Rocked by the deaths of its founders and namesakes, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation set out to rebuild its brand and infrastructure — and a renewed, more empowered organization emerged.
“But it’s really up to us and what we want to do. There are dozens if not hundreds, if not thousands, of heroic stories of people who have been injured or families who are taking care of those living with paralysis,” he adds. “What we want to do is to tell that story, to tell our research story, to tell our quality-of-life story and, under the overarching theme of ‘It’s Up to Us,’ to carry on what this person and actually the original founders of this foundation, the Stifel family, set forth.”
Going Forward
“But it’s really up to us and what we want to do. There are dozens if not hundreds, if not thousands, of heroic stories of people who have been injured or families who are taking care of those living with paralysis,” he adds. “What we want to do is to tell that story, to tell our research story, to tell our quality-of-life story and, under the overarching theme of ‘It’s Up to Us,’ to carry on what this person and actually the original founders of this foundation, the Stifel family, set forth.”