Welcome

Thank you for your interest in the Center for Disability Rights (CDR) 2010 Annual Wheel-A-Thon to benefit young people with disabilities, which takes place Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, beginning at 9:30 a.m. the Savin Rock Conference Center, 6 Rock St., in West Haven, Connecticut.

STILL NEEDED: Teams: Teams consist of up to 8 members. Each member is asked to raise at least $25 to be a team member. Individuals who are not part of a team but who have raised at least $25 for young people with disabilities will be placed on the Friends of CDR team. Each Wheel-A-Thon participant gets a chance to participate in the fun Disability Challenge Course, a new wheelchair experience designed to show the difficulties wheelchair bound persons face everyday.

Here is a picture of the 2009 Rick's Rollers team, which raised the most money for CDR's programs last year.

For more photos from the 2009 Wheel-A-Thon, visit CDR's Flickr page.

You can download a pdf of the 2010 Wheel-A-Thon brochure here.

The Center for Disability Rights 2010 Wheel-A-Thon to benefit young people with disabilities, which takes place Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010, is a fundraising and community awareness campaign to benefit the youth programs and activities of the CDR and its partners.

On average, teams raised $717 each -- an increase from $645 per team the year before. The top team fundraiser was Rick's Rollers, who raised $2,600. All money raised went to support:

* 11 college scholarships for students with disabilities (this year's academic scholarship form is available here, and this year's recreational scholarship application form is available here);
* Advocacy with students to improve their education;
* Communication access services for youth with hearing loss involved in peer support programs;
* Facilitation Services for youth groups; and
* CDR youth transition services.

A Great Big Thank You to All of Our Corporate Sponsors!

East Center Market Place, Wallingford

Ace Designs
Agway
Amadeus Center for Health and Healing
Anthony Giordano
ATG Rehab
Branford Hall Career Institute
Gateway Christian Fellowship
New Britain Medical
Obie Harrington - Howes
Spectrum Associates
Stop & Shop – Elm St.

We hope you will join your neighboring businesses in sponsoring this year's CDR Wheel-A-Thon.

Click here to learn more about participating this year.

Download the 2010 Wheel-A-Thon brochure here.