{"id":34453,"date":"2016-10-14T15:52:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T20:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=34453"},"modified":"2016-10-14T15:52:51","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T20:52:51","slug":"uber-pays-for-dallas-drivers-trip-to-deaf-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/10\/14\/uber-pays-for-dallas-drivers-trip-to-deaf-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber pays for Dallas driver’s trip to deaf Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Uber pays for Dallas driver’s trip to deaf Olympics<\/strong><\/p>\n

October 13, 2016<\/p>\n

DALLAS – Uber is helping one of its drivers compete in the Deaflympics.<\/p>\n

Ryan Poindexter drives for Uber in the DFW area. He was nominated for the UberWISH initiative, a program that helps drivers\u2019 dreams come true.<\/p>\n

Poindexter is a member of the United States deaf men\u2019s volleyball team. He\u2019s been working as a driver hoping to make enough money to make it to next year\u2019s Deaflympics in Turkey.<\/p>\n

Uber pays for Dallas driver’s trip to deaf Olympics<\/p>\n

This week Uber announced it was paying for his trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful. It\u2019s wonderful. I\u2019ve been looking forward to it for a long time, so I feel really lucky to be able to contribute in some way to what he\u2019s doing. We at Uber are just really proud to partner with him and to be a really small part of all the amazing work that he\u2019s doing,\u201d said Beth Huddleston, general manager for Uber DFW.<\/p>\n

More than 1,500 Uber drivers in Texas were nominated for the company\u2019s initiative.<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/211369069-story<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Uber pays for Dallas driver’s trip to deaf Olympics October 13, 2016 DALLAS – Uber is helping one of its drivers compete in the Deaflympics. Ryan Poindexter drives for Uber in the DFW area. He was nominated for the UberWISH…<\/p>\n

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