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>> IT'S ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
GIVEN TO THEM TO TRY NEW THINGS,
TO BE A PART OF A TEAM FOR THE
FIRST TIME. KNOWING THE FEELING

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A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND NO
JUDGMENT AND BEING A PART OF
SOMETHING BIGGER .IS PRICELESS.
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THAT'S HOLLIE OMAN ON HOW
REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF
INDIANA'S ADAPTIVE SPORTS
PROGRAM IS CHANGING LIVES. SHE

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SAYS IT'S DONE WONDERS FOR HER
SON WHO PLAYS WHEELCHAIR
BASKETBALL.
SOON, IT'LL BE A GAME-CHANGER

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FOR VETERANS.
RECENTLY AWARDED ITS LARGEST
GRANT EVER, THE RHI IS ROLLING
OUT MORE ADAPTIVE SPORTS

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PROGRAMS AND WORKING TO SPARK
THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT OF ONE
GROUP IN PARTICULAR: VETERANS.
BUSINESS OF HEALTH REPORTER

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KYLIE VELETA IS HERE WITH MORE.
>> THE REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
OF INDIANA IS A PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN INDIANA UNIVERSITY

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HEALTH AND ST. VINCENT. THE
HOSPITAL'S FOUNDATION LEADS THE
ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM, WHICH
ALREADY HAS MORE THAN 300

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ATHLETES PLAYING WHEELCHAIR
BASKETBALL AND LACROSSE, BLIND
HOCKEY, AND THE LIST GOES ON.
A RECENT 230-THOUSAND-DOLLAR

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GRANT WILL NOW HELP GROW THE
NUMBER OF VETERANS ON THE
ROSTER. KAREN LAWRENCE IS THE
SPORTS DIRECTOR FOR THE RHI

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FOUNDATION, AND SHE JOINS ME NOW
TO TELL US MORE.
THANKS FOR COMING TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.

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>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ADAPTIVE
SPORTS PROGRAM.
>> THE SPORTS PROGRAM IS
PARALLEL TO BIG SPORTS CLUB. WE

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OFFER COMPETITIVE AND
RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL
DISABILITIES. WE HAVE TEAMS AND

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CLINICS FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT
WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE, LASER
SHOOTING, ARCHERY, WATER SKIING,
WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY

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NEED TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
IN THESE SPORTS.
>> THERE'S A MENTAL BENEFIT,
TOO.

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>> INCREDIBLE TO SEE SOMEONE
GOING FROM BEING A LITTLE
NERVOUS OR SCARED BECAUSE
THEY'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE TO

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THE SMILE WHEN THEY'VE COMPLETED
IT, AND WONDERING WHEN THE NEXT
PRACTICE IS.
>> THIS IS $230,000 GRANT FROM

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THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS. OF ALL THE GRANTS YOU
COULD HAVE APPLIED FOR, WHY DID
YOU REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON

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VETERANS?
>> WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET
VETERANS INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAM
FOR A LONG TIME. BUT, IT'S VERY

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DIFFICULT TO ACCESS THESE
VETERANS, AND THIS POPULATION.
SO, THIS -- SINCE WE WERE NEVER
SUCCESSFUL, WE SAID OKAY, WHAT

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CAN WE DO?
WHEN WE SAW THIS GRANT WE
THOUGHT OKAY WHO CAN WE WORK
WITH TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL?

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WE REACHED OUT TO THE YMCA AND
VA, AND WE THOUGHT THIS IS AN
AMAZING PARTNERSHIP. YMCA, WE
HAVE SPACE. WITH THE VA, WE HAVE

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VETERANS, WITH THE SPORTS
PROGRAM, WE HAVE THE ADAPTIVE
SPORTS. SO THIS COULD GIVE THE
VETERANS EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED

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>> SO A QUARTER OF A MILLION
DOLLARS. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO
ALLOW YOU TO DO WITH THE
PROGRAM?

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>> FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS
ALLOWING US TO PARTNER WITH THE
VETERANS HEALTH OF INDIANA, AND
THIS IS FINALLY A BREAKTHROUGH

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FOR THESE VETERANS THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY HAVE THEM DO THESE
SPORTS. THIS GRANT IS ENABLING
US THE NECESSARY COLLABORATION

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WITH THE VA AND OTHER VETERAN
ORGANIZATIONS, WE CAN FINALLY
GET THE WORD OUT TO THESE
VETERANS THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO

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THEM. SO MANY OF THESE VETERAN
ORGANIZATIONS, AND THESE
DISABLED VETERANS HAD NO IDEA
THAT THIS ADAPTIVE SPORTS

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PROGRAM IS OUT THERE. SO, THIS
ALLOWS THEM TO BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE.
>> AND SO MUCH OF IT IS JUST

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CONNECTING. BEFORE YOU HAD A
HARD TIME GETTING THE MESSAGE TO
THEM.
>> EXACTLY. AND THIS ALLOWS US

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TO -- THIS IS A FREE PROGRAM FOR
THEM BECAUSE OF THE VETERANS
AFFAIRS GRANT. THE VETERANS
AFFAIRS IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR

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THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
PROGRAM. SO, THEY CAN
PARTICIPATE IN CLINICS, THEY CAN
ARTICIPATE IN TEAMS, THEY CAN

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DO ANY OF OUR ONGOING EVENTS FOR
FREE, WHICH IS AMAZING, AND
ALSO, OUR PROGRAM IS 100% FUNDED
THROUGH DONATIONS, AND

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SPONSORSHIPS, AND WE COULD NOT
RAISE THIS KIND OF MONEY TO
DOUBLE OUR PROGRAM TO ALLOW ALL
THESE VETERANS TO PARTICIPATE IN

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SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. SO
THIS IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.
>> IT'S AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO
DOUBLE IT. YOU'RE HOPING THIS

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COULD LEAD TO MORE GRANTS. AND
EYES ON YOUR OWN FACILITY. TELL
US ABOUT THAT.
>> YEAH. WE HAVE BEEN WANTING

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OUR OWN FACILITY FOREVER.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ALL OF OUR
TEAMS ARE ALL OVER INDIANA. AND
THAT'S HARD. OUR CLINICS ARE

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OVER HERE AND OVER THERE. AND
SO, THERE'S NOT THAT
CONNECTIVITY THAT ATHLETES CAN
HAVE. SO WE DON'T -- OUR POWER

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SOCCER TEAM DOESN'T KNOW OUR
BASKETBALL TEAM, OUR BASEBALL
TEAM DOESN'T KNOW OUR WHEELCHAIR
LACROSSE TEAM. HOW AMAZING TO

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HAVE ALL THESE ATHLETES TOGETHER
TO BE ABLE TO SEE EACH OTHER, TO
BE THEIR CHEER LEADERS, FOR
YOUNGER ATHLETES TO HAVE ROLE

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MODELS SIMILAR TO THEM. FOR US
TO BE ABLE TO HOUSE EVENTS AND
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS.
INDIANA IS KNOWN FOR THEIR

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ATHLETICS. HOW AMAZING WOULD IT
BE FOR US TO BE KNOWN FOR OUR
ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM AS WELL
AND TO HAVE A FACILITY THAT CAN

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HOUSE ALL OF THESE EVENTS.
>> AND THE EQUIPMENT.
>> AND THE EQUIPMENT.
>> AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ADAPTIVE

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EQUIPMENT THAT TAKES UP SPACE,
VERY EXPENSIVE.
>> A LOT OF SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT. GIVE US A QUICK

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SNAPSHOT OF THE CHANGE YOU'VE
SEEN IN VETERANS?
>> THE VETERANS, AMAZING. PEOPLE
HAD TO TRAVEL ALL OVER THE PLACE

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TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN
THESE SPORTS. NOW THEY'RE ABLE
TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR
BACKYARD, THEY'RE NOT DRIVING AN

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HOUR-AND-A-HALF. WE HAVE
VETERANS SAYING I'M SO EXCITED,
I CAN DO ALL THESE DIFFERENT
SPORTS. I'M SO BUSY WITH THESE

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ADAPTIVE SPORTS.
AND OTHER VETERANS WHO HAVE
PARTICIPATED WHO A LONG TIME AGO
SAID, BY PARTICIPATING IN

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ADAPTIVE SPORTS HAS HELPED ME
WITH MY PTSD, TO BE ABLE TO
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