*Unperfect Angel* Ms. Wheelchair America 2010

My most recent assignment for the Vehicle Production Group was to meet with several of our dealers and work on a plan to assist in hitting our targeted audience for sales: the disability community.  But, this experience turned out to be so much more rewarding then just talking about selling vehicles.  For those of you that follow us, you know that as a company, the Vehicle Production Group is not just focused on selling our cars, but rather, our goal is to change lives.  We are...

Hello! Ive been very busy traveling with VPG as we show the MV-1 and I am feeling so blessed to have the opportunity to change the way people around the nation are viewing the importance of universally accessible transportation.  

My most recent trip with the company took me to the vibrant city of New Orleans, Louisiana.  So far, throughout the year, I have been everywhere from New York City to Louisville and Virginia, and have witnessed, firsthand, the lack of pub...

As most of you know, I have embarked on a new adventure as a Consumer Advocate for the Vehicle Production Group, makers of the MV-1.  The MV-1 is the first universally accessible vehicle that has been made in America! http://www.vpgautos.com  This vehicle is already changing lives through consumer purchases and as public transport vehicles around the nation.  During my recent trip to Chicago for the Abilities Expo with ...

This month has been full of planning for the 2011 Abilities Expo show season which will start in April in Los Angeles, California.  I have also been working on a couple of articles within the disability community.  The featured article that was printed this month was in Sports N' Spokes Magazine about my Costa Rican Adventure with the Ocean Healing Group JAWS- 7 camp.  Here is the link for that article as well as the manuscript.  

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Thanks to your generous donations and sponsorship from an amazing sponsor (Thanks Brian), I was able to end this amazing year with a trip to Costa Rica with the Ocean Healing Group to surf with two amazing kids, and the OHG family for the JAWS- 7 camp.  

This was a magical, and life-changing trip that was very enriching for all who were a part of it.  We spent a week on the Nicoya Peninsula, in the town of Playa Hermosa at Shaka Beach Retreat.  This was an ama...

September has been my month to catch up on everything that fell behind throughout my reign as Ms. Wheelchair America.  I have been cleaning out closets, getting kiddos back into the groove of school and homework, and working on some projects that are going to be coming out in October.  I am happy to say that I am already booked up for October, with the Atlanta Abilities Expo on the 14th, a speaking engagement in Charlotte about disability employment, and then in November I am headin...

On August 9th, I traveled to Grand Rapids, Michigan to embark on another amazing week with some of the most amazing women I have ever met, at the Ms. Wheelchair America 2011 pageant.  The week was full of activities, and I must say Shelly Loose really did an amazing job putting together and organizing this amazing week.  She is an angel for sure! 

All of the girls were able to bond and spend time together throughout the week while going on scavenger hunts ar...

This month I was ready for some rest and relaxation before Nationals!  I was able to travel to New York to visit some family and friends for a couple of weeks and then return home to prepare for my last week of being a title holder.  It is kind of bittersweet.  I am looking forward to passing along the title to another deserving young woman and allowing her to have this adventure.  But, I am a little sad to see this chapter close because of all of the memories that I have ...

In June, I was honored to attend two different conferences in Wrightsville Beach, NC.  The first on was for the NCPTA  (North Carolina Public Trasportation Association).  The second one was for the NCAMES conference.  I was sponsored by Van Products, and treated like Royalty by Bill Schmidt at Van Products.  I am so thankful for their generosity in getting me to the event! 

At both, I shared my story and stressed to both groups how thankful we...

At the end of May, I also had the opportunity to attend the NJ/NY Metro Abilities Expo 2010 with Colours Wheelchair and Ms. Wheelchair America.  It was yet another amazing show..these shows are starting to feel like monthly family reunions!  We all get so close to eachother throughout the shows that it is always hard to say goodbye, but we always know that we will see eachother at the next show. 

At this show, I received my kit from Lega Wear and became an o...