Wheelchair Games
medal count: 28
Joe Gilkinson (number 4), a first-time Games competitor for Keystone PVA, competes in an early round of the Quad Rugby tournament.
Keystone Paralyzed Veterans of America sent only 11 members to the 2010 National Veterans Wheelchair Games in Denver, Colorado during the first week of July, but they brought back 28 medals, 18 of them gold. On a percentage basis, that was just a little better than last year's Games performance, when 13 athletes brought back 32 medals, 20 of them gold. (You do the math!)
We are working up the details of the results for you now and we expect to post them on this site in a few days.
The Games, past and present
Full results
of the Keystone PVA team at the 2009 NATIONAL VETERANS WHEELCHAIR GAMES are on the Spokane Games results page.
The headline: Keystone PVA athletes win 32 medals! We hope to have the 2010 Denver Games results here by 20 July.
We are now working towards the 2011 Games in Pittsburgh. Do you know anyone who might like to help sponsor the Games in Pittsburgh? We have a Sponsor Guide we can send to you or to them. Just contact the office with the mailing information. Thank you! And if you would like to support the costs of bringing in Pennsylvania's athletes, attendants and coaches to the world's largest annual wheelchair sporting event next year, go to the Donations page.
Need to check on other events?
Click here to go to the Events page for details.
PVA supports budget for VHA
Keystone PVA strongly recommends your review of The Independent Budget to find what PVA and its three other partners--AMVETS, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Disabled American Veterans--have recommended to the Administration and Congress for funding the Veterans Health Administration. The VHA is the portion of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs that operates the VA medical centers and provides health care for vets. Both the Administration and the Congress recognize the expertise, institutional knowledge, and experience of these organizations in providing health care, especially specialized health care, for veterans. We thank them for fully funding the VHA for three consecutive years now.
ANNUAL REPORT, NEWSLETTERS AVAILABLE ONLINE
DEADLINE for the next issue of The Parascope
The deadline for all submissions for the July-August 2010 issue of The Parascope was 15 June. We're working on that issue now, but we have so much to go into it we might not get it out until late in July.
Scroll down for the current and recent past electronic versions of The Parascope.
The May-June edition is the latest currently available. The file is a little bigger than usual; it may take longer to download.
Recent Keystone PVA publications are now available online. If you currently receive The Parascope by USPS (regular delivered mail) and would like to receive it electronically instead, please send us an e-mail or phone the office, 800-775-9323.
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2009 Annual Report (File size: 1.17MB)
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2007 Annual Report (File size: .985MB)
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