Wheelchair Sports board member Rebecca and her pillow she sewed for the Cowley County Fair took 1^st place.

Tiffany Nickel's is interview by WIBW TV in Topeka, KS. for her up coming Ms. Wheelchair America 2011 competition Aug 9^th. View the VIDEO HERE.

The Ms. Wheelchair America 2011 competition will take place during the week of August 9, 2010 in Grand Rapids Michigan. Twenty-eight contestantsfrom around the country will compete for the MWA 2011 crown.  The week of competition is packed full of workshops, field trips and judging sessions.

For more info on Ms. Wheelchair America 2011 go to www.mswheelchairamerica.org or their blog at http://mwaweb2011.wordpress.com/

Good Luck Tiffany!!!

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Players, coaches announced for 2010 Invacare World Team Cup

Friday, April 23, 2010 1:15 AM ET

The players and coaches who will represent the United States at the 2010 Invacare World Team Cup have been named by the USTA. The nation’s top wheelchair tennis players will compete against participants from around the globe, May 3-7, on the clay courts of the Club Ali Bey Manavgat on the Turkish Riviera in Antalya, Turkey.

Turkey will become the 15th nation to host this prestigious event. Often referred to as the wheelchair tennis equivalent of pro tennis’ Davis Cup and Fed Cup competitions, the Invacare World Team Cup tournament brings the elite wheelchair tennis players together to compete for national pride in one of the world’s premier tennis team events.

Over 300 players from more than 30 nations are expected for the 2010 event in Turkey, which will mark the Crystal Anniversary, celebrating 15 years, of the partnership between Invacare and the ITF.

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For disabled parents, challenges are bonding point

By Elizabeth Landau, CNN

Jennifer Kreutzer, a mother of two who has primarily used a wheelchair since a skiing accident at age 16, said she believes she is doing everything she would want to do with her kids.

The family has a special bond because they're involved in activities others aren't, Kreutzer said. She and her 4-year-old and 7-year-old daughters do fundraising for wheelchair sports activities; the girls also help move around specialized wheelchairs for sports.

Recently when she asked her 7-year-old daughter if she should go to her first communion in a wheelchair or leg braces, the child told her, "Whatever you feel is most comfortable for you," Kreutzer said. "That coming out of a 7-year-old girl is very moving." Read the full artical here. 

Jenny Kreutzer's iReport on CNN. Read her story here.

Shaun-Michael. Morse, and frequent collaborator (and sister) Jenny Mitchell return as co-directors of the Third Annual "Building the Circle" Variety Show featuring members of  Circle of Friends. Also in the show is WSI Member Corey Shelton.
http://www.buildingthecircle.org/old/ 

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