Professional Association to Honor Dr. R. Richard Ray Jr.HOLLAND - Dr. R. Richard Ray Jr., who is the dean for the social sciences and a professor of kinesiology at Hope College, will receive the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association Golden Pinnacle Award on Friday, March 12, during the GLATA Winter Meeting being held in Detroit.
Ray has been extensively involved in the discipline of athletic training at the regional and national level. He was co-chair of the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Education Task Force, was president of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association (GLATA) from 1990 to 1992, and is also a member and former president of the Michigan Athletic Trainers' Society. He is former editor of the professional journal "Athletic Therapy Today" and served as associate editor of the "Journal of Athletic Training."
He has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1982, and has been dean for the social sciences since 2008. For several years, he was the college's head athletic trainer and developed the academic program in athletic training at Hope.
Under his leadership, the college's athletic training program grew into a full major. Hope was one of the first Michigan colleges to have its athletic training program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).
Ray has received multiple honors through the years in recognition of his service to his profession and teaching. In June 2006, he was elected to the NATA Hall of Fame, the highest honor in the athletic training profession. In March 2004, he received an "Outstanding Educator Award" from GLATA, from which he had also received a "Distinguished Service Award" in March 2002. In June 2001, he received the "Sayers 'Bud' Miller Distinguished Educator Award" from NATA. In May of 1999, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Michigan Athletic Trainers' Society, which had presented him with its "Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award" in 1995. In September 2009, he received the Career Achievement Award from the Kinesiology Alumni Society of the University of Michigan.
Ray has a wide range of research interests, and has received several grants to support his work. He is the editor or author of the books "Management Strategies in Athletic Training" (2005, 2000, 1994), "Counseling in Sports Medicine" (1999) and "Case Studies in Athletic Training Administration" (1995), all published by Human Kinetics.
Ray is a 1979 graduate of the University of Michigan and completed his master's and doctorate from Western Michigan University in 1980 and 1990 respectively.
GLATA includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The association represents approximately 22 percent of the total membership of the national association. Members serve in settings including high schools, colleges and universities, professional sports organizations, physician offices, rehabilitation clinics and industrial work sites.
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DeWitt Tennis Center Named National "Facility of the Year"
The DeWitt Tennis Center at Hope College has been named the national 2010 "Public Facility of the Year" by the Professional Tennis Registry" (PTR).
The PTR presented the award on Sunday, Feb. 14, during its 2010 PTR International Tennis Symposium being held Friday-Thursday, Feb. 12-18, at the PTR Headquarters on Hilton Head Island, S.C.
The six-court center, which opened in August 1994, was honored for the array and quality of programs that it offers to its members as well as the Holland tennis community. "Our club is known as a place that has excellent teaching, and we develop a lot of outstanding players, particularly in our Junior program," said Jorge Capestany, who has managed the DeWitt Tennis Center since the fall of 2003.
The DeWitt Tennis Center features instruction year-round for young players from kindergarten age through the high school level, including through an intensive, nine-week tennis academy held each summer.
Since 2003, the DeWitt Tennis Center has produced more than 24 high school state champions, as well as nine Midwest qualifiers in USTA competition. Across their overall careers, Capestany and his staff have developed more than 180 high school state champions in Michigan as well as three national champions.
The center offers annual memberships for individual community members and families, and its services also include adult tennis clinics and private lessons. The center has also served as a resource for the PTR, including serving as a host site for filming and editing of the registry's "Preparation for Certification" DVD.
The award follows a challenging and even painful year for the center and its staff. On June 19, the facility's six indoor courts were flooded with four feet of water during the violent summer storm that dumped some seven inches of rain on the Holland area in just a few hours, prompting the center to close for two months while the courts were resurfaced. On July 3, the center's assistant manager, Karen Page, who was also coach of the college's women's tennis team, died following a long battle with cancer. Capestany accepted the award on Page's behalf.
Capestany, who is a 28-year veteran of the tennis industry, is one of only 10 people worldwide to hold Master Professional distinction with both the PTR and the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA). In addition to Capestany, the center's full-time staff includes Nate Price, who is director of tennis and a USPTA Professional and PTR Professional; and Matt Bradley, who is a PTR Professional.
The DeWitt Tennis Center is located along Fairbanks Avenue near Holland Municipal Stadium. In addition to its six courts, the 40,000-square-foot building features men's and women's locker rooms, and a large waiting reception area. The center is named in honor of the Gary and Joyce DeWitt family.
Founded in 1976, the PTR is the largest global organization of tennis-teaching professionals, with more than 14,000 members in 122 countries. The registry's mission is to educate, certify and serve tennis teachers and coaches around the world in order to grow the game.
Derek Bradley Honored as Volunteer Mentor
Derek Bradley, a Hope College junior from Roscommon, has been chosen to receive this month’s “Senator’s Award for Menin Mentoring” by State Senator Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland).
Bradley is a volunteer coach with the “Total TrekQuest” program coordinated by Pathways, MI. He will receive the awardduring a ceremony on Friday, Jan. 15, at 4:30 p.m. at the Pathways, MI office in Holland.
The award consists of a framed certificate signed by Kuipers and GovernorJennifer Granholm, and a $50 gift card to the BoatWerks Restaurant courtesy of Paul Kuiper. In addition, the award’s recipients are listed on a plaquecreated by Superior Sports in Holland and on display in the restaurant’s lobby.
Total Trek Quest is a 10-week highly interactive program designed exclusively for boys in third, fourth and fifth grades that providesopportunities to explore and develop their individuality and strengths,through running and other activities to promote goal-setting and socialdevelopment. The program takes place at several schools in Ottawa County.
Bradley has been a volunteer coach with the programfor the past two years, serving at Holland East and at WaukazooElementary/Lakewood Elementary (a combined West Ottawa team). He is theonly volunteer coach currently mentoring two teams.
Bradley is a 2007 graduate of Roscommon High Schooland the son of Richard and Theresa Bradley of Roscommon. He is an exercise science major and a member of the college’s cheerleading squad.
Kuipers represents the 30th District, which includes all of Ottawa County aswell as the City of Grandville and Sparta Township in Kent County. The Senator’s Award for Men in Mentoring is intended to highlight the importance of mentoring by males in particular, since nationwide two thirds of all youth in need of mentors are male but only one third of mentors are male. Kuipers presents it monthly to the programs, including “Heights of Hope,” that are partnered with the Ottawa County Mentoring Collaborative, including Pathways, MI, with each program able to identify one recipient per year.
Pathways, MI was formed in 2006 through the merger of Child and FamilyServices of Western Michigan and Children’s Resource Network Inc. Theorganization’s mission is to provide life-transforming services to children, families and communities, through a wide array of services that include counseling, early-childhood programs, the Great Start Western Regional Resource Center, parent and family support and education, foster care, adoption, and participation in community efforts to improve life forchildren and families.
Derek Bradley, a Hope College junior from Roscommon, has been chosen to receive this month’s “Senator’s Award for Menin Mentoring” by State Senator Wayne Kuipers (R-Holland).
Bradley is a volunteer coach with the “Total TrekQuest” program coordinated by Pathways, MI. He will receive the awardduring a ceremony on Friday, Jan. 15, at 4:30 p.m. at the Pathways, MI office in Holland.
The award consists of a framed certificate signed by Kuipers and GovernorJennifer Granholm, and a $50 gift card to the BoatWerks Restaurant courtesy of Paul Kuiper. In addition, the award’s recipients are listed on a plaquecreated by Superior Sports in Holland and on display in the restaurant’s lobby.
Total Trek Quest is a 10-week highly interactive program designed exclusively for boys in third, fourth and fifth grades that providesopportunities to explore and develop their individuality and strengths,through running and other activities to promote goal-setting and socialdevelopment. The program takes place at several schools in Ottawa County.
Bradley has been a volunteer coach with the programfor the past two years, serving at Holland East and at WaukazooElementary/Lakewood Elementary (a combined West Ottawa team). He is theonly volunteer coach currently mentoring two teams.
Bradley is a 2007 graduate of Roscommon High Schooland the son of Richard and Theresa Bradley of Roscommon. He is an exercise science major and a member of the college’s cheerleading squad.
Kuipers represents the 30th District, which includes all of Ottawa County aswell as the City of Grandville and Sparta Township in Kent County. The Senator’s Award for Men in Mentoring is intended to highlight the importance of mentoring by males in particular, since nationwide two thirds of all youth in need of mentors are male but only one third of mentors are male. Kuipers presents it monthly to the programs, including “Heights of Hope,” that are partnered with the Ottawa County Mentoring Collaborative, including Pathways, MI, with each program able to identify one recipient per year.
Pathways, MI was formed in 2006 through the merger of Child and FamilyServices of Western Michigan and Children’s Resource Network Inc. Theorganization’s mission is to provide life-transforming services to children, families and communities, through a wide array of services that include counseling, early-childhood programs, the Great Start Western Regional Resource Center, parent and family support and education, foster care, adoption, and participation in community efforts to improve life forchildren and families.
Long Time Friend of Hope College Passes Away
Russell (Russ) B. DeVette, teacher and coach at Hope College for four decades, died Monday, Nov. 23, at Hospice House in Holland, Mich. following a long illness. He was 86 years of age. Russ DeVette is a man I greatly respect and admire. For many of us who had the privilege of playing for him and coaching with him, he was a father figure of pervasive positive influence," said Hope College president James E. Bultman. "While his athletic and coaching achievements are legendary, I'll always remember him as a man who lived his life with extraordinary Christian convictions. I'll miss him." DeVette taught and coached at Hope for nearly 40 years, from 1948 until retiring in 1988 as professor emeritus of physical education.
An outstanding basketball player at Hope in the 1940s, he was the first recipient ofthe most valuable player award from the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).
At times in his Hope career he coached three sports in the same school year. He coached the men's basketball team from 1948-51 and from 1956 to 1977. He was also the head football coach from 1955 to 1969. He remained on the football coaching staff as defensive coordinator through 1987. He also served as head coach in both baseball and women's track. The teams combined to win 14 MIAA championships.
In 2007 the Hope College Alumni H-Club presented him the "Hope for Humanity Award." A holiday men's basketball tournament is named in his honor. The main basketball gymnasium in the college's DeVos Fieldhouse honors him and his wife Doris.
DeVette enrolled at Hope in 1941 from Muskegon as a member of the Class of 1945, but his education was interrupted by service in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and he returned and completed his degree in 1947. During his pre-war years as a student he was a member of the 1942-43 "Blitz Kids," the first Hope men's basketball team to go undefeated in MIAA play. In 1947, he was the first player ever to receive the MIAA Most Valuable Player Award in basketball.
After graduating from Hope with degree in history education he went on to the University of Michigan for a master's in physical education before returning to the college to teach and coach.
He served an additional three years in the Marina Corps in the 1950s and coached basketball one year at the Universityn of Maine before returning to Hope.
As a member of the faculty he developed the college's physical education minor, and also served as the athletic director and chairperson of the department. In 1986 he co-authored the book "Coaching Basketball: The Complete Book from Beginning to Championship Play" with faculty colleague Dr. William Vanderbilt, a 1961 Hope graduate who as a student had played for DeVette.
DeVette was head coach of the men's basketball team from 1948 to 1951 and from 1956 to 1977. Over 24 seasons, his basketball teams captured nine MIAA championships and one NCAA regional crown. He was also head football coach from 1955 to 1969, during which period the team won two MIAA titles, and he remained on the football coaching staff as defensive coordinator through 1987. He also served as head coach in both baseball and women's track; his baseball teams won league championships in 1953 and 1954, and his women's track team won league championships in 1981, 1982 and 1988.
DeVette was named the Michigan NAIA Coach of the Year in basketball for 1956-57. From 1975 to 1981, he was a member of the first basketball committee for the NCAA Division III, serving as the committee's chairperson during the last two years. In 1989, he was inducted into the Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame.
The college's annual Russ DeVette Holiday Tournament in basketball is named in his honor. During the tournament in December 2005, the main basketball gymnasium in the Richard and Helen DeVos Fieldhouse was named the "DeVette-Van Wieren Gymnasium" in recognition of him and his wife Doris, and current coach Dr. Glenn Van Wieren and Van Wieren's wife Jackie, for their decades-long service to Hope. Glenn Van Wieren, who has been head basketball coach since 1977, is a 1964 Hope graduate and played basketball for DeVette as a Hope student.
DeVette was a member of the Holland City Council for three terms, from 1975 to 1987. His community service through the years has also included coaching and mentoring the Ottawa Hustlers, a basketball team comprised of adults with learning disabilities; Meals on Wheels; Everegreen Day Health; teaching English as a second language with Community Education; The Bridge Store; and serving on the board of Camp Geneva. He was a charter member of Christ Memorial Church of Holland.
Surviving are his wife, Doris, of 60 years; children and grandchildren, Christi and Glenn Hayden of Whitehall (Keith and Jeff), Lynne and David Bouvea of Phoenix, AZ, Joel and Crystal DeVette of Holland (Lisa, Dan, and Heidi), Steven and Shelia DeVette of Grandville (Mike and Brad), Kurt and Jianna DeVette of Holland (Caleigh, Jordanna, and Jarrod), Lisa and Mark Werley of Zeeland (Kirsten, Megan, Ben, Madison, and Braden); brother, Ben and Becky DeVette of Grahm, NC; sisters, Kathy Bremer of Detroit and Marlene Dykstra of Muskegon; sister-in-law, Joyce Lubbers of Tallahassee, FL.
100 Years of FootballHope's celebration of 100 years of football this past weekend was a huge success thanks to the many alumni who returned to campus for the Homecoming celebration. Pictured below is a true legacy, coaches Ray Smith, Russ DeVette and Dean Kreps who combined have guided the Flying Dutchmen more than half of Hope's 100 years of gridiron glory!
Hope College says Goodbye to Colleague
The following article appeared in the Anchor- April 22, 2009
It is a rare occurrence where an individual sticks with a job for most of his life and still enjoys every day he comes to work. It is even more rare to find a man who upholds morality, honesty and faith in all that he does. For the past 39 years, Hope College has been blessed with the presence of just such a man. Ray Smith, director of athletics for men, will retire in June. His departure will mark what many would label the end of an era, one of success, and not just in the win column.
Mark Northuis, chair of the department of kinesiology, said that although Smith has had an incredible coaching and administrative career in the record books, it is his Christian faith that truly marks his successes. "For him, his faith is more important than any win/loss record," Northuis said. "He desires to change people through faith."
This faith has changed people, just ask Pete Semeyn, pastor at Faith Reformed Church in Traverse City. Semeyn was on the football team when Smith first started as head coach in 1970; he graduated and went into teaching, but it just didn't feel right. He felt called to ministry, but before he made the life-changing decision, he decided to ask important people in his life what they thought. He turned to Coach Ray Smith. "He knew me better than anyone; he'd seen the good, the bad, and really ugly side of me," Semeyn said in a sermon delivered at The Gathering on Jan.25. "We (Semeyn and his wife) told him that we were considering ministry...(Smith and his wife, with tears in their eyes, responded by saying) 'We've been praying for you for two years, that God would call you into ministry.'" If his faith and commitment to people wasn't enough, his performance and success speak volumes.
Smith took over the realm as Hope's head football coach when the team hadn't won the MIAA in seven years. He went on to become the winningest football coach in MIAA history, as well as being named the Division III coach of the year in 1984. On top of football, Smith has also coached wrestling, golf and baseball at Hope.
His success as a coach can also be attributed to his character and faith. Smith was able to bring in high quality student athletes through his personal approach to recruiting. "Ray was the first coach in the league that really recruited," Northius said. "He combined his knowledge of playing with his strong character to bring in high quality student athletes." Smith added the role of director of athletics for men in 1980; during his 29-year tenure as athletic director, Hope has won the MIAA Commissioners' Cup 23 times (and number 24 is probably right around the corner).
Smith will be able to reflect with fondness at all he has accomplished when he moves on to retirement in June. "There are so many pleasant memories," Smith said. "When I look back on my years I will definitely have a smile on my face. The Lord had a plan for me and my family to come to Hope, and I am certainly a better person for coming here."
Smith most likely won't be thinking about how many wins his football team had, or the number of times Hope beat Calvin; he will remember the people he has changed and those that changed him.
"My experience here has been buoyed by meeting strong Christians," Smith said. "There have been so many intelligent people that I have worked with and coached that had a love for both sports and Christ." One hundred forty eight wins, 23 MIAA Commissioners' Cups, 39 years at Hope College, countless lives changed. "It is nice to leave your job with no regrets," Smith said.
No regrets, now there's something to strive for.
The following article appeared in the Anchor- April 22, 2009
It is a rare occurrence where an individual sticks with a job for most of his life and still enjoys every day he comes to work. It is even more rare to find a man who upholds morality, honesty and faith in all that he does. For the past 39 years, Hope College has been blessed with the presence of just such a man. Ray Smith, director of athletics for men, will retire in June. His departure will mark what many would label the end of an era, one of success, and not just in the win column.
Mark Northuis, chair of the department of kinesiology, said that although Smith has had an incredible coaching and administrative career in the record books, it is his Christian faith that truly marks his successes. "For him, his faith is more important than any win/loss record," Northuis said. "He desires to change people through faith."
This faith has changed people, just ask Pete Semeyn, pastor at Faith Reformed Church in Traverse City. Semeyn was on the football team when Smith first started as head coach in 1970; he graduated and went into teaching, but it just didn't feel right. He felt called to ministry, but before he made the life-changing decision, he decided to ask important people in his life what they thought. He turned to Coach Ray Smith. "He knew me better than anyone; he'd seen the good, the bad, and really ugly side of me," Semeyn said in a sermon delivered at The Gathering on Jan.25. "We (Semeyn and his wife) told him that we were considering ministry...(Smith and his wife, with tears in their eyes, responded by saying) 'We've been praying for you for two years, that God would call you into ministry.'" If his faith and commitment to people wasn't enough, his performance and success speak volumes.
Smith took over the realm as Hope's head football coach when the team hadn't won the MIAA in seven years. He went on to become the winningest football coach in MIAA history, as well as being named the Division III coach of the year in 1984. On top of football, Smith has also coached wrestling, golf and baseball at Hope.
His success as a coach can also be attributed to his character and faith. Smith was able to bring in high quality student athletes through his personal approach to recruiting. "Ray was the first coach in the league that really recruited," Northius said. "He combined his knowledge of playing with his strong character to bring in high quality student athletes." Smith added the role of director of athletics for men in 1980; during his 29-year tenure as athletic director, Hope has won the MIAA Commissioners' Cup 23 times (and number 24 is probably right around the corner).
Smith will be able to reflect with fondness at all he has accomplished when he moves on to retirement in June. "There are so many pleasant memories," Smith said. "When I look back on my years I will definitely have a smile on my face. The Lord had a plan for me and my family to come to Hope, and I am certainly a better person for coming here."
Smith most likely won't be thinking about how many wins his football team had, or the number of times Hope beat Calvin; he will remember the people he has changed and those that changed him.
"My experience here has been buoyed by meeting strong Christians," Smith said. "There have been so many intelligent people that I have worked with and coached that had a love for both sports and Christ." One hundred forty eight wins, 23 MIAA Commissioners' Cups, 39 years at Hope College, countless lives changed. "It is nice to leave your job with no regrets," Smith said.
No regrets, now there's something to strive for.
Three Kinesiology Majors Honored 
April Muske, Rachel Oosting, and Molly Smith have all been elected into Phi Beta Kappa. You can follow this link for the full story:
Congratulations ladies!
Hope College Athletic Training Rehabs Athletes using Video Game Technology
Dr. Kirk Brumels of the Hope College athletic training staff had an intuitive sense and a fair bit of anecdotal evidence that popular activity-based video games like "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Wii Fit" Balance Board programs could play a positive role in helping athletes with balance rehabilitation, but he hadn't located any hard data to support the notion. So, this fall he and a team of student researchers tackled the topic themselves. They conducted a study, published in the winter 2008 edition of "Clinical Kinesiology," that found that such games offered the best of both worlds: they were more effective than traditional rehabilitation tools and the athletes enjoyed them more.
Ironically—or, rather, perhaps because the athletes were enjoying using the activities--participants in the study also believed that the games were less difficult than the traditional tools even as they were more effective.
"They perceived it as easier, yet the data suggested that it was as effective as, if not more effective than, the other exercises," Brumels said.
The athletic training program at Hope has been using "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Wii Fit" with athletes who have had ankle sprains, knee injuries and other lower-extremity injuries, to help restore balance, coordination and agility. "We also use it a lot to help facilitate the transition from crutch use to ambulation," he said.
In "Dance Dance Revolution," the athletes stand on the game's one-square-meter pad and step in a direction indicated by the game's video screen. Through the "Wii Fit" system they stand on a platform and adjust their posture, leaning and shifting their weight through games such as "Ski Slalom," "Table Tilt" and "Balance Bubble."
Brumels was inspired to start using the games a few years ago, when his daughter showed him her new "Dance Dance Revolution" game. "I thought, 'Oh, my, this has a ton of applications in the athletic training world and rehabilitation," he said. The college's athletic training program began using the newly designed Wii system more recently.
He recognizes that the video game balance programs are much more interesting than the traditional balance exercise programs, which involve standing on a variety of stable and unstable surfaces, maybe interacting with a ball or other object, in the training room.
The athletes, he has found, have responded to the greater entertainment value offered by the video games accordingly. While through the traditional program, he said, they might typically participate for a week and then simply stop showing up, athletes using the games regularly stay for the entire multi-week regimen.
"We've had incredible compliance with the athletes on it," Brumels said. "As long as it's fun, and they're doing it and it's beneficial to them, that's what we want."
The four-week Hope study involved 25 athletes who were asked to rate their experience with the three systems between one and five according to difficulty, engagement and enjoyability. While the traditional methods earned a relatively low 2.17 for enjoyability and a 3.33 for engagement, "Dance Dance Revolution" earned 4.14 in both categories and "Wii Fit" earned 4.40 in each. The traditional methods rated 3.17 out of five for difficulty, while "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Wii Fit" weighed in as easier at 2.71 and 1.60.
Especially significant to Brumels was the finding that the athletes who had used "Dance Dance Revolution" and "Wii Fit" showed greater improvement in balance as measured by force plate testing following their month-long rehabilitation experience. It was an added bonus that the exercises were perceived as easier and more enjoyable by the participants.
Even as the participants in the study worked on their balance through the various rehabilitation methods, other students learned through the research process itself. Brumels conducted the study and co-authored the paper during the recent fall semester with four Hope senior athletic training or exercise science majors: Troy Blasius, Tyler Cortright, Daniel Oumedian and Brent Solberg. "They were intimately involved in the literature review, the study design, the implementation of it, and the data collection and analysis," he said.
While other studies had considered the clinical potential in games like "Dance Dance Revolution" and the "Wii Fit" system, Brumels said, their emphasis had been on benefits such as the cardiovascular workout they can provide. Based on his team's review of the literature, he said, the Hope study is the first to consider such games' potential in balance rehabilitation.
In addition to being featured in "Clinical Kinesiology" in the latter part of 2008, the Hope study is slated for additional presentation later this year. Brumels is scheduled to give talks about it during meetings of the Great Lakes Athletic Trainers' Association and the National Athletic Trainers' Association Annual Educational Symposiums in March and June respectively.
Athletic Training Program Sponsors Drive for "Wheels for the World"The athletic training program at Hope College is collecting used wheelchairs, walkers, canes, crutches and other such ambulatory and rehabilitation aids on behalf of "Wheels for the World."
"Wheels for the World" collects and refurbishes such devices and sends them abroad with volunteers who deliver them to people with disabilities. The objective of "Wheels for the World" is to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the disabled all around the world.
The local drive will take place from Saturday, Jan. 31, through Saturday, Feb. 28. Those with items to contribute may deliver them on Fridays between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. to the Hope College DeVos Fieldhouse athletic training room. Pickups may also be arranged.
Additional information may be obtained by emailing hopeembraces@gmail.com or calling (217) 714-4515.
The fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Fairbanks and Lincoln avenues and Ninth and 11th streets. The athletic training room is on the lower level of the west (Lincoln Avenue) side of the fieldhouse.
"Wheels for the World" is a subsection of "Joni and Friends," which provides ministry outreach programs to people with disabilities and their families. "Joni and Friends" was founded in 1979 by Joni Eareckson Tada. At the age of 17, Joni was in a diving accident which left her a quadriplegic in a wheelchair. She has since become a leading disability advocate as well as an author and artist.