Tag: Nonprofit Organization
Concert to benefit spinal cord injury victims
While shooting footage last fall for the film adaptation of "Friday Night Lights," the quintessential novel about Texas high school football and the young...
Their lives go on
When 40-year-old Mindy Idaspe learned she would never walk again due to a spinal cord injury in 2002, she was heartbroken. A nurse and...
Gahanna resident wins Ms. Wheelchair Ohio
MIRIAM SEGALOFF - Enterprise Staff Writer
Before her tragic accident nearly six years ago, Gahanna resident Rosemarie Rossetti had never considered entering a pageant, let...
Neural Engineering’s Image Problem
Newswise — Jennifer French, who was paralyzed from the waist down in 1998 as a result of a snowboarding accident, has a new mission....
David Flores: Paralyzed ex-player shares his inspiration
San Antonio Express-News
Being the competitor that he is, ex-football player Chris Canales never has accepted the medical opinion that he probably will spend the...
California Congressman Upsets Pro-Lifers With Embryonic Research Support
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A California Congressman who identifies himself as pro-life is drawing fire for his support of scientific research that results in...
Tim McGraw Sets Summer Tour Swing
McGraw and Billy Bob Thornton will play an April 10 concert in Austin, Texas, to benefit the Gridiron Heroes spinal cord injury organization. Peter...
Award is presented annually to someone who has been instrumental
Joe Thieringer, left, of Westmont receives the Daniel C. Sullivan Teambuilder Award from Dan Sullivan, right, of Pennsauken, at the recent Sullivan Wheelchair Basketball...
Shooting for the STARZ
Roll! Shoot! Score! By Jill Cueni-Cohen
Ordinary basketball takes on a whole new dimension when it's played by teams in wheelchairs.
"Wheelchair basketball really...
Rehabilitation program challenges people with spinal cord injuries.
Perched 60 feet above the ground and alongside a cliff at Mississippi Palisades State Park, first-time rock climber Joel Irizarry took a quick breather....
