Letter from the Executive Director
Message from the Executive Director,
Welcome to the February edition of Wheel World News! 2019 is off to a wonderful start as we have so many exciting things happening in the upcoming months, including our 4th Annual Push Forward Conference in March. This newsletter is packed full of wonderful stories, informational articles, and events. Enjoy reading!
This month, our Spotlight Story is focused on our Push Forward Conference. Push Forward is an all-day interactive conference for individuals with SCI, family members, caregivers, and professionals. It is our biggest event of the year! To read more about the educational conference and to sign up, visit pages 3-4. If you are wanting to become more involved this month in the SCI community, there are plenty of events happening this month that could help you with that. Read about all the upcoming events happening this February in the Current Events section on pages 5-6. For this month’s “Consumer Corner” segment, we are highlighting James Hinckley. Read his personal and inspiring story on pages 11-14. Our featured professional this
month is Rich Hamill, the President and Founder of the Will2Walk Foundation. Be sure to read how Rich contributes to the SCI community as well as learn more about the Will2Walk Foundation on pages 15-16.
Our newsletter is for you, our community. We would love to hear how you think we could improve, change, or add to our newsletter. We are interested in anything you would like to share or comment on so please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].
As always, thank you to everyone who supports the Association throughout the year, we truly appreciate each and every one of you! We hope to see you out in the community this month.
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We have so many exciting things happening in the upcoming months, including our 4th Annual Push Forward Conference in March.
-Shannon Carter