Please enjoy some of the pictures from the Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts Pageant on April 6th 2008!

http://www.mswheelchairmass.org/pageantphotos2008.html

There are more to come....

Congratulations to Kristen Parisi, crowned Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts 2008 at the Carson Place today.

Kristen will be making appearances across the state as well as raising money to travel to compete in the Ms Wheelchair America 2009 pageant in Rockville Maryland this July.

Stay tuned for details.

Autumn Grant

Ms Wheelchair Massachusetts: a program of achievement, advocacy and opportunity for women with disAbilities in Massachusetts announces:

The Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts 2008 Pageant>>

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When: Sunday April 6^th from 2pm to 4pm>>

Where: Carson Place at the Bayside Expo Center>>

180 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston MA 02125>>

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Tickets may be purchased for $10 at the door beginning at 1pm and will grant you access to all onstage activities and the crowning dessert celebration.  >>

This is no ordinary pageant! It is a competition based on personal interviews, platform speech presentations and on-stage interviews to find a state and national spokeswoman for people with disAbilities.   The mission of the Ms. Wheelchair America Program and the individual state programs is to provide an opportunity for women of achievement who utilize wheelchairs to successfully educate and advocate for individuals with disAbilities.>>

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Please visit our website at www.mswheelchairmass.org or contact Autumn Grant at mswheelchairmass06@yahoo.com for more information.>>

I am very excited to announce that we currently three contestants competing for the title of Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts 2008.  I would love to see a few more women get involved because I think it makes a better experience for everyone when there are more people to meet and socialize with.  Because of this I am extending the application deadline to March 30th.  I have lists of potential sponsors if the application fee is holding you back.

Reduced Application Fee Extended

We have extended the reduced application fee for contestants to March 15th.  If you wish to compete in the Ms Wheelchair Massachusetts Pageant on April 6th, simply let me know by March 15th and the entrance fee is reduced to $125. 

Please do not let the cost restrict you, we have a number of resources that you can use to solicit sponsorship and we may be able to offer additional assistance.

Help us promote Ms Wheelchair Massachusetts

I had never heard of Ms. Wheelchair America until about 2 and a half years ago when I met Ms Wheelchair America 2006 at an MDA event. I did some research and found that Massachusetts actually had a brand new program and was searching for contestants. Long story short, I applied, competed and won the title for Ms Wheelchair Massachusetts 2006. I also went on to compete in the Ms Wheelchair America 2007 pageant in Little Rock Arkansas and won that title as well.

In my travels around Massachusetts and the US ,I found so many people who had never heard of this program for advocacy and opportunity and I enjoyed talking to them about it.

I entered the program because I wanted my voive to reach a larger audience; I accomplished that but I also now have friends all over the US and the state.  I have had the opportunity to do so many things I had never done before like ski in South Dakota and get a VIP private tour of Universal Studios Hollywood.  I also got to meet so many amazing people with amazing stories and promote my platform of "Independence Through Education" on a national scale.

Please help spread the word about the Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts program.  Email me at mswheelchairmass06@yahoo.com and I can email you out a nice flyer to share with friends, family, co-workers, classmates, anyone who wants to make a difference.

Thanks

Autumn

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts or Ms. Wheelchair America?  Well Kristen McCosh Ms. Wheelchair America 2008 / Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts 2007 has done a great job documented both experiences on her blogs http://www.mswheelchairmass07.blogspot.com/ and http://www.mswheelchairamerica08.blogspot.com/ .  Please do not let all that Kristen has done scare you away as she has been very busy.

As Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts we ask you to make one appearance per month which can range from reading a book to a 1st grade class to attending an event for your favorite charity to meeting with a local politician.  Your year is what you make it and we realize that you all have lives outside of being Ms. Wheelchair Massachusetts.  Please apply with confidence and realize we can shape your reign around your needs.