In the month of October the High Fives Foundation disbursed $6,582 in board-approved grants to three athletes
(1) #HIGHFIVESATHLETE Bond Camp
Part owner of Breckenridge’s Bivvi Hostel, Bond Camp, receives continued support towards his recovery from spinal cord injury
$1,250 Empowerment Grant from California’s High Fives Non-Profit Foundation will provide Camp with vital massage and yoga sessions
California- based mountain action sports non-profit High Fives Foundation is awarding 30-year-old Bond Camp an Empowerment Grant to help aid in his recovery from a life-altering injury. In January 2015, Camp was backcountry skiing south of Breckenridge Resort in an area called Crystal Lakes. While skiing one of his best lines of the season, he caught an edge, causing him to spin and crash onto his back. The impact led to T2 and T3 fractures, paralyzing him from from the chest down. The crash also broke his left scapula, three broken ribs, and a punctured left lung.
Since the injury, Camp has focused intensely on his recovery with inpatient rehab at Craig Hospital and outpatient athlete at the PEAK center, both in Englewood, Colo. Most recently he spent two weeks in August training at the CR Johnson Healing Center, and he attended the High Fives Surf Trip in Ventura, California. Camp is a part owner of the famous Breckenridge hostel, the Bivvi.
This October Empowerment Grant from the High Fives Foundation will go towards sessions of personal massage and yoga to help increase blood flow and mobility.
“This grant will enable me to attend private adaptive yoga classes so that I can continue my practice.” said Camp. His short term goals are regaining flexibility and endurance. The High Fives Foundation is a community that feeds me constant strength, Stoke, and confidence. It’s a brotherhood that I wasn’t expecting to gain from this injury. ”
“Bond is an absolutely amazing individual with such a positive outlook post injury,” said Roy Tuscany, High Fives Foundation Executive Director. “He’s come so far along in his recovery, and he’s doing the things like surfing and mountain biking, returning to the sports he loved before his accident”
Since the High Fives Foundation’s January 2009 inception, the Empowerment program service has assisted 91 athletes from 20 states in nine respective funding categories which include: living expenses, insurance, travel, health, healing network, adaptive equipment, winter equipment, programs and “stoke” (positive energy, outlook and attitude).
In 2015, the High Fives Foundation set a budget of disbursing $266,000 via board-approved grants through the Empowerment Fund. The Foundation has exceeded this goal and has disbursed $339,209 in grant funding.
In the month of October the High Fives Foundation disbursed $6,582 in board-approved grants.
(2) #HIGHFIVESATHLETE Jeff Andrews
High Fives Foundation awards Empowerment Grant to provide Truckee local Jeff Andrews with vital massage sessions to aid in flexibility and mobility
The High Fives Foundation is awarding 25-year-old Jeff Andrews an Empowerment Grant to help aid in his recovery from a life-altering injury. Andrews was snowboarding at Sugarbowl Resort in Norden, Calif. on March 15, 2014 when he overshot a jump and crashed, causing a C6 burst fracture with associated spinal cord injury and transverse process fractures at L1,L2, L3, resulting in quadriplegia at the C5-C7 level.
Thanks to continued support from the High Fives Foundation, Andrews and his trainer Jack Powell are in the CR Johnson Healing Center in Truckee, Calif. for four hours a day, six days a week. He has experienced amazing results and gains from his dedication to his recovery process and all of the treatments and offerings at the Healing Center.
This October Empowerment Grant from the High Fives Foundation will go towards sessions of personal massage from renowned local massage therapist Karen Stubbs to help Andrews increase his blood flow and mobility.
“After three hours of physical training and fitness at the Healing Center, it is critical to mix in massage so that my body can recover appropriately,” said Andrews. “Karen is the best in the business, and her bodywork allows me to work so hard in the gym.”
“Jeff’s commitment to his recovery is exactly what it takes,” said Roy Tuscany, High Fives Foundation Executive Director. “He is in the Healing Center every single day, all day. He’s come a long ways since his initial injury, and with this work ethic, he can expect to keep improving his fitness, mobility and sensation.”
Since the High Fives Foundation’s January 2009 inception, the Empowerment program service has assisted 91 athletes from 20 states in nine respective funding categories which include: living expenses, insurance, travel, health, healing network, adaptive equipment, winter equipment, programs and “stoke” (positive energy, outlook and attitude).
In 2015, the High Fives Foundation set a budget of disbursing $266,000 via board-approved grants through the Empowerment Fund. The Foundation has exceeded this goal and has disbursed $339,209 in grant funding towards the recovery goals of athletes with life-altering injuries.
In the month of October the High Fives Foundation disbursed $6,582 in board-approved grants.
(3) #HIGHFIVESATHLETE Matt Leonard
Grant funding from Tahoe-based High Fives Foundation allows San Francisco man to heal at home in San Francisco
Empowerment Grant will provide Matt Leonard with vital acupuncture sessions to aid in flexibility and mobility
The High Fives Foundation is awarding 28-year-old Matt Leonard an Empowerment Grant to help aid in his recovery from a life-altering injury he sustained at Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe, Calif. last winter. Leonard was doing a warm up run under the Summit Chair at the resort. His ski edge caught the snow wrongly, sending him into an ice mogul. In the crash, one of his skis came off, propelling him into the ninth tower pole of the chairlift. He was airlifted to Renown Medical Center, in Reno, Nevada, where Leonard found that he had compressed his spine 90%, shattered his T5/T6 vertebra, and had a 45-degree kink in his spine, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.
This October Empowerment Grant from the High Fives Foundation will go towards sessions of acupuncture from renowned local acupuncturist Jonah Hershowitz to help Leonard with blood flow and nerve pain.
“This grant will allow me to continue weekly acupuncture, dry needling and cold laser treatments here near my home in San Francisco,” said Leonard. “My short term goal is to continue on the path to being pain free and to regain as much flexibility and mobility, especially in my neck. ”
“He is figuring the ins and outs of adaptive city living, and he is doing it with a positive attitude,” said Roy Tuscany, High Fives Foundation Executive Director. “If there are major spinal cord injury medical breakthroughs down the road he wants to be healthy.”
Since the High Fives Foundation’s January 2009 inception, the Empowerment program service has assisted 91 athletes from 20 states in nine respective funding categories which include: living expenses, insurance, travel, health, healing network, adaptive equipment, winter equipment, programs and “stoke” (positive energy, outlook and attitude).
In 2015, the High Fives Foundation set a budget of disbursing $266,000 via board-approved grants through the Empowerment Fund. The Foundation has exceeded this goal and has disbursed $339,209 in grant funding towards the recovery goals of athletes with life-altering injuries.
In the month of October the High Fives Foundation disbursed $6,582 in board-approved grants.
MANY CHEERS, KUDOS AND GOOD VIBRATIONS TO THE HIGH FIVES FOUNDATION for the continued well rounded support in our son,Mike’s recovery! This winter he will be returning to the mountains! HIGH FIVES!!!!!!