Event in Clemson helps open up world of sports to service members with physical disabilities
Posted on 08. Nov, 2008 by CMFA Administrator.
Clemson University recreation therapy students helped with Operation P.L.A.Y. on Saturday afternoon at Clemson. Operation P.L.A.Y. is a program for injured veterans and enlisted service men and women to help them recover through recreational activities such as tennis and golf.
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Bulldogs teaching through basketball
Posted on 19. Oct, 2008 by CMFA Administrator.
Members of the Augusta Bulldogs, a local wheelchair basketball team, were on hand to challenge pupils and teachers to a game of hoops on wheels. The event was the first of an initiative to spread the word in area schools that having a disability is not a social death sentence and that it’s OK to befriend someone in a wheelchair.
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Winkler’s time has come
Posted on 14. Oct, 2008 by CMFA Administrator.
Scott Winkler wheeled across the gymnasium floor and stopped before a group of his Augusta Bulldogs teammates. The wheelchair basketball team gathered in a circle after practice Wednesday in a final sendoff for Winkler, who will leave Aug. 21 for Okinawa, Japan, to begin preparation for the Paralympic Games.




