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hoff New Member Posts: 5 Post Likes Received: 1 Date Joined: July 2013 Member is: Offline Send PM	Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 10:09:47 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hoff on Aug 12, 2013 10:09:47 GMT -8 Check out the article in the link below. I'm the guy standing there with Rick. This is definitely pretty huge for SCI research in Canada check it here

DJ Administrator STAFF Posts: 8,162 Post Likes Received: 2,829 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: C6 - ASIA B Date Injured: June 2011 Member is: Offline Send PM	Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 10:21:05 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by DJ on Aug 12, 2013 10:21:05 GMT -8 hoff, welcome to the forum! :welcome: Great first post! I've seen this article before, it's an amazing thing for Canada and research for the SCI community as a whole. Great job!

Lαrα Global Moderator STAFF Posts: 7,350 Post Likes Received: 3,100 Date Joined: August 2013 Injury: CES Date Injured: March 2011 Member is: Offline Send PM	Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 10:40:54 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Lαrα on Aug 12, 2013 10:40:54 GMT -8 hoff..yes welcome to the forum.... and thankyou for sharing that great news! Do you know what area of research it will be used for? either way it can only be good great pic too!

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Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 10:50:40 GMT -8

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This money will be added to the RHI funding pool and allocated accordingly to different research and quality of life initiatives across the country. This is an example of how they distribute funds

And yeah DJ, I met Rick very shortly after my accident and have been volunteering since. Here's a pic from 2005

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Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 10:56:34 GMT -8

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Aug 12, 2013 10:50:40 GMT -8 hoff said:

This money will be added to the RHI funding pool and allocated accordingly to different research and quality of life initiatives across the country. This is an example of how they distribute funds

And yeah DJ, I met Rick very shortly after my accident and have been volunteering since. Here's a pic from 2005

Thats very very cool hoff...is that you in the chair?

hoff New Member Posts: 5 Post Likes Received: 1 Date Joined: July 2013 Member is: Offline Send PM	Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 10:58:35 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hoff on Aug 12, 2013 10:58:35 GMT -8 yeah that's when i met rick for the first time in 2005. I was 13 then.

DJ Administrator STAFF Posts: 8,162 Post Likes Received: 2,829 Date Joined: July 2013 Injury: C6 - ASIA B Date Injured: June 2011 Member is: Offline Send PM	Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 11:00:50 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by DJ on Aug 12, 2013 11:00:50 GMT -8 Haha hoff, I had the same kinda neck brace! That was a long time ago eh, great pic!

Lαrα Global Moderator STAFF Posts: 7,350 Post Likes Received: 3,100 Date Joined: August 2013 Injury: CES Date Injured: March 2011 Member is: Offline Send PM	Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 11:02:48 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Lαrα on Aug 12, 2013 11:02:48 GMT -8 hoff....13? oh my..thats so young ...aww damn DJ...it sucks eh ...you guys are doing great now....

hoff New Member Posts: 5 Post Likes Received: 1 Date Joined: July 2013 Member is: Offline Send PM	Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 11:06:23 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by hoff on Aug 12, 2013 11:06:23 GMT -8 thanks lara. yup, tender age to sustain a C5 burst fracture

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Rick Hansen Institute Pledged 35m Aug 12, 2013 11:26:23 GMT -8

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Yup. I walk with 1-2 canes at home and short distances, manual wheelchair otherwise. In that pic from 2005 I could barely use my arms. I'm actually about to go back into a pretty intense physio/workout routine to improve my walking over the next year.

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Post by hoff on Aug 12, 2013 10:09:47 GMT -8

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