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Tag: worthy causes
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Worthy Causes: Limbs for Life
The Limbs for Life Foundation provides a financial bridge to amputees who lack the resources to obtain prosthetic care.
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Worthy Causes: Mission Gait Foundation
The Mission Gait Foundation trains physical therapists and other health practitioners to better serve amputees and other gait-challenged patients.
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More Holiday Gifts for Amputees
Didn't find what you were looking for in last week's list of gift ideas for amputees? Here's a whole 'nother batch of clothing, books, and other amputee gift items.
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Worthy Causes: Right to Walk Foundation
The Right to Walk Foundation was founded last month by a supergroup of high-profile, high-powered amputees and prosthetic industry leaders.
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Worthy Causes: Move for Jenn Foundation
"You might not be able to change the world," Jenn Andrews says, "but you can change someone's world." Her Move for Jenn Foundation does just that for amputees who lost a limb to sarcoma.
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Worthy Causes: Forrest Stump
An amputee since age 10 (cancer), Nicole Ver Kuilen became an activist in her mid-20s when she biked, ran, and swam 1,500 miles from Seattle to San Diego.
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Worthy Causes: Penta Prosthetics
Penta Prosthetics taps surplus capacity to fill an unmet need by repurposing discarded U.S. prostheses and distributing them to amputees in developing nations.
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Worthy Causes: Ayúdame3D
Ayúdame3D is an international nonprofit that donates 3D-printed upper-limb prostheses to amputees who lack access to prosthetic care.
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Worthy Causes: Less Leg More Heart
Less Leg More Heart helps new amputees by providing education, medical advocacy, peer mentoring, and more during life-changing circumstances.