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What
is AMBUCS?
American Business Clubs
is a national service organization composed of a diverse group of men and
women dedicated to creating independence and opportunities for people with
disabilities and helping to improve their
communities.
AMBUCS provides fun, innovative service opportunities for people who want to
help their community but do not necessarily have a lot of time to do so. By
working together, AMBUCS volunteers make their spare time go a long, long way.
AMBUCS National Projects
AmBility and AMBUCS Scholars are the two national service
projects of AMBUCS. Within the AmBility project is the AmTryke program. This
program is designed to give children with disabilities their first set of
wheels. This unique therapeutic tricycle is hand and/or foot driven. It
improves motor coordination, increases self-esteem and is fun to ride!
A long-running success story, the AMBUCS Scholars, scholarships for
therapists, project represents the largest single private source of
educational grants for therapists in America. AMBUCS has provided over 5
million dollars to educate physical and occupational therapists, speech
pathologists and hearing audiologists. Both of these projects are powerful
symbols of our club's national mission: to create independence for people with
disabilities.
For more information about AMBUCS
projects, visit the AMBUCS national site.
Tulsa Metro Ambucs
The local chapter was started in
1978. Tulsa Metro Ambucs
meet once a month on the second
Thursday
of the month at Outback
Steakhouse on Yale Ave., noon - 1:00 PM,
and have speakers from the business community at each meeting.
Besides supporting the national Ambuc
programs, locally we support the Little Light House, Big Brothers and
Sisters and other organizations.
2007-2008 Tulsa, OK AMBUCS Officers:
President - Cindy Elliott
Vice President - George Carradini
Secretary - Patty Brannock
Treasurer - Greg Spears
See pictures from the 2008 Big
Brothers/Big Sisters Picnic! For more information contact George Carradini at
George_Carradini@ml.com.
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