Check out the calendar

The planning for 2012 has begun.  Firm as well as tentative dates are already on the calendar.  Check it out.  We want to do things for which you would join us.  Would you do SCUBA?  A theme park? Sky Diving?  Indoor Sky Diving?


Give us suggestions and ideas. Call/Text us at  (407) 900-6724 or email info@GOSCIN.com More information at http://www.goscin.com  Follow us on Twitter @GOSCIN   (When you tweet about the network, use #goscin so we can follow you.)  Also use those methods to let us know which event(s) you will do.


Current ideas are:

Sat Mar 24, 2012
12pm - 4pm Picnic - Food, friendship, and see adaptive van providers demonstrating their products
Where: Pavilion 1 Blanchard Park across from YMCA at 10501 J Blanchard Trl, Orlando, FL 32817


Sat Mar 25, 2012
10 am - 2pm Handcycle Clinic


Meet at parking for Little Econ Between
Taco Bell: 7853 Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32807
and
Awesome Autos: 7961 East Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32807

Cancelled - Sun Mar 25, 2012
11:30am - 4pm Hold the Date: Astro's vs Pirates see you at the Handcycle Clinic


Sat Jul 21, 2012
1pm - 4pm Hold the Date: Bowling


Fri & Sat Aug 24-25, 2012
10am - 4pm Independence Expo
Where: Marriott World Center, 8701 World Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32821
http://www.independenceexpo.org/


Fall some time (stay tuned and check back often)
7am - 6pm Hold the date: Fresh water fishing event


Sat Oct 20, 2012
12pm - 4pm Picnic

Where: Pavilion 1 Blanchard Park across from YMCA at 10501 J Blanchard Trl, Orlando, FL 32817

Sat Dec 8, 2012
6pm - 10pm Hold the date: Holiday Party

Every month on the First and Third Tuesday the Lucerne (Orlando Health) Spinal Cord Injury Support Group meets at the Lucerne Pavilion at 2:30 PM. All are welcome.

Want some physical activity?  Try Quad Rugby. Practice is every Sunday afternoon, 2801 N. Apopka Vineland Rd., Orlando, Fl. 32818, starting at 3:00 PM.

Handcycle Clinic UPDATE

Update:  Achilles South Florida and the Outpatient Clinic at Orlando Health are planning a handcycle clinic now on March 25, 2012 (was March 3, 2012).  Save the date.  Come out and try a adaptive activity that allows you to propel yourself.  


Waiting for a confirmation but it looks like we can ride on a bike trail, (the Cady Way over by Blanchard Park).  Lots of volunteers to assist in turning around, transferring in, come on out and try it.


Hope you can join us.



If you are interested in joining us get us you name and contact information.

You can contact us by leaving a message at ( (407) 900 - 6724 ), text ( (407) 900 - 6724 ), or email contact@GOSCIN.com

Check out the events we are still working on as well as the dates that are set.

Update: Fresh Water Fishing on 2/18/12

We looked for a lake with enough water (hope for rain) so that we can fish from an accessible dock.  None could be found, so we are postponing the fishing event until the fall.  You can still give us your contact information so we can let you know in the fall.

If you are interested in joining us get us you name and contact information.

You can contact us by leaving a message at ( (407) 900 - 6724 ), text ( (407) 900 - 6724 ), or email contact@GOSCIN.com

Also we have a firm date for a handcycle clinic.  Check out the events we are still working on as well as the dates that are set.

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Why have the Greater Orlando Spinal Cord Injury Network?

The character Leo McGarry on the show The West Wing tells a story to a subordinate/mentee in the second season episode, "Noël":

This guy's walkin' down a street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can't get out. A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, "Hey you! Can you help me out?" The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole, and moves on. Then a priest comes along and the guy shouts up, "Father, I'm down in this hole; can you help me out?" The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on. Then a friend walks by. "Hey, Joe, it's me. Can ya help me out?" And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, "Are ya stupid? Now we're both down here." The friend says, "Yeah, but I've been down here before and I know the way out."

Before I get a lot of angry emails and calls from doctors and clergy, they both are groups of wonderful caring people who do great things and help in so many ways in their own manner. We still need other things they can't give us.  They are still on the outside looking in and don't personally know all the feelings we have.

We all fell in the "hole" when we recieved our injury.  We have learned things ourselves or from others that we can pass along to those who haven't learned the same things. Even if you feel that you are only learning from others, there will be a newer injury you can teach when your time comes.  This learning can happen in a support group, at a social event like a picnic or a party, and at lectures with speakers.

Not everything has to be about learning. The Greater Orlando Spinal Cord Injury Network is a group where you can just be yourself. You aren't going to stick out or be different. Sure your situation is unique. On the other hand, please believe we all have had all the feelings and struggles you have had. So why not laugh, fellowship, share, support, ask, and answer with people who are closer to understanding you then almost any other person on the planet?

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