Fall 2012
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Annual Wheelchair Drive
Loma Linda University PossAbilities to host wheelchair and walker collection drive LOMA LINDA, CA – Sept. 28, 2012 – Loma Linda University PossAbilities is hosting a wheelchair and walker collection drive to benefit Joni and Friends Wheels for the World. Drop off any new or used non-electric wheelchairs, canes or walkers between 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28, at the PossAbilities office, 25455 Barton Rd., Suite 109A, Loma Linda, Calif. 92354. Electric wheelchairs cannot be accepted due to the...
Overcoming Challenges
Physically-challenged athletes will compete alongside their able-bodied counterparts - and raise much-needed funds along the way - at the upcoming Loma Linda University PossAbilities Triathlon. About 600 athletes are expected to participate in the Loma Linda University PossAbilities Triathlon, presented by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, a 5k run/walk/roll and kids' triathlon set for April 29, at Loma Linda University Drayson Center. The triathlon celebrates its 10th year, and its first year as a fundraising event that will benefit programs...
10th Anniversary PossAbilities Triathlon
Register Online - http://www.active.com/running/loma-linda-ca/10th-anniversary-possabilities-triathlon-2012 Date: Sunday, April 29, 2012 @ 7:00 AM Address Loma Linda Drayson Center 25040 Stewart St Loma Linda, CA Registration Closing Date Thursday, April 26, 2012 @ 11:59 PM PST Brief Description **Course will be the same as last year** Adult Tri: 3.1 mile run, 11 mile bike, 150 yard swim. 5K: 3.1 miles Kids TRI: 1/2 mile run and bike, 25 yard swim. $3000 total prize purse for CHALLENGED ATHLETES. Early packet pickup Drayson Center soccer field 4/28/12 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. ADULTS Day of event, registration opens at...
Disabled athletes should inspire us
Carrie Finale of Pacifica, a member of Team PossAbilities and a competitor in the handcycling competition at this weekend's Redlands Bicycle Classic. REDLANDS — To those of us with four healthy, functioning limbs, these cycles might look funny or weird at first glance. They’re long, low to the ground, meant for the rider to recline and not sit upright, and can be propelled by the hands just as well as by the feet. Maybe we’re the ones who should take a closer...
Handcycling becoming a welcome staple of the Classic
Matt McLeod, Redlands Daily Facts Redlands Daily Facts Posted: RedlandsDailyFacts.com REDLANDS -- It took months for Delmon Dunston to feel human again. The 33-year-old Riverside native will never forget the moment that first changed his life. The date was July 14, 2000, and Dunston was wrestling at a local gym when he shattered his C6 vertebra. It was an injury that would leave him unable to walk ever again. Cooped up inside his house, stuck inside a wheelchair he'd grown to hate, it wasn't until his...
Welcome to the Redlands Bicycle Classic
Posted: RedlandsDailyFacts.com On behalf of our "All Volunteer" Redlands Bicycle Classic Board of Trustees and the countless other volunteers and supporters, we are proud to have you join us at the 28th edition of the Redlands Bicycle Classic. We hope you enjoy the four days of action packed fun and competition. Don't miss our world-class athletes battling it out on the streets of Redlands and Beaumont, or our largest field of handcyclists ever, or our public and amateur races for kids of all ages and...