2012 is the Ten Year Anniversary of 6 Days 6 Ramps!

Congratulations to Ability1st, The Center for Independent Living in Central Florida and Northwest Florida State College for being chosen to receive a 2012 6 Days 6 Ramps Community Service Project Grant!

6 Days 6 Ramps is a multi-site collaborative service project between the Governor's Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, Volunteer Florida; not-for-profit organizations; organizations that serve persons with disabilities; volunteer centers; faith-based organizations; AmeriCorps and National Service programs and the business community.

For the third year, the Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Program will join Volunteer Florida in sponsoring the 2012 6 Days 6 Ramps.

Now in its tenth year, 6 Days 6 Ramps began as a joint project between Volunteer Florida and AmeriCorps Florida State Parks. The project, originally known as the St. Andrews Inclusion Project, evolved from a single event community service project to a yearly six-day, multi-site community strengthening event.

6 Days 6 Ramps seeks to achieve the following goals:

• Exemplify and expand the role of persons with disabilities in improving their community through participation in National Service programs and volunteering.

• Bring attention to the need for barrier removal so that persons with disabilities can remain independent and a part of their communities.

• Help strengthen existing volunteer efforts to remove barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from participating in their community by building wheelchair ramps for local residents with disabilities whose income will not support the cost of building a ramp.

For further information please contact:

Paul Martell
Accessibility Program Manager
850-414-0093
6days6ramps@gmail.com

Inquires from the media, please contact:

Jayme O'Rourke
Director of Communications and Government Affairs
(850) 414-2974
jayme@volunteerflorida.org