RHI Sports Program Gala 2011

Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana Sports Program cordially invites you to attend "Visions of Victory", our 14th Annual Gala and Fundraising Event.

Come push your luck for a good cause and the chance to win prizes throughout a night filled with games, awards and a silent auction!  All money raised supports adaptive sports for people with physical disabilities.  The event is semi-formal dress.

5:30 pm  Cocktails and Silent Auction

7:00pm   Dinner and Victory Award Winner Presentation

 8:15pm   Casino Games, Prizes and Silent Auction

Check out our website at http://www.rhin.com/page/RHI_sports_program to learn more about the adaptive sports program.

For questions about the event, how to volunteer, donate or become a sponsor, please call 317-329-2281 or email rhisp@rhin.com

2011 Victory Award Winner

Cheryl Angelelli

Cheryl Angelelli sustained a spinal cord injury as a teenager when she broke her neck practicing a new racing dive in 1983. Despite the challenges of living as a quadriplegic, Angelelli turned stumbling blocks into stepping stones and turned tragedy into triumph.

A graduate of Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Mich., Angelelli holds a bachelor's degree in communications. Her interest in television journalism led her to freelance as a writer and reporter prior to her current employment as director of marketing and public relations for the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan. In 1991, she was crowned Ms. Wheelchair Michigan and went on to win the title of First Runner-Up Ms. Wheelchair America.

During her reign, she traveled as a motivational speaker, dispelling the myths and stereotypes about persons with disabilities. Angelelli is also a freelance journalist, model and product spokesperson for Invacare wheelchairs.

In 1998, Angelelli returned to competitive swimming after a 15-year absence. Just two years later, she earned a spot on the 2000 U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team and competed at the Paralympic Games in Sydney. She then went on to make the 2004 U.S. team and competed in Athens, Greece, where she won two bronze medals (200m & 4x50m freestyle relay) and served as team co-captain. Amazingly, four years later, Angelleli won two silver medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China.  At the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands Angelelli took home one gold medal (200 IM) and two silver medals (100m freestyle and 200m freestyle).

• 2010: Gold medal, 200m individual medley; two silver medals, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle – IPC Swimming World Championships, Eindhoven, Netherlands
• 2008: Silver medal, 100m Freestyle S4; silver medal, 50m Freestyle S4 – Paralympic Games, Beijing, China
• 2006: Two gold medals, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle; silver medal, 50m freestyle – IPC Swimming World Championships, Durban, South Africa
• 2006: First place, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle - U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships, San Antonio, Texas
• 2004: Two bronze medals, S4 200m freestyle, 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pt. - Paralympic Games, Athens, Greece
• Two-time Michigan Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame Disabled Female Athlete of the Year (2000, 2003)
• 2002: Two silver medals, 4 x 50 medley relay 20 pt., 4 x 50 free relay 20 pt. – IPC Swimming World Championships, Mar del Plata, Argentina
• 2000: Female Amateur Athlete of the Year for the State of Michigan, presented by Governor's Council on Physical Fitness, Health and Sports
• 2000: Inducted into Michigan Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame
• 2000: Member of the U.S. Paralympic Team
• 2000: Gold medal, 100m freestyle - National Championships

*Information and picture courtesy of USParalympics.org