This is where the staff of the Reeve Foundation is sharing up-to-the-minute information and putting some context around the news affecting the spinal cord injury and paralysis community. Not to mention insight into what's going on here at the Foundation.
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Category: Quality of Life Category
Posted by
JLoMonday, May 20, 2013
Here is a great letter from a recent Quality of Life grantee about a project we helped fund. I couldn't help but to share! (Check out some photos here.)
This letter is a sincere thank you to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for choosing the Brain Injury Peer Visitor Association as one of the recipients of a Quality of Life Grant for 2013. This grant is a lifesaver for our association. Each of my brain injured Peer Visitors and myself am honored to be representing Christopher and Dana Reeve and the foundation’s philosophy. We proudly display the Reeve Foundation logo beside our own.Read More
This weekend I ran across an essay by Cole Sydnor, a young man from Virginia who is a quadriplegic. Cole entered a contest sponsored by WyzAnt Tutoring in hopes of winning a $10,000 scholarship. Cole’s essay grabbed my attention because he writes eloquently about how he became spinal cord injured. Read More
Posted by
JLoThursday, April 25, 2013
Posted by
JLoFriday, April 19, 2013
“Want to play with me?”
Often these are words children ask each other. Some of our greatest childhood memories might come from the endless hours we spent at the playground with not a care in the world. The concept of playing is relatively simple, actually. Laughing and smiling, spending time and making memories with friends. But for families of children living with disabilities, finding a playground that they can enjoy can be difficult. That’s where the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation has used its Quality of Life grants program to create equal opportunities of playtime for all children. Since the program’s inception in 2002, 50 accessible playground grants totaling nearly $323,000 have been awarded.Read More
Posted by
JLoThursday, April 11, 2013
In 2004, Dana Reeve said, “Giving back is the rent you pay for being on the planet.” Our Quality of Life Grants program gives back to other nonprofit organizations whose mission aligns with ours, helping to improve and empower the lives of those living with paralysis, their families, friends, and caregivers. One of those organizations is the Summit Area YMCA in NJ who was awarded a Quality of Life grant in late 2012.Read More
Posted by
GerthroMonday, April 01, 2013
Federal sequestration, which is a series of mandatory federal spending cuts, officially went into effect on March 1st. The spending cuts will affect virtually all areas and activities carried out by the Transportation Security Administration to the Department of Labor.
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Posted by
JLoFriday, March 22, 2013
We ask all of our Quality of Life grantees to report back to us with how their grant was used exactly. Every now and then an email gets forwarded to me from a grantee that goes above and beyond to tell us how well their grant was used. Here's a letter and note from Hope Springs Equestrian Therapy who received a Quality of Life grant in 2012. Read on below:
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Posted by
GerthroWednesday, March 06, 2013
It took me half of the season of
This Old House, but it finally dawned on me I should share it in case you are missing it. The Essex House is on a hill top overlooking the water in Massachusetts. They are restoring is for an older couple, but they are all about universal design in the architecture, furniture, and products in the house -- that's the idea of creating things and spaces that are inherently accessible to both people living with and without disabilities.
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Posted by
GerthroWednesday, March 06, 2013
Today (March 6, 2006) is the anniversary of Dana Reeve's death. She died of lung cancer 10 months after her husband Christopher's death.
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Posted by
GerthroMonday, January 07, 2013
Here's a very sweet email I get just before Christmas from Kip Flanders:
I wrote a poem about Dana Reeve upon her death. I was moved to do so, as I watched her life unfold after Christoper's accident and death. I have had a number of people read it and received many suggestions to donate it to this organization. I would like to know if the Foundation would like to review it, and if deisred, possibly keep it for publication.
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Posted by
GerthroThursday, December 20, 2012
Our friend, Rich Fabend, wrote a piece and made a video (Learned Empowerment - Handihelp) that is included in the latest issue of
Social Advocacy and Systems Change. It is the special issue on: Leisure, Inclusion and Ability.
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Posted by
GerthroMonday, November 12, 2012
One of our past Quality of Life grantees, Portlight Strategies is working to help people effected by Hurricane Sandy. Here's an update from them:
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Posted by
GerthroThursday, October 25, 2012
Our friend, Mark Felling, president over at
Broadened Horizons (selling gear for people living with mobility issues) posted a nice review of the accessibility of a couple of the new Apple products -- the iPhone 5 and the Macbook Air 2012 including Dragon Dictate and Siri.
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Posted by
GerthroTuesday, October 23, 2012
This from
The New York Times on Monday:
Tens of thousands of people with chronic conditions and disabilities may find it easier to qualify for Medicare coverage of potentially costly home health care, skilled nursing home stays and outpatient therapy under policy changes planned by the Obama administration. Read More
Posted by
JLoWednesday, October 10, 2012
I just received this email from the Freedom Center for Independent Living in Middleton, Delaware. it is always enjoyable to hear from Quality of Life Grants recipients and how they are putting their dollars to work. Here's the email and a great picture to go along with it.
I would like to personally thank the Christopher Reeve & Dana Reeve Foundation for first your consideration and then granting us one of your Quality of Life Grants. I run the Social Recreation Program and was more than willing to write the grant since I truly believe in my heart we are changing lives. I can write a book but a heartfelt thank you to the organization is what I wanted to say.Read More
