Reeve Foundation Paralysis Community

Monday, July 06, 2009 - Posts

• New rules on stem cell research announced

  From the Washington Post: "The Obama administration today announced far-reaching new guidelines on the use of stem cells in medical research, and promised federal funds to study many of the hundreds of stem cell lines whose use was prohibited by the Read More posted Monday, July 06, 2009 3:54 PM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Research News

• Join our new Advocacy community

  I'm told no one did advocacy better than Christopher Reeve. Even in his wheelchair, he was a big man, whose presence filled the room. He built a lot of wonderful alliances inside and outside the government that we still count on today. And his words still Read More posted Monday, July 06, 2009 12:20 PM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Community

• Reeve rocking NYC July28th

  Join us at Reeve Rocks, a benefit concert for The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. This stellar event, with 100% of proceeds going straight to the Reeve Foundation, will feature some of the nation's finest rock talent at one of NYC's hottest venues.As Read More posted Monday, July 06, 2009 12:15 PM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Events and Workshops

• Painter of the month

  I've talked about A.R.T. here before. It is a program where people with a physical disability get to feel what it's like to be a real artist. The key to the program (which we have funded through our Quality of Life grants) is enabling the artist to do Read More posted Monday, July 06, 2009 10:50 AM by gerthro | 0 Comments Filed Under: Quality of Life