Special Event: Sunday, October 1, 2006

Wheel-A-Thon Portland

Sunday, October 1, 2006

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Independent Living Resources is proud to offer this new event to kick off National Disability Awareness Month.

This first-ever ILR Wheel-A-Thon will help us to:

• Generate much-needed funds for Independent Living Resources, a region-wide provider of Advocacy, Information and Referral, Peer Counseling and Skills Training for people with disabilities! See attached fact sheet and www.ilr.org for more information.
• Raise region-wide awareness of the accessibility of our parks system, which is at the forefront of making our outdoors truly usable for people with disabilities!
• Celebrate health and independence for people with disabilities and the benefits we all share from increased mobility and activity!

Portland Loves A Roll In the Park – Join us!

• Wheel-A-Thon Participants will complete a course in order to earn donations for Independent Living Resources.
• Participants will recruit personal pledges based on event participation.
• A picnic, prizes and celebration of National Disability Awareness Month highlight the event.

This family-oriented event welcomes wheelchairs, strollers, walkers, bicycles, roller blades, and skateboards at Portland’s Eastbank Esplanade with a picnic, prizes and celebration of National Disabilities Awareness Month at Eastbank Esplanade to end the afternoon.

Get more information and register at www.ilr.org,

or contact Anne O’Malley at anne@why3.com

or Barry Quamme at barry@ilr.org.