EAP students to participate in Wheel & Win, you can too!

Students in two EAP classes held a potluck lunch fundraiser last week to support their entries in this year's Wheel & Win event, taking place on October 20at 4:00 pm at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre at UPEI.

Wheel & Win, formerly the Rick Hansen Wheelchair Challenge, is a fundraising team relay event for the Canadian Paraplegic Association (CPA) that raises awareness about people with disabilities.

Cathy Gillan, UPEI's EAP Coordinator and volunteer with CPA PEI, said, 'In addition to supporting this good cause, our goal is for students to learn valuable cultural lessons and feel engaged in their new community through this event. We want to value their participation and allow them to see themselves as leaders on campus - or as Rick Hansen would say, as "difference makers".

A difference maker herself, Gillan recently ran in the Rick Hansen 25th Anniversary Relay as UPEI's nominee. She encourages all members of the campus community to participate in the Wheel & Win event on October 20 and collect pledges, 'It would be wonderful to match or improve upon last year's amount raised.'

Teams of five are invited to register by visiting the CPA PEI website at cpapei.org, or on event day at 3:30 pm at the Sports Centre. Teams will compete against the clock and each other through an exciting obstacle course using a wheelchair. Click here for a registration/pledge sheet.

One hundred per cent of the money raised through this event will remain in PEI and used to assist people with spinal cord injuries and other mobility disabilities to purchase equipment that has no other funding source.