Come to the Westcare International Day of Disability Breakfast on 3 December 2009 featuring a number of inspirational guest speakers and Dreamfit Foundations highlight project for 2009 - Josiah’s Bicycle Engineering Challenge.
During the year, 212 UWA Engineering Students were involved in designing a custom bicycle for Josiah. Josiah is an inspirational 9-year-old Perth boy born with no arms. As a result of the challenge, 64 innovative designs were submitted by the teams of students. Six of these teams were then selected as finalists and offered the chance to build their bicycle with the support of local engineering and resource companies including Cliffs Natural Resources, Laing O'Rourke and Westnet Infrastructure Group.
During the breakfast, Josiah will have the incredibly difficult challenge of selecting his favourite bicycle out of the six that he will get to keep and take home just in time for Christmas. The team who built the bicycle chosen by Josiah will be crowned the ultimate winner of the Josiah Bicycle Engineering Challenge.
The remaining five bicycles that are not chosen by Josiah will be donated to Ride-Aid so they can be taken to Cambodia and donated to children who have lost arms through landmine explosions or birth conditions.
If you are interested in coming along on the day and being involved in what will no doubt be one of the most inspirational events of the year, you must book your ticket online at:
www.redhorizonevents.com.au.
If you would like to support this project, why not sponsor a table at the event and bring some of your colleagues, friends or family.
Tickets are limited and this event has been selling out incredibly fast so be quick if you don't want to miss out!!
For enquiries about the breakfast, tickets or the event, contact project coordinator, Jan Bryson, on 0403 444 044.
