I don't know about you, but I for the life of me can't figure out where the year has gone. It's November, how is that possible. Spinal Network is looking to finish the year off strong and our plans for 2022 are pretty cool. Some of the programs and resources that we will be introducing;

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that we will be offering two webinars leading up to Giving Tuesday, a day so important in the life of a nonprofit organization such as ours. The webinars will be on Recruiting and Retaining Caregivers and the other on Able Accounts. Scroll down for more detail and a link to register.

Please consider making a donation to Spinal Network during our Giving Tuesday campaign, scroll down for more detail.

We're just three weeks away from the biggest day to give back in 2021....#Giving Tuesday. Last years #Giving Tuesday raised enough money which allowed us to expand the programs and resources offered. This year we increased our goal to have a greater impact on the paralysis community and the Spinal Network family. So save the dates for the two webinars, listen to our new podcast, if you are looking for a caregiver, try our new Caregiver Needed program, join with us on a Saturday Walk, Roll & Stroll, request a peer mentor if you would like or just hang out with us on one of our Monday Hang Out zoom groups. It's all there and waiting, if you have a need not listed in the newsletter or on our website, shoot me an email letting me know.

Please consider making a donation to support our efforts.

Rick

Recruiting and Retaining Caregivers: November 23rd, 3pm - 4pm

Presenters: Rusty Krumm and Warren "Bill" White

The Benefits of an Able Account: November 30th, 12pm - 1pm

Presenter: TBD

Spinal Network is proud to be a part of this new and exciting group. We held our first meeting via zoom last week and it was filled with such a creative buzz. Each of the fifteen groups listed below do great things in our community individually, now try to imagine what we can do collectively.

Our first podcast became available November 5th. here is the link:

Our first guest was Jamil DeCarli who is the Workability III coordinator for the San Diego Community College District. See the full episode with video below.

We've begun to schedule assessments for assistive technology, this equipment is a game changer for so many. Here is a link that will show the equipment we have in our inventory as well as additional information on the program https://www.spinal-network.org/assistive-technology-loan-closet/.

Registration is free! Please click on the Eventbrite link here to register: https://unitedspinal75thanniversarygala.eventbrite.com

Be sure to visit our Member Prize Zone and enter to win great prizes!

We are going to try and help with this, we are launching a page on our website where you can list your need for a caregiver. We will let the career center at the various colleges/universities in the county about the page. It is our hope that the page gets noticed and that your particular needs will be met. Here is a link to the page.

Since we are not physicians or medical researchers, we do what we can to help address The Problem: we provide financial support to individuals and families affected by spinal cord injuries through our Rally4Reilly & Friends Wellness Grant Program.

To fundraise and provide support for individuals and families whose lives have been affected by a spinal cord injury, with helping hands and open hearts.

To inspire fellow do-gooders and together facilitate help and hope for individuals and families affected by spinal cord injuries.

Passion - The seedling of motivation that’s necessary to spread goodness.

Perseverance - The willingness to move forward against all challenges.

Comfort - The state-of-being and belonging we all deserve - especially children.

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Join us at our Adaptive Sports Festival!

We'll have equipment for you to use, plus coaches and instructors to teach you how to play. Just register and show up!

As we enter the fourth quarter of 2021, we want to make sure that we're finishing strong with our 75th Anniversary Advocacy Challenges. These year-long challenges for our chapters and advocates feature great prizes which will be awarded in December. If you haven't participated yet, you're in luck — there's plenty of time for you to enter and win.

Our 75th Anniversary Advocacy Challenge is aimed at encouraging as many people as possible to sign up as a United Spinal registered advocate and to send our action alerts to their members of Congress. The categories for prizes are as follows:

We also have our 75th Anniversary Recognition Challenge, where we are encouraging our chapters and individual advocates to reach out to your state and local officials to ask them to formally recognize United Spinal's 75th anniversary through a resolution or proclamation. United Spinal did this at the federal level this year through a bipartisan resolution that passed in the U.S. Senate in June. So far this year, chapters and advocates in six states — Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee — have done the same at the state level. We have a template for advocates to use for this purpose. The categories for prizes are as follows:

Let's finish this year strong as we celebrate 75 years of United Spinal! The quickest ways to participate in these challenges are to register as an advocate (if you haven't already) and to visit our Action Center to send in our action alerts.

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