SCI Hope Fund - Helping You Gain Independence One Step At A Time

Last Updated: March 5, 2010 | Today's date is

SCI Hope Fund
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SCI Hope Fund One Step at a Time

GRANT ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS & CRITERIA

HELPING YOU GAIN INDEPENEDENCE ONE STEP AT A TIME

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Cindy - Grant Recipient - March 2010		Billy - Grant recipient - March 2010


From a meningioma tumor at the T3, Cindy is 65% paralyzed from the chest down. Cindy has been bound to a wheelchair for the better part of a year. SCI Hope assisted with a brace that allows Cindy to stand… giving her freedom to take care of her husband, son and home.		Billy suffered a C4-C5 injury in a car accident in August 2006. Many major obstacles hinder him from moving around in his house. SCI Hope was able to provide funds for home renovations. Billy will be on the move again soon! Pictured is Billy with his parents, Bill and Cindy.

Brandon - Grant recipient - January 2010		Sam - Grant recipient

A sporting accident caused a C2 injury which left Brandon paralyzed from the neck down, dependent on a ventilator and basically home-bound. SCI Hope assisted with the purchase of a customized van. Brandon is mobile again! Pictured here are SCI Hope Executive Board Members presenting a check to Brandon and his mother, Linda.		Sam is the second recipient of an SCI Hope grant. Sam and his fiancé, Alicia, were able to join us at the Plainfield Eagle Riders motorcycle ride on September 19 where a check was presented to them for the purchase of a quad rugby wheelchair. Sam was injured in a car accident on June 28, 2007, suffering a C5-6 injury . He has made many strides in recovery since the accident and with the provision of this quad rugby wheelchair, he gains additional independence and quality of life by participating in a game he really enjoys. Skip Tennancour and Tamie Wassen, of the SCI Hope Fund, (above photo) make the official check presentation at the SCI Hope Ride on September 19th, 2009.

Tim - First Grant recipient		Sam

Tim is the first recipient of an SCI Hope grant. The SCI Hope Fund assisted with funds toward home renovations and a manual wheelchair. Tim had a diving injury on June 20, 2009 and suffered a C6-7 spinal cord injury. He is a student at Purdue and hopes to return to Purdue to finish his senior year in the fall of 2010. Tim and his parents joined us at the SCI Hope Fund 1^st Annual Golf Outing on September 18. They showed their appreciation and desire to help others by entering a foursome in the outing.


CRITERIA to recieve a grant Applicant must be a former or current patient with Rehabilitation Hospital of Indianapolis (RHI), 4141 Shore Drive, Indianapolis IN 46254. Applicant must be a spinal cord injury patient. Applicant must complete and submit an SCI Hope grant form either by mail or submission through this website. Applicant may be required to meet with the Advisory Board (if additional information is needed) as part of the grant assessment. Grant requests will be awarded based on fund availability. Grant requests will be reviewed and awarded by the Advisory Board after referrals made by RHI. Awarded grants will be made payable to service providers. Awarded grants will not be made payable to individual applicants. Applicant will be notified by mail if grant request is approved or denied. INSTRUCTIONS To complete the form online - Click here To print the Grant Application you can mail or FAX to us - Click here (Adobe Reader required) Download here If you have questions or do not want to submit on-line, please contact us.