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| Do you have your PAWS 2009 Calendar? |
Keep track of the important dates in your life
and support a great cause at the same time. The colorful 2009 PAWS Calendar
is packed with great photographs of the PAWS animals doing what they do
best, sharing their love with and giving support to children and seniors.
Proceeds from the sale of the PAWS Calendar go to support
this outstanding program that has volunteers throughout Carbon and Emery
Counties. This dedicated four legged support team and their equally dedicated
humans share their love at places like the Price City Library, local schools
and regional care centers. They give joy and comfort to all they come in
contact with and they might as well give joy and comfort to you every day
of the year.
Calendars can be purchased for $12 at the Active Re-Entry
office or sent through the mail by calling (435) 637-4950. Do your part
and support this worthy cause in 2009. |
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Rights·Equality·Quality of Life
| Scoodeo
Program comes to DVD... |
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Everyone has seen them; the people who through necessity must use a
personal mobility device or scooter to get around in their daily lives.
And while everyone has seen them, most people are unaware of their struggles
to make it from their homes to their appointments and to do daily chores.
Imagine that you yourself are faced with suddenly
having to use a scooter. Would you know how to operate the device safely?
Would you know the rules of the road? Would you know the safe routes to
use to get to your appointments?
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Faced with all of this uncertainty is a daunting
prospect and that is why Active Re-Entry and the Southeastern Utah Health
Department have teamed up to create the "Scoodeo Program". Similar
in design to a bicycle rodeo, the "Scoodeo" Program helps people
who utilize these personal mobility devices to operate the machines in a
safe manner for themselves as well as the traveling public in automobiles.
In an effort to draw attention to this valuable
program Active Re-Entry and the Southeastern Utah Health Department commissioned
local advertising & production company Teply Graphic Arts & Publishing,
LLC to produce a video documenting the program.
To get footage for the program, Teply himself
drove a 9.5 mile round trip route on a scooter from The Housing Authority
of Carbon County to Active Re-Entry's Offices, Castleview Hospital and various
stores and back again. While much of the route is modern and comfortable,
Teply was surprised at the challenges that faced the scooter riders as they
traveled the route. "It was really scary at times", Teply stated.
"It was an eye-opener to use a route in an exposed vehicle trying to
avoid people on the sidewalks and having to share the road with cars and
trucks."
In addition to traveling the routes used by
the personal mobility devices, Teply also participated in an actual "Scoodeo"
where he was tested on agility, safe operation and a variety of other tasks.
"Much of the footage in the video was taken from the front of the scooter
so that people really get a sense of what it is like to travel the routes
that these folks have to take, every day, rain, snow or blistering heat",
Teply commented.
The video has been divided into two parts,
an eight-minute "teaser" and a "broadcast 30 minute"
length program. The video is designed to educate viewers and to promote
a worthwhile program. SueAnn Martell, a recent viewer of the program commented,
"I was shocked when I saw the video. I had no idea what these people
had to go through. I certainly have a much better appreciation of them and
how they have to travel than I did before."
"What people don't understand, is that
as a rural area, we don't have the amenities of the rest of society... Scooters
are our UTA!" said Nancy Bentley, Director of Active Re-Entry.
A preview of the video will be available at
the Active Re-Entry website www.arecil.org or by visiting the Active Re-Entry
offices where the DVDs are available for $5 each. Proceeds go to buying
additional safety gear for the Scooters. |
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| Scoodeo
Media Preview compressed for the internet... |
9:57 minutes in length.
NOTE: The video is
hosted here on YouTube.
While the hosting of the video on You Tube
allows Active Re-Entry to not be charged for additional internet bandwidth
and allows the video to be seen by a greater populace, please realize that
You Tube is NOT an Active Re-Entry website and thus we cannot fully control
additional video content that they advertise on the side strip.
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| Do
you need assistance through the Active Access / Scoodeo Program... |
For more information about participating with and/or supporting the
Active Access / Scoodeo Program please call 435-637-4950. |
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