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RWOM HISTORY PAGE 2
SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE GROUP HAS EXPERIENCED A CHANGING OF THE RANKS. THROUGHOUT THE
YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SKATE GROUPS THAT HAVE SPRANG FORTH FROM THE ROLLING WHEELS OF MEMPHIS; THE MEMPHIS WALKERS,
THE MEMPHIS CLASSIC WHEELS, 901 GIRLS, AND MEMPHIS DIVA JUST TO NAME A FEW. UNTIL RECENTLY (2008) FOR YEARS
OUR MEMPHIS HOME BASE HAS BEEN LINKED TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE SKATING RINK, AND SKATELAND ON OLD SUMMER ROAD (BURN DOWN 2002)
AND NOW IT'S THE EAST END SKATE CENTER ON MT. MORIAH IN MEMPHIS. THE RWOM HAS GIVEN BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTICIPATION
IN VARIOUS ORGANIZATION AND EVENTS SUCH AS:
- "FEED THE NEEDY" (ANNUAL EVENT)
- CHRISTMAS BASKET INITIATIVE THRU FORD ADMINISTRATION
- "STOP THE KILLING, BLACK ON BLACK CRIME PREVENTION" PROGRAM
- THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF CONGRESSMAN STEVE COHEN
- TENN. STATE UNIVERSITY HOMECOMING PARADE IN NASHVILLE,TN
- LANE COLLEGE HOMECOMING PARADE IN JACKSON, TENNESSEE
- PERFORMED IN THE DR. MARTIN L. KING HICKORY HILL PARADE (REOPENING THE
MALL ) IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE
- PERFORMED IN THE SOUTHERN HERITAGE CLASSIC PARADE IN MEMPHIS
- PERFORMED AT LOCAL COMMUNITY CENTERS, MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS
CHURCHES IN MEMPHIS,TENNESSEE & SURROUNDING AREA
- PERFORMING ART CENTER IN SOUTH HAVEN MISS. / SILVER FEET PRODUCTION
- PERFORMED FOR LE BONHEUR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
- ORGANIZER OF THE ANNUAL HAUNTED HOUSE AT THE HICKORY HILL COMMUNITY CENTER
(FUNDED BY THE ROLLING WHEELS OF MEMPHIS)
- CHRISTOPHER "POPs" SCHOLARSHIP FUND
- MEMPHIS BLACK EXPO
- MEMPHIS CHOICE AWARDS WITH (RECORDING ARTIST LA'DAE NICOLE)
- DREAM NIGHT AT THE MEMPHIS ZOO (SPECIAL OLYMPICS)
- ST.JUDE HOSPITAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
Rolling Wheels of Memphis Skate Group has
been inducted into the National Smithsonian Museums in Washington, DC.
WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS OCCASIONS TO WEAR OUR 16 UNIFORMS IN AND OUT OF OUR HOME TOWN. SOME OF
THE CITIES AND STATES WE HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING VIA TRAIN, AIR, BUS, AND AUTOMOBILE, ARE AS FOLLOWS:
OHIO, LITTLE ROCK,NASHVILLE,ATLANTA,TEXAS, LOUISVILLE,DETROIT,CHICAGO,HUNTSVILLE,KANSAS
ST.LOUIS,NEW JERSEY,JACKSONVILLE,VIRGINIA, BATON ROUGE,NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA,LA, PHILADELPHIA,
NEW YORK,CINCINNATI
MATRIMONIAL CEREMONIES HAVE DELIGHTED OUR HEARTS OVER THE YEARS AND LITTLE ROLLING WHEELS
HAVE BEEN BORN. THE LEGACY OF SKATING MUST AND WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH OUR EVER GROWING RANKS OF JUNIORS AND PEEWEE
ROLLERS.
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