This year for my 46th birthday, I want to dedicate this year to Christopher and Dana Reeve and Alexandra, Matthew, and Will. In launching the Power WE Campaign, I thought about the Reeve family and how important they are to the spinal cord community.  What Christopher and Dana believed was in helping everybody, the 1.275 million Americans living with spinal cord injuries and the 5.6 million Americans living with paralysis. It is my goal and mission to help this foundation and make sure that this community is forever heard and understood.

Alexandra, Matthew, and Will are three unbelievable individuals who Christopher and Dana would be so proud of today, to see how they have taken the torch and are doing all that they can do to make sure that their dream lives on.  I have made a promise to the family to do everything I can to help make sure that this flame never goes out, for everybody who lives with spinal cord injury and paralysis.


All of the individuals who work and volunteer for the Reeve Foundation are so committed to this cause and community.  I am honored to be surrounded by such a great group of people who day-to-day go above and beyond to make sure that we are making a difference.

Living with a spinal cord injury, we all have issues to deal with every day; we are all individual stories that need to be heard so people understand what our needs are and how they can help.  A cure is our ultimate goal, and cures come in many ways, but we need to live now—and that is why quality of life is so important.

So for my 46th birthday, my only wish is that more people get involved and understand the Power of WE. We should make a difference; we can change lives;  we can help others. So join me in helping others and take a step forward for those who can't.  Visit: www.ChristopherReeve.org/ATB25.