Losing our founders within 2 years of each other (Chris in October 2004, and Dana in March of 2006) is the kind of thing that would have devastated most organizations. Many even thought it might have been the end of a dream.  Yet over the last three years, thanks to people like you, the Foundation has worked passionately to keep Chris and Dana's dream alive.

Here's just a small sample of some of the accomplishments we've made in spinal cord research and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis:

• Launched the North American Clinical Trials Network (NACTN) to move promising therapies out of the laboratory and into clinical trials in a manner that will provide clear evidence of effectiveness and insure maximum safety to patients undergoing treatment.
• Received a $2.5M Department of Defense award to expand NACTN into military, and eventually VA, hospitals.
• Launched the NeuroRecovery Network (NRN), an expanding network of rehabilitation centers designed to deliver activity-based therapies to people with spinal cord injury.  The seven member centers have now deployed Locomotor Training to more than 100 people and CDRF shortly will launch two community-based NRN sites within existing local wellness facilities/programs.
• Hosted an international stem cell workshop in preparation for launch of a targeted research program aimed at the use of stem cells in spinal cord injury and repair.
• Awarded over $23 million new research grants to an international cadre of approximately 50 neuroscientists who are focused on developing therapies for spinal cord repair. The awards were made through the Foundation's Individual Grants Program, its International Consortium on Spinal Cord Injury, and its Translational Research Fund.
• Funded almost $3.5 million in Quality of Life grants to hundreds of nonprofit organizations worldwide.
• Held the 2nd CDRF Spinal Cord Symposium in promoting dialogue between scientists and members of the spinal cord injury community (the 3rd symposium is set for Atlanta in 2008).
• Helped secure passage of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act in the House of Representatives and the introduction of the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act in the Senate and the House of Representatives which may come up for a final vote this legislative session.
• Created and grew Team Reeve - our grassroots fund raising program where anyone running, biking, walking, golfing, bowling, you name it, can raise money and awareness for spinal cord injury research and Quality of Life programs - from $20,000 in 2005 to over $210,00 so far this year.

In recognizing these accomplishments, we must also acknowledge the people who helped make these milestones possible…our donors.  Thanks to people like you we were able to keep Chris and Dana's vision alive these past three years.  Today, in honor of their dream, please make a donation so that we can continue to Go Forward.