Detroit — A fierce sporting competition is bringing hundreds of wheelchair users and thousands of their friends, family and coaches to downtown Detroit this week for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games at Huntington Place.
The world’s largest annual wheelchair sports and rehabilitation event solely for military veterans, the games include archery, softball, basketball, rugby and more at Huntington Place, plus additional activities like fishing, cycling, bowling and swimming at other sites around Metro Detroit, including Belle Isle.
This is the NVWG's first time in Detroit and first time in Michigan since 1987 when it was held in Ann Arbor.
"We have a little over 500 veterans coming in with their families," said Wheelchair Games co-director Jennifer Purser. "And we love Detroit, we're excited."
Purser said the games are co-presented by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Paralyzed Veterans of America.
The world’s largest annual wheelchair sports and rehabilitation event solely for military veterans, the games include archery, softball, basketball, rugby and more at Huntington Place, plus additional activities like fishing, cycling, bowling and swimming at other sites around Metro Detroit, including Belle Isle.
This is the NVWG's first time in Detroit and first time in Michigan since 1987 when it was held in Ann Arbor.
"We have a little over 500 veterans coming in with their families," said Wheelchair Games co-director Jennifer Purser. "And we love Detroit, we're excited."
Purser said the games are co-presented by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Paralyzed Veterans of America.
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