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Injured adventure photographer receives continued support from California's High Fives Foundation towards full recovery Jim Harris has progressed from wheelchair to walking with hiking poles to unassisted mobility since 2014 injury The High Fives Foundation is awarding Jim Harris an Empowerment Grant to aid in recovery from a traumatic spinal cord injury. The board-approved Grant will ... Read more

Inured World Tour Finalist aided by California-based High Fives Foundation towards spinal cord injury recovery following ski injury in Whistler Canada Empowerment Grant awarded for specialized Neuro Psychology Sessions at Summit Neuro 22-year-old Park City resident, Jamie Crane-Mauzy, crashed in her second run of the World Tour Finals in Whistler Canada in April 2014. Her injury caused a ... Read more

CONGRATULATIONS & HIGH FIVE TO 4 WESTERN REGION #HIGHFIVESATHLETES WHO WERE AWARDED EMPOWERMENT GRANTS IN THE MONTH OF MAY 2016! In the month of May alone, the High Fives Foundation granted $37,186 to 11 High Fives Athletes. High Five to our 4 western region athletes Ran Tao, Alina Garbuzov, Matt Clark & Kevin Cheung! The High Fives Foundation supports injured ... Read more

San Bruno snowboarder aided by Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation towards spinal cord injury recovery Empowerment Grant awarded for specialized rehabilitation treatments provided in the Bay Area (Truckee, California. June 15, 2016) -- 24-year-old Kevin Cheung was skiing at Squaw Valley in March of 2015 when he over-rotated a front-flip off of a jump at Squaw's Gold Coast Terrain Park. The ... Read more

Recently injured Squaw Valley snowboarder aided by High Fives Foundation towards spinal cord injury recovery Empowerment Grant awarded for specialized treatments in the CR Johnson Healing Center (Truckee, California. June 15, 2016) -- 38-year-old Matt Clark was snowboarding at Squaw Valley in January when a rock drop came up short in the infamous zone known as ... Read more

31-year-old Menlo Park rock climber aided by California-based High Fives Foundation towards spinal cord injury recovery Empowerment Grant awarded for specialized treatments and natural water therapy (Truckee, California. June 15, 2016) -- 31-year-old Alina Garbuzov was a seasoned rock climber with nearly ten years experience. In October 2015, Garbuzo was in Yosemite National Park climbing on ... Read more

21-year-old San Ramon snowboarder aided by Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation towards spinal cord injury recovery Empowerment Grant awarded for personal training and acupuncture sessions (Truckee, California. June 15, 2016) --  Ran Tao, 21, was snowboarding at Northstar Resort near Truckee, California in January this year when he jumped off a terrain park feature and landed on ... Read more

CONGRATULATIONS & HIGH FIVE TO 3 EASTERN REGION #HIGHFIVESATHLETES WHO WERE AWARDED EMPOWERMENT GRANTS IN THE MONTH OF MAY 2016! In the month of May alone, the High Fives Foundation granted $37,186 to 11 High Fives Athletes. High Five to our 3 eastern region athletes Michael Schwarz, Jeff Elliot & Leeann Ketchum! The High Fives Foundation supports injured mountain ... Read more

49-year-old Keene mountain biker aided by California-based High Fives Foundation while recovering from spinal cord injury High Fives Foundation awards Empowerment Grant to support his house payments during rehabilitation (Truckee, California. June 15, 2016) -- 49-year-old Jeff Elliot was mountain biking in January this year in southern New Hampshire when he went over the handlebars, landed on his back ... Read more

High Five #HighFivesAthlete Tim Burr on your 833 steps outside in an exoskeleton with the help of Bridging Bionics! Watch as Tim Burr, who was paralyzed in 2014, walks with the assistance of "Tucker," the exoskeleton, thanks to the Bridging Bionics Foundation. Tim sustained a spinal cord injury at the C5 level while skiing the crested ... Read more