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THE CHILDREN’S REHABILITATION ENGINEERING TEAM RECEIVES $4,000 GRANT FROM CHRISTOPHER AND DANA REEVE FOUNDATION FOR THEIR HELPING MOBILE AREA SEVERELY DISABLE PROJECT 2008
Mobile, AL – August 8, 2008 – The Children’s Rehabilitation Engineering Team is proud to announce that it has received a $4,000 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. The award was one of almost 100 grants totaling almost $800,000 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that help improve opportunities, access and day-to-day quality of life for individuals and their families. Since inception of the program in 1999, a total of 1,454 grants have been awarded, totaling nearly $12 million.
The Children’s Rehabilitation Engineering Team will use the grant for helping to serve people with disabilities in the Alabama counties of Mobile, Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, and Washington by assisting them with their adaptive technology needs.
“We really appreciate the great support we have received from several Alabama foundations for our Helping Mobile Area Severely Disabled Project 2008,” said Robert Perry, a retired Rehabilitation Engineer, “and we’re honored to have qualified for an award from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.”
“As the late Dana Reeve once stated, our Quality of Life grants are about freedom, said Peter T. Wilderotter, president of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.” “The Children’s Rehabilitation Engineering Team provides hope for individuals living with paralysis and their caregivers who are everyday striving to improve their physical and emotional well-being. We are honored to help The Children’s Rehabilitation Engineering Team continue the heartfelt mission that Dana Reeve herself started back in 1999.“
The Reeve Foundation’s Quality of Life grants are awarded in 3 categories, Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers, Caring and Coping, and fund programs across the globe that help people with paralysis become more fully integrated members of society. Some of the grants are funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Cooperative Agreement number 1U59DD000338). Numerous grants were also made possible through generous financial donations from ICAP, the world’s leading interdealer broker, and Alseres Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the development of diagnostic and therapeutic products for central nervous system disorders and nerve repair, specifically in spinal cord injury.
About the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. For more information, please visit our website at www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-225-0292.
About the Children’s Rehabilitation Engineering Team
The purpose of this team is to serve people with disabilities in the Alabama counties of Mobile, Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, and Washington by assisting them with their adaptive technology needs.
www.ChildrensRehabEngineeringTeam.com
2771 Schillinger Rd.
Mobile, AL 36695
(251) 633-6035
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Contact
Robert M. Perry
President
Children’s Rehabilitation Engineering Team
251-633-6035
perry1272@bellsouth.net
Lin Lawson
Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
800-225-0292
media@ChristopherReeve.org
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