The legacy of student Zech Devits continues as NHTI hosts its annual “Wheelchair Basketball Benefit” on Feb. 10 in the Crocker Wellness Center. The Capital Wheelers (Granite State Independent Living and NHTI students) face off against the NHTI (employee) All Stars at 4:30 p.m. Admission is $1, and proceeds from the game and silent auction will be matched by the NHTI student senate to purchase assistive technology for students with disabilities.
Last year, the Wheelchair Basketball Benefit raised more than $2,000, awarding electronic readers, electronic dictionaries, digital recorders and voice-to-text software to several students.
Zech DeVits died at 22 in 2005, just weeks before graduating from NHTI with an associate's degree in addictions counseling. Born with gigantism and skeletal dysplasia, Zech had been wheelchair-bound since age 6. Despite his towering 7-foot, 8-inch frame, Zech quickly became a beloved role model. The first wheelchair benefit evolved as part of an education course project, when students decided to raise funds to refurbish Zech's wheelchair accessible van.
For more information, contact Gail Schilling at 271-7726 or Susan Ware Flower at 228-9680
Granite State Independent Living
