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March 24, 2008
Annual Wheelchair Basketball Game Set for March 28
Charitable Event to Be Held at East Side Youth Center in Allentown

Allentown, PA—The annual wheelchair basketball game between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network employees and the Center for Independent Living Freewheelers (wheelchair team) will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, March 28, at the East Side Youth Center, East Clair and Knapp streets, Allentown.

Tickets for the event are $2. Proceeds will benefit the Freewheelers.

The Freewheelers, part of the Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living, is a wheelchair athletic organization for people with disabilities. The Freewheelers educate the community about people with disabilities by hosting wheelchair tennis and bowling tournaments and basketball games.

Media Coverage Note: Reporters, photographers and videographers are invited to cover the wheelchair basketball contest. Please call Bo Fulginiti of the Good Shepherd Communications Department at 610-776-3553 if your organization will be covering the event.