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A DOCUMENTERY OF PERSERVERENCE, ADVENTURE AND ENDURENCE OF BODY, MIND AND SOUL
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COMMING TO THEATERS THIS SPRING
GONZAGA UNIVERSITY MARCH 25 7:00 PM
Dave Denniston, a championship college swimmer paralyzed from the waist-down in a 2005 snow-sledding accident, will share his inspiring story of courage in becoming a Paralympics swimmer, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 25 at Gonzaga University’s Cataldo Hall Globe Room.
Denniston’s lecture is titled “Mind Over Body” and is free and open to the public. Earlier March 25, Denniston will take part in a swimming exhibition with Gonzaga senior Nate Higgins, also a physically disabled swimmer, at 1 p.m. in the Rudolf Fitness Center Pool.
The events are sponsored by the Gonzaga Student Body Association (GSBA), the GU office of mission: intercultural relations and the University’s disability resources education & access management office (DREAM).
Denniston’s “Mind Over Body” program is a unique motivational strategy that Denniston created to help people move toward their goals, despite any barriers that might exist. It is the same philosophy that motivated this former NCAA national champion to go from the hospital bed to the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Denniston has touched countless lives by sharing his story with universities, athletic organizations, and corporations and has inspired them to believe in themselves and what they can achieve. Faced with adversity, Denniston continuously proves that the mind is more powerful than the body.
His key message points include the following:
- Applying a positive attitude to everyday life;
- Setting and achieving goal-oriented results;
- Developing your character for life;
- Sharing his paralympic experiences;
- Overcoming personal and professional obstacles.
For more information, contact Hannah Witt via e-mail at (509) 313-6941 or via e-mail at hannahwitt5@gmail.com or visit Denniston’s personal Web site at www.davedenniston.com
Hey everyone the track and field portion of the Special Olympics is comming to EWU on Friday May 8th. They are looking for volunteers to help run the meet and take a small part in the lives of these wonderful athletes! lets make a strong showing as a group to support this endevor and share our love of running and our Lord. There are many different opportunitys and times of the day in which you can sign up for. Here is the link to their site http://www.sowa.org/05/volunteers/volunteers_frame.html.
Just look under the Eastern Washington opportunities and click on the 2009 East Region – Inland Northwest Track Meet Volunteer Form
Hope to see lots of you there, the blessings will be more than we can guess.
Steve-o
