Tag: Fundraising
Paralysis doesn’t stop ex-football players from giving back
Paralysis doesn't stop former football athletes from raising money to make life a little easier for youngsters who suffer catastrophic spinal cord injuries
Only the...
Fighting to walk again
Local clinic helping woman get stem cell treatment in Russia
Brittney Ham has a supportive family, determination and hope, a combination that keeps the thought...
Spinal cord injury a staunch foe
Therese Riedel is battling back from a spinal cord injury she suffered in September 2008.
SAN DIEGO – Growing up in La Mesa and playing...
From service dog to SURFice dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGODurRfVv4
Ricochet's (Rip Curl Ricki's) journey from service dog training to fundraising to tandem surfing with quadriplegic surfer, Patrick Ivison. http://www.ripcurlricki.com
Project Walk trip is step in right direction
Elkridge woman vows to return to her feet
Perneita Farrar's dream is to walk again, and to do it in her beloved high heels.
"One day,...
A story of survival
On Aug. 4, 2007, Christine Kent was the victim of a horrible crime that has left her changed forever. On that date, Kent was...
Despite difficult economy, plea for disabled still real
VALPARAISO -- Joe White, organizer of the annual Spinal Cord Injury Walk/Roll, admits it's hard to ask folks to donate for a cause when...
Redefining ‘Cured’
A spinal-cord-injury activist puts a new priority on living with—not fighting—paralysis.
Ever since 1988, wheelchairs have figured into Alan T. Brown's dreams. That was...
Facing life’s challenges: Travis Roy to speak in Lincoln
Travis Roy has always set goals for himself.
Growing up the son of a rink manager in Yarmouth, Maine, Roy might as well have been...
Kelly Brush fund-raiser wheels in record amount
The fourth annual Kelly Brush Century Ride kicked off early on Saturday morning to cool temperatures and thick crowds at Middlebury College, where cyclists...
