paraplegia. Mark Wellman WHAT: SummerFest is the only adaptive development program that provides instruction in Olympic and non-Olympic sports for adults and children with varying physical disabilities and that offers comprehensive training for recreation specialists. The SummerFest program will showcase activities including cycling, sailing, outrigger canoeing, rock climbing, windsurfing, water skiing, and running and wheeling. WHEN: June 22-28, 2003 WHERE: Long Beach, California Long Beach is a city located in southern Los Angeles County, California, USA, on the Pacific coast. It borders Orange County on its southeast edge. It is about 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown Los Angeles. This week-long event will bring youth and adults with disabilities from across Southern California and 14 states together to participate in the first ever June 2003 SummerFest. Joining them will be Mark Wellman, the only paraplegic to climb Yosemite's Half Dome and El Capitan, and Dana Bowman, a double amputee who is formerly with the U.S. Army Special Forces. Bowman will parachute into Long Beach to kick off the event. Instructors from 14 states who teach in Disabled Sports USA community-based chapters will also be participating in SummerFest to obtain training in adaptive sports instruction. "Disabled Sports USA's programs help to rebuild lives through sports," said Kirk Bauer, executive director at Disabled Sports USA. "This year, we are thrilled to add SummerFest, the first nationwide adaptive development teaching and training program, to our roster of sports programs. SummerFest provides unique, hands-on opportunities for physically disabled adults and children to learn how to conquer sports activities that might once have seemed unimaginable from internationally recognized athletes, including several Paralympians. With SummerFest's distinctive educational component, recreation specialists can improve their athletic instruction skills for physically disabled individuals." For information and registration, contact Julia Ray at 301/217-9840 or email at events@dsusa.org; or visit our website at www.dsusa.org. Event Sponsors Sponsors for the event include Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics orthotics /or·thot·ics/ (-iks) the field of knowledge relating to orthoses and their use. or·thot·ics n. , The Renaissance Hotel, City of Long Beach, United Airlines, The Hartford, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Ossur advanced prosthetics, Hilton Hotels, Benchmark Medical Consultants and Schwartz Communications. Hosted by Disabled Sports USA Disabled Sports USA (DS/USA DS/USA Disabled Sports USA ) is a national nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. established in 1967 that offers nationwide sports rehabilitation programs to anyone with a permanent physical disability. DS/USA is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee. |
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