[Nfbf-l] One of My Advocacy Team Members Who Works For Us At MVTransportation

[Kirk]

KUDO's to Her! She is an inspiration to us all! KH



Kirk Harmon
1138 Evening Stroll Lane
Jacksonville, FL. 32221

Florida Disabled Citizens for Progress, Inc.
President & CEO
PH: (904) 783-9896
Cell: (407) 473-2176

" Turning Hope into Reality"!
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  Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 7:47 PM
  Subject: [Nfbf-l] One of My Advocacy Team Members Who Works For Us At 
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  Check out my good friend Linda McGowan up in Vancouver. She is my advocacy 
manager at the Handy Dart Project .
  Dwight
  HandyDART Employee Takes to the

  Sea in World Class Mobility

  Competition Sept 13-17

  HandyDART





  HandyDART employee (MVT) and Consumer Advocate Manager, Linda McGowan, is 
not

  only arranging HandyDART transportation for the 40 international Mobility 
Cup

  competitors converging on Vancouver - from as far away as New Zealand, 
England, San

  Diego and all across Canada - she will also be a competitor.

  The Mobility Cup is Canada's regatta for sailors with disabilities, and 
for the third year

  since Linda took up sailing in 2004, she will trade her wheelchair to 
captain a sailboat for

  one day of training on September 13, followed by four days of competition 
in English Bay

  on September 14-17.

  According to Linda, there are two levels to the Mobility Cup competition: 
Gold for

  experienced competitors who are able to single-handedly operate their 
craft; and Silver, for

  competitors who require the added expertise, strength and confidence of a 
trained

  volunteer standing ready to assist as needed.

  Having battled progressive Multiple Sclerosis since 1983, Linda has chosen 
to compete at

  the Silver level on board one of the Disabled Sailing Association's Martin 
16 sailboats, with

  3rd time partner David Hoens, (seen in the above photo), as well as other 
qualified

  volunteers at her side.

  “The Mobility Cup truly addresses the full spirit of accessibility for 
people with all levels of

  disabilities,” said Martin Lay Director Contracted Transit Services, "and 
this is a wonderful

  accomplishment for Linda and other competitors who have taken up the 
sport."

  Sailing is proving to be one of the fastest growing sports for people with 
disabilities, thanks

  to the aid of Canadian pioneered Sniff n’ Puff technology, which uses a 
special power

  assist system and competitor's breath to add pressure or a vacuum, causing 
pneumatic

  switches to set the sails and steer the 16-foot sailboats.

  Disabled sailing first started when Rick Hansen completed his Wheels in 
Motion tour

  around the world, and donated his sailboat, from former British Prime 
Minister Margaret

  Thatcher, to Sam Sullivan, who set up the Disabled Sailing Association in 
1999. Since then

  the sport has spread like wildfire around the world. However, the Mobility 
Cup remains a

  Canadian phenomenon, and for the 11th year in a row sets sail in Canadian 
waters to

  promote health, wellness, fun and a sense of freedom for those with all 
levels of disability.

  If YOU are interested in getting out to watch the competition and cheer 
Linda on, races run

  from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, with 
Linda's

  silver competition running Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and Wednesday 
and Friday morning.



  We wish you Best of luck Linda!



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