Our 2nd Clinic was held in Southeast India, in the city of Vizag. A 1-day event organized by The Ability People, a non-profit with Dilip Patro as its President. All the responsibility of conducting the clinic fell on the shoulders of Pete & Michael Rosenkrantz who agreed to fly down and help Pete out. Since our decision to go to Vizag was made after airline tickets had already been bought, Greg and Shelley were not able to attend. The event got plenty of press coverage, & local dignitary's made an appearance. We donated 6 sport wheelchairs to The Ability People with the understanding that Dilip would establish an adaptive sport program to utilize the chairs on a regular basis. Based on what we saw, there is hope mixed with concern that such a program may be harder to put into effect than we were initially led to believe. Although successful in its own way, there are many aspects of the Vizag Project that we would have wanted done differently. Once again, much thanks to Michael Rosenkrantz of the for the pictures. His Facebook link is https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2784216730505.224081.1410846536&type=1&l=a8973e28bf

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If it's true "a picture paints a thousand words" then there is a wonderful book written with these pictures. We have chosen to share with you ALL of the pictures available to us, taken at the the Amar Jyoti clinic. What an experience!! Everyone was lucky to have the famous actor Aamir Khan attend and actually participate by getting in a wheelchair to push and shoot. We also were fortunate to have Kenny Natt, the national coach of the Idian Men's Basketball team, attend and participate in the clinic. Once again, special thanks to Michael Rosenkrantz of the National Trust (in India) for making all of these pictures available to us.... they can all be found on his Facebook account as well https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2764181629640.223673.1410846536&type=1&l=689112fb2d

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Greg and Pete conduct the first day of the clinic at Amar Jyoti, a totally inclusive school with able-bodied and disabled kids learning, playing together.

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Finally! After a couple of years of planning, hard work, stress, disappointment, fundraising issues & everything else that goes into doing a Project of this kind, 11 wheelchairs have successfully made it to New Delhi, India AND managed to clear customs with the invaluable assistance of Michael Rosenkrantz of the National Trust and the staff at Air India. Pics in this batch are courtesy of Michael's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2749987154787.223454.1410846536&type=1&l=6a60db4080

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After making sure all chairs are accounted for from the night before, Pete checks himself and the wheelchairs in with Air India.... stopping to get some local Indian currency from the airport exchange.

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Pete goes from Phx. to JFK on Monday, spends the night, then comes back on Tuesday to fly to New Delhi, India.

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These are the sport wheelchairs that we will be taking to India in November, 2011. Most of the frames of the wheelchairs were previously used by the University of Arizona's men's wheelchair basketball team.

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Amar Jyoti is a totally inclusive school offering educational and recreational opportunities for both disabled and able bodied children. We are planning on doing a two day clinic and donating some sport wheelchairs to them in November, 2011.

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Some pictures of the 4 Board Members of Wheelchair Athletes Worldwide as they play and participate in their respective sports.

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