Ndamukong Suh to host Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan’s 10th Annual Celebrity Wheelchair Basketball Game

NFL Rookie of the Year, Ndamukong Suh, will host Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan’s (RIM) 10^th Annual Celebrity Wheelchair Basketball Game at Oakland University on Thursday, September 22, 2011 from 6:00-8:30 p.m. This unique, one-of-a-kind fundraiser supports the wheelchair sports program at RIM.

The game features Detroit’s favorite sports celebrities and radio and television personalities, who compete in wheelchairs along with RIM’s award-winning wheelchair basketball team, the Detroit Diehards.

Prior to the start of the Celebrity Game, doctors, therapists and nurses from RIM will challenge Oakland University’s Athletic Department to a wheelchair basketball game at 6:00 p.m. The Celebrity Game will start at 7:00 p.m.

All proceeds from the Celebrity Wheelchair Basketball Game benefit RIM’s SportsAbility program which provides persons with disabilities the opportunity to compete in competitive and recreational sports.

Tickets for the event are $8 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. For more information visit www.celebritywheelchairbasketball.com