The Hanger Charitable Foundation, Austin, Texas, has completed its third and final round of 2017 grant awards, giving $140,900 to five non-profit organizations, bringing the Foundation’s total awards granted for the year to more than $250,000. Grants were given to the following:
- No Limits Limb Loss Foundation, Camp No Limits Kids Scholarships: $100,000 to provide scholarships for campers at nine camps nationwide for children living with limb loss or limb difference
- No Limits Limb Loss Foundation, Camp No Limits Teen Scholarships: $10,000 to provide scholarships for teenagers to participate in a camp designed just for teens living with limb loss or limb difference
- Resurgence Alliance, Resurgence Paramotor: $10,000 to purchase equipment that will allow wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans to participate in powered paragliding
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Adaptive Outrigger Canoe: $12,000 to purchase an adaptive outrigger canoe for use in adaptive sports activities
- Spina Bifida Association of Northeastern New York, Prevention Outreach: $3,900 to produce packages to help educate members of the healthcare community about spina bifida prevention
- Texas Rowing For All, Camp Kayak 2018: $5,000 to support watersports camps in Central Texas for youth and young adults with physical, sensory, and cognitive disabilities
