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Registration Is Open for 35th Annual Wheelchair Games
This year's games, BIG City, BIG Wheels, BIG Heart, will attract more than 600 athletes who will compete in archery, basketball, swimming, and a host of additional sports.

The largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world is open for registration through April 15, 2015. The National Veterans Wheelchair Games is a sports and rehabilitation program cosponsored since 1985 by VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America for veterans with spinal cord injuries, amputations, or neurologic problems. Each year, the games attract > 600 athletes who compete in archery, basketball, bowling, hand cycling, power soccer, quad rugby, swimming, weight lifting, and other sports.

Related: Advances in Prosthetics Restore High Levels of Physical Activity

This year’s games, with the theme BIG City, BIG Wheels, BIG Heart, will take place in Dallas, Texas, June 21 through June 26. Jeff Milligan, director of VA North Texas Health Care System, and Steven Ray, chapter president of Lone Star Paralyzed Veterans, are hosting the event.

For more information, visit http://www.wheelchairgames.org.

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35th Annual Wheelchair Games, National Veterans Wheelchair Games, sports and rehabilitation program, Paralyzed Veterans of America, spinal cord injury, amputation, neurologic problems, athletes, archery, basketball, bowling, hand cycling, power soccer, quad rugby, swimming, weight lifting, BIG City BIG Wheels BIG Heart, Jeff Milligan, Steven Ray, VA North Texas Health Care System, Lone Star Paralyzed Veterans
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This year's games, BIG City, BIG Wheels, BIG Heart, will attract more than 600 athletes who will compete in archery, basketball, swimming, and a host of additional sports.
This year's games, BIG City, BIG Wheels, BIG Heart, will attract more than 600 athletes who will compete in archery, basketball, swimming, and a host of additional sports.

The largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world is open for registration through April 15, 2015. The National Veterans Wheelchair Games is a sports and rehabilitation program cosponsored since 1985 by VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America for veterans with spinal cord injuries, amputations, or neurologic problems. Each year, the games attract > 600 athletes who compete in archery, basketball, bowling, hand cycling, power soccer, quad rugby, swimming, weight lifting, and other sports.

Related: Advances in Prosthetics Restore High Levels of Physical Activity

This year’s games, with the theme BIG City, BIG Wheels, BIG Heart, will take place in Dallas, Texas, June 21 through June 26. Jeff Milligan, director of VA North Texas Health Care System, and Steven Ray, chapter president of Lone Star Paralyzed Veterans, are hosting the event.

For more information, visit http://www.wheelchairgames.org.

The largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world is open for registration through April 15, 2015. The National Veterans Wheelchair Games is a sports and rehabilitation program cosponsored since 1985 by VA and Paralyzed Veterans of America for veterans with spinal cord injuries, amputations, or neurologic problems. Each year, the games attract > 600 athletes who compete in archery, basketball, bowling, hand cycling, power soccer, quad rugby, swimming, weight lifting, and other sports.

Related: Advances in Prosthetics Restore High Levels of Physical Activity

This year’s games, with the theme BIG City, BIG Wheels, BIG Heart, will take place in Dallas, Texas, June 21 through June 26. Jeff Milligan, director of VA North Texas Health Care System, and Steven Ray, chapter president of Lone Star Paralyzed Veterans, are hosting the event.

For more information, visit http://www.wheelchairgames.org.

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35th Annual Wheelchair Games, National Veterans Wheelchair Games, sports and rehabilitation program, Paralyzed Veterans of America, spinal cord injury, amputation, neurologic problems, athletes, archery, basketball, bowling, hand cycling, power soccer, quad rugby, swimming, weight lifting, BIG City BIG Wheels BIG Heart, Jeff Milligan, Steven Ray, VA North Texas Health Care System, Lone Star Paralyzed Veterans
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35th Annual Wheelchair Games, National Veterans Wheelchair Games, sports and rehabilitation program, Paralyzed Veterans of America, spinal cord injury, amputation, neurologic problems, athletes, archery, basketball, bowling, hand cycling, power soccer, quad rugby, swimming, weight lifting, BIG City BIG Wheels BIG Heart, Jeff Milligan, Steven Ray, VA North Texas Health Care System, Lone Star Paralyzed Veterans
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