Please visit www.wheelinjazz.com

News and notes of Utah's Elite Wheelchair Basketball Team. Currently Ranked #4 in National Wheelchair Basketball Association. For more information about the Wheelin' Jazz, call Layne Mangum at 801.400.2882.

We have launched a new webpage (wheelinjazz.com) that gives you the opportunity to better follow and support the team. The new page has a donation link and also a shopping cart for you to purchase coupons that give you great value. The team gets 40% of the purchase price of the coupons. Thank you for visiting and supporting the team.

Neuroworx and the Hull Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide therapy and rehabilitative services for individuals dealing with paralysis sescondary to spinal cord injuries and similar neurological conditions. Supporting adaptive sports is a natural extension of our mission to improve the rehabilitation, overall health and quality of life for individuals with these devastating injuries.

Dale Hull and Jan Black are the co-founders of Neuroworx. The Wheelin' Jazz are grateful for their efforts./

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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Wheelin' Jazz Celebrity Wheelchair Game

1st Annual April Fools Celebrity Basketball Game

The Hull Foundation and its clinic, Neuroworx, is hosting a Wheelin' Jazz Celebrity Benefit game on April 1, 2009 at Jordan High school from 6:30pm to 10:00pm. The purpose is to raise awareness about the Wheelin' Jazz, adaptive sports in general, and to raise a bit of money to help the Wheelin' Jazz with their trip to the Final Four of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. Sport wheelchairs will be provided for the celebrity team.

Celebrity Participants:
Mark Shurtleff, Utah Attorney General
Andy Toolson, Former Utah Jazz Basketball Player
Rod Zundel, KSL Sports Reporter
Kim Yeoman, Ms. Wheelchair Utah 2009
Jeff Johnson, Former Univ. of Utah Basketball Player
Mark Heslop, Former BYU Basketball Player
Morgan Scalley, Asst. Coach Univ. of Utah Football
Kirk Jowers, Director - Hinckley Institute of Politics
Mark Durrant, Former BYU Basketball Player
Jan Whittaker, Director - NuSkin Jazz Dancers
Marty Haws, Former BYU Basketball Player
Russ Larson, Former BYU Basketball Player

Taylor Vaifunua, the American Idol Season 8 Top 36 Finalist, will play as well as sing the national anthem. Also performances by the Utah Jazz Dancers, and Dance Impressions..

The Neuroworx Wheelin' Jazz are currently ranked number 4 in the country in the Championship Division of the NWBA. They recently won the Western Regional Championship and travelled to Denver on March 20/21 to pursue the National Championship in the Final Four.
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