>From: "Lisa B." <[log in to unmask]>
>From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Carolyn Thompson
>
>
>Subject: Spirit of ADA Torch Relay through Cambridge on Aug. 3
>
>Hi folks,
>
>Today, July 26, 2000, marks the 10th Anniversary of the signing of the
>Americans with Disabilities Act. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADA! Part of the
>celebration is a relay carrying an olympic style torch through 24 cities
>in the country. The Spirit of ADA Torch Relay comes through Boston and
>Cambridge on Thursday, August 3rd. Join it the festivities by volunteering
>to be a torch bearer or help with the relay or just getting yourself and
>friends to some place along the route to cheer.
>
>I went to the orientation meeting on Monday night and got the latest
>information on the event and planned route. There is still time to sign
>up, but you must attend the next orientation meeting on Monday, July 31 at
>U. Mass Boston, 6 p.m., sign a Waiver of Liability and wear the official
>T-Shirt (bright yellow). THERE ARE ADAPTERS TO FASTEN THE TORCH TO A
>WHEELCHAIR, WALKER, or SCOOTER. Call the Cambridge Commission for Persons
>with Disabilities for an application or Adaptive Environments at
>617-695-1225 voice/TTY for more detailed information. Here is the schedule
>and route:
>
>
><?/color>9 a.m. - gather at Paul Revere Park in North End. Torch will be
>lit from lamp at Old North Church.
>
>Move down Hanover, under Central Artery to Faneuil Hall - gather at Sam
>Adams statue.
>
>Along Tremont to Action for Boston Community Development, then through the
>South End to Harriet Tubman Park & Settlement House.
>
>Along Berkeley past Boston Center for Independent Living and then along
>Massachusetts Ave. across the Charles to Memorial Drive. The TORCH will
>probably arrive in Cambridge between 12 noon and 1 p.m.
>
>Along Memorial Drive to the yellow B.U. Boathouse. Here the torch bearers
>will go by boat up-river to the Weld Boathouse.
>
>Disembarking at Weld Boathouse, the torch moves back on land, into Allston
>along North Harvard Steet, past the Volkswagon dealership (corporate
>sponsor and provider of van support for participants) and then along
>Western Ave. to WGBH where there will be demonstration of technology
>developed by Caption Center.
>
>Across the Western Avenue Bridge back to Memorial Drive where handcyclists
>-- including some who have been carrying another torch from Mt.Washington
>through N.H. -- will carry it to the Navy Yard in Charleston. Senator
>Kerry may be speaking to the gathering at the U.S.S. Constitution.
>
>The torch will be ferried from the U.S.S. Constition by Capt. Foster and
>his son (who has a disability) to the JFK Library.
>
>3:30 p.m. - Reception at the JFK Library for participants. Sen. Ted
>Kennedy and Paul Miller, Dir. of EEOC will be the honored guests. (The
>free reception is limited to 300; attendees must RSVP. First preference
>will be given to torch bearers and volunteers. )
>
>Hope to see some of you along the route. We can at least greet the torch
>bearers coming over the Harvard (Mass.Ave.) Bridge and moving along Mem
>Drive and later cheer the handcyclists headed for Charlestown.
>
>Carolyn Thompson
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