Page 52 May 2013 Clinics to offer wheelchair-bound kids chance to play By Miranda Rivers A series of free adaptive sports clinics will be held at the Virginia G. Piper Sports & Fitness Center this spring and summer giving children with disabilities an opportunity to get involved in sports. Organizers said the clinics will introduce children to the specialty wheelchairs and equipment used in competition and also teach them the basic fundamentals of wheelchair basketball and power soccer. The adaptive sports clinics are set for May 4, June 8 and July 13 in a partnership between the MaxInMotion Foundation and the Arizona Bridge to Independent Living. The Disability Empowerment Center is at 5031 E Washington St. Players from the Phoenix Wheelchair Suns and the Arizona State University Power Soccer team will be on hand to help coach the children. Tony Jackson, reception and registration specialist of the sports and fi tness center, has been playing power soccer for four years and will help out at this year’s clinics. He teaches a Friday power soccer class at the fi tness center and currently is on ASU’s Sun Devil Power Soccer team. “We are hoping, and expecting, for a good turnout,” Jackson said. “A lot of kids with disabilities don’t even know they can play a sport. We want to do some demos with them, teach them basic skills, and maybe get them to play a game.” Jackson said he wished he had such an opportunity to learn about sports when he was a kid. Loren Worthington, the center’s communications and marketing manager, said the most dif fi cult aspect of putting on such events is “recruiting and getting people aware. … It is frustrating when we run into someone and they say they don’t know about it.” Worthington said his goals are to introduce the sports to kids who don’t have a sport already and to give families sports options for all their children. The Virginia Piper Sports Center is a state-of-the-art facility and one of only two fi tness centers in the U.S. designed to host sports, fi tness, and recreational activities for people with disabilities. The facility has two indoor basketball courts, an indoor track, rock-climbing wall, a swimming pool and a fi tness center with a group fi tness room. The facility is adaptively designed but accessible for everyone. “Families come because one family member has a disability, but the whole family is invited and can come use the facility,” Worthington said. For more information, visit SpoFit.org. Vanyo Insurance Group Vanyo Insurance Group www.VANYOINSURANCE.com P: 480.998.4014 • F: 480.998.3690 8040 E Morgan Trail • Suite 5A Scottsdale • 85258 Representing All Lines of Personal Representing All Lines of Personal & Commercial Insurance & Commercial Insurance With A-Rated Companies With A-Rated Companies Susan & John Vanyo Independent Insurance Agent You’ve always been able to recognize value. The decisions you make today put you on the road to where you want to be tomorrow. Throughout your life, you’ve planned and made smart decisions…now here’s your reward. You deserve State Auto’s Prime of LifeSM plan for your home and autos. Find out more about Prime of Life and other State Auto products. A company you like and trust. STATEAUTO.COM Friends you can depend on, since 1921 STATE AUTO ® Insurance Companies ® Representing d d r a SAVE MONEY on your insurance AND get a FREE APPETIZER at Kitchen 56... call for details! eclectic unique vintage F A S H I O N A B L E P H I L A N T H R O P Y Thank you for supporting Ozzie’s Furnishings as we celebrate our 6th anniversary serving the community! All of your donations and purchases support St. Vincent de Paul’s services for the homeless and working-poor in Arizona. TREASURED 3927 E. Indian School Rd. Phoenix AZ, 85018 | Open Monday – Saturday, 10am – 5pm Tino Ferrulli 602-745-5710 teamtino@phoenixmb.com Visit us at www.TeamTino.net Phoenix Motor Company 225 West Indian School Road • Phoenix, AZ 85013 With nine generations of engineering excellence, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class is an icon of innovation. The 2014 E-Class is equipped with the worry-free safety of nine air bags and a powerful direct-injection engine. It’s engineered to never stop inspiring. For more information about the groundbreaking E-Class, call me or stop by for a test drive. Would you like to buy a vowel? E The 2014 E-Class is here!

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