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Beverly

Positive Attitude and Love Sustains Couple

Beverly and James have been married for 36 years and have a home filled with love and laughter. Beverly was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1989, but faith, a positive attitude and love for one another has sustained the couple....
Pearl

Pearl Remembers Her Hymns

Lee, age 90, met his future wife Pearl at the Indiana State Fair. "I was a freshman and she was a senior," he recalls. "I thought she was just being nice, but a few days later she sent me a...
Marian

Marian Prevents WWII Raid on New York

In 1943, Marian was working in the original L.S. Ayres Tea Room when she met an Army recruiter having lunch. As a result, Marian decided to enlist in the Women's Army Corps (WAC). She served in military intelligence, first at...
Mary

Mary Still Enjoys Cooking, Gardening

For 81-year-old Mary, staying active is not difficult. She's soft-spoken and sweet, and greets people with a warm hug. Every day she calls members of her St. John Missionary Baptist Church congregation to see how they are doing and to...
Hope at Indy Mini Marathon

Carrying Hope – How One CICOA Family Finished the Mini-Marathon

Five-year-old Hope Parker finished the OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon in 3 hours, 34 minutes and 23 seconds. She didn’t run or walk. Her parents, Jennifer and Andrew Parker, carried her in a backpack. Hope has Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, which...
2009 Power Soccer Championship

CICOA Clients Help U.S. Team Clinch Second Powerchair Football World Cup

Case Calvert and JC Russo, members of the U.S. National Power Soccer Team and CICOA clients, recently brought home the FIPFA 2011 Powerchair Football World Cup. The U.S. team competed for its second World Cup in Paris, France, Nov. 2-6,...

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