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APhiO to hold wheelchair race

In honor of community service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega’s National Service Week (Nov. 4 to 10), Carnegie Mellon’s chapter of APhiO will host “Wheels of Glory,” a manual wheelchair relay race, on Saturday. The theme of this year’s week is “helping children with disabilities,” and the money raised from the event will go to Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, the largest non-profit organization supporting those with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic neuromuscular disease that affects the nerves controlling voluntary muscle movement.

In teams of four, participants will compete in a relay race using manual wheelchairs (wheelchairs will be provided). Those who wish to play or watch should meet...

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