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Community Events

For more details on any of these events check out the most recent edition of the ODC Quarterly Newsletter or follow the appropriate link. Below is a list of upcoming events for...

June

Sportable Richmond Adaptive Sports & Recreation
Visit www.sportable.org or 804-716-2047 for more information on their various recreation programs and events

6/16/09 ODC Membership Meeting - Annual Cook Out
This months meeting will be held on Tuesday, 5-8pm at Robious Landing Park, Shelter #2, 3800 James River Rd, Midlothian, VA 23219. Please RSVP by 6/12/09 with the number attending. If you received the newsletter you're a member and you are invited!
Food: We will provide Drinks, Hot Dogs and Hamburgers and simply ask that you bring a side dish or dessert if you can. It's all FREE, so bring your immediate family or a friend or two! ODC members present will vote on the proposed new Articles of Incorporation - voting will take place at approx. 6:30pm. This event will be held rain or shine. For more info or to RSVP, call: 804-726-4990 or visit: www.odcnscia.org

6/20/09 VA Wheelin Sportsmen Banquet
Support a great organization by attending this event at Expoland in Fishersville. Doors open at 5:30. Contact: Rick Layser 540-886-1761 rglayser@earthlink.net Robin Clark 434-979-6154 weeeelz@aol.com

6/27/09 ODC Peer mentor Training
Interested in finding out more about becoming a SCI peer mentor? Time and location to be determined. For more info contact Old Dominion Chapter at: 804-726-4990 or info@odcnscia.org

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July

7/21/09 ODC Membership Meeting
This month's meeting topic is SCI Sexuality Treatment Options Presented by Debbie Caruso - VCU Spinal Cord Injury Fellow
Tuesday, 5:30-7pm at HealthSouth, 5700 Fitzhugh Ave, Richmond, VA 23219
Free! For more information call the office at 804-726-4990 or visit: www.odcnscia.org

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August

8/18/09 ODC Membership Meeting
Please join us for our annual Business Meeting & Elections
Tuesday, 5:30-7pm at HealthSouth, 5700 Fitzhugh Ave, Richmond, VA 23219
Newcomers welcome. For more information call the office at 804-726-4990 or visit: www.odcnscia.org

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Mark Your Calendars

9/18/09: The McGuire VA Medical Center SCI Research Open House
See pg 5 of the ODC June Newsletter for more information or contact: Melodie Anderson: 804-675-6741, or melodie.anderson@va.gov.

9/19/09- VA Wheelin' Sportsmen Outdoor Day
Join VAWS on Sat. at Shenandoah Stone in Raphine, VA. for the 6th annual Outdoor Day. 9-4. Try out a crossbow, the .22 range, skeet shooting, and fishing for trout in a stocked pond. Lunch will be provided, and families are welcome. For more information, contact Gene Hayden 540-241-3502 wheelnoutdoors@hotmail.com OR Mike Deane 434-996-8508 wheelin4u@yahoo.com Registration forms will be mailed in our Summer Newsletter. Visit: www.vanwtf.com

9/27-28/09 - 17th Annual SCI Symposium
Hosted by VCU Dept PM&R and VCU RRC. To be held at the Wyndham Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 57Th Street & Atlantic Avenue - Virginia Beach, VA 23451. Details contact: Brenda Kitchen 804-828-0861, bkitchen@mcvh-vcu.edu