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CAROLINA CRASH RECEIVES QUALITY OF LIFE GRANT FROM CHRISTOPHER &
DANA REEVE FOUNDATION
CHARLOTTE, NC – (SEPTEMBER 4,, 2009) –CAROLINA CRASH is proud to announce that it has
received a $6100.00 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The award
was one of 86 grants totaling almost $500,000 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit
organizations nationwide that help people living with paralysis and their families become more
integrated members of society. Since inception of the program in 1999, nearly 1,600 grants have
been awarded, totaling almost $13 million.
The Carolina Crash will use the grant for a new rugby chair and additional equipment that will assist
the quad/wheelchair rugby team in competitive development. The Crash is honored at being chosen
by the Reeve Foundation for their financial support in this regard. "We are genuinely appreciative to
be a Reeve grant recipient and thankful that Dana and Chris both recognized that access to both
recreational and competitive sport has a profound impact on quality of life", says Matt Lester, Crash
President and long time rugby athlete.
“The Quality of Life program recognizes and supports organizations that assist individuals living with
paralysis, their families and caregivers in ways that more immediately provide them with increased
independence, well being, and improved access,” said Peter T. Wilderotter, president and CEO of
the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. “Throughout the past ten years, we have had the privilege
of being able to impact the lives of thousands of people living with paralysis through these deserving
organizations. As Dana Reeve used to say, ‘our Quality of Life program is about freedom’ and we
are pleased to do our small part to assist the Carolina Crash in fulfilling its mission.”
The Reeve Foundation’s Quality of Life grants are awarded twice a year and are divided into three
categories, Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers and Caring and Coping. Some grants are also
funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(Cooperative Agreement number 1U59DD000338).
About the Reeve Foundation
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding
innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants,
information and advocacy. For more information, and to review the entire list of Quality of Life grant
recipients, please visit our website at www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-225-0292.
The Carolina Crash serves to promote the sport of quad rugby, by providing athletes with
quadriplegia the opportunity to participate in the sport recreationally and competitively in NC and
throughout the US.
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DANA REEVE FOUNDATION
CHARLOTTE, NC – (SEPTEMBER 4,, 2009) –CAROLINA CRASH is proud to announce that it has
received a $6100.00 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. The award
was one of 86 grants totaling almost $500,000 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit
organizations nationwide that help people living with paralysis and their families become more
integrated members of society. Since inception of the program in 1999, nearly 1,600 grants have
been awarded, totaling almost $13 million.
The Carolina Crash will use the grant for a new rugby chair and additional equipment that will assist
the quad/wheelchair rugby team in competitive development. The Crash is honored at being chosen
by the Reeve Foundation for their financial support in this regard. "We are genuinely appreciative to
be a Reeve grant recipient and thankful that Dana and Chris both recognized that access to both
recreational and competitive sport has a profound impact on quality of life", says Matt Lester, Crash
President and long time rugby athlete.
“The Quality of Life program recognizes and supports organizations that assist individuals living with
paralysis, their families and caregivers in ways that more immediately provide them with increased
independence, well being, and improved access,” said Peter T. Wilderotter, president and CEO of
the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. “Throughout the past ten years, we have had the privilege
of being able to impact the lives of thousands of people living with paralysis through these deserving
organizations. As Dana Reeve used to say, ‘our Quality of Life program is about freedom’ and we
are pleased to do our small part to assist the Carolina Crash in fulfilling its mission.”
The Reeve Foundation’s Quality of Life grants are awarded twice a year and are divided into three
categories, Actively Achieving, Bridging Barriers and Caring and Coping. Some grants are also
funded through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(Cooperative Agreement number 1U59DD000338).
About the Reeve Foundation
The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding
innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants,
information and advocacy. For more information, and to review the entire list of Quality of Life grant
recipients, please visit our website at www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-225-0292.
The Carolina Crash serves to promote the sport of quad rugby, by providing athletes with
quadriplegia the opportunity to participate in the sport recreationally and competitively in NC and
throughout the US.
###
Wheelchair Rugby Athletes Unleash Grit and Drama at Season Opener
Charlotte, NC - (October 7, 2009) - Once referred to as Murderball, wheelchair rugby is now
officially referred to as quad rugby. The sport has a long history but debuted at the 1996 Paralympic
Games in Atlanta, GA and was adopted as an official competitive paralympic team sport and medal
event by the IPC (International Paralympic Committee) after those games.
The game is a full contact/collision sport. No helmets or pads are worn. Teams play 4 on 4 on a
basketball court, with the athletes strapped to dynamically altered, custom fit wheelchairs. The
game is fast paced and explosive. Turnovers occur when a team fails to inbound, pass or dribble
the ball in 10 seconds, advance the ball beyond half court in 12, score within 40, or if an offensive
player is knocked off the court - whether he has the ball or not.
Charlottes home team, the Carolina Crash (recent recipients of a Christopher and Dana Reeve
Foundation Quality of Life grant) will host teams from Atlanta, Raleigh, DC, Pittsburgh and
Jacksonville at the Marvin Ridge High School (MRHS) in Waxhaw, just south of the Queen City.
Marvin (a 2 year old Union County school and already a 2 time Wachovia Cup winner) boasts one of
the youngest quad rugby players in the country at age 16. Sam Robb, a junior, has been a Crash
offensive starter for two years now and is well into his third year of competitive play. The squad,
consisting of both longtime veterans as well as newcomers, is redeveloping as a Division II
program after a hiatus from competitive play due to lack of funds and players.
First time spectators tend to marvel at the athletic prowess of the players and cringe upon chair
impact - a resounding, repetitive part of play. The athletes of the Crash as well as those players
traveling to Charlotte to compete, tend to down play the traumatic injuries and disabilities that have
led them to participate in the sport. The aggressive nature of wheelchair rugby does a great deal to
dispel the myth that this group represents a vulnerable population.
The tournament will be held from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday and 9 am to 2 pm on Sunday at Marvin
Ridge High School, 2825 Crane Road, Waxhaw, NC. Admission is free. A full event schedule can
be found on the teams website at www.carolinacrash.org
###
Charlotte, NC - (October 7, 2009) - Once referred to as Murderball, wheelchair rugby is now
officially referred to as quad rugby. The sport has a long history but debuted at the 1996 Paralympic
Games in Atlanta, GA and was adopted as an official competitive paralympic team sport and medal
event by the IPC (International Paralympic Committee) after those games.
The game is a full contact/collision sport. No helmets or pads are worn. Teams play 4 on 4 on a
basketball court, with the athletes strapped to dynamically altered, custom fit wheelchairs. The
game is fast paced and explosive. Turnovers occur when a team fails to inbound, pass or dribble
the ball in 10 seconds, advance the ball beyond half court in 12, score within 40, or if an offensive
player is knocked off the court - whether he has the ball or not.
Charlottes home team, the Carolina Crash (recent recipients of a Christopher and Dana Reeve
Foundation Quality of Life grant) will host teams from Atlanta, Raleigh, DC, Pittsburgh and
Jacksonville at the Marvin Ridge High School (MRHS) in Waxhaw, just south of the Queen City.
Marvin (a 2 year old Union County school and already a 2 time Wachovia Cup winner) boasts one of
the youngest quad rugby players in the country at age 16. Sam Robb, a junior, has been a Crash
offensive starter for two years now and is well into his third year of competitive play. The squad,
consisting of both longtime veterans as well as newcomers, is redeveloping as a Division II
program after a hiatus from competitive play due to lack of funds and players.
First time spectators tend to marvel at the athletic prowess of the players and cringe upon chair
impact - a resounding, repetitive part of play. The athletes of the Crash as well as those players
traveling to Charlotte to compete, tend to down play the traumatic injuries and disabilities that have
led them to participate in the sport. The aggressive nature of wheelchair rugby does a great deal to
dispel the myth that this group represents a vulnerable population.
The tournament will be held from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday and 9 am to 2 pm on Sunday at Marvin
Ridge High School, 2825 Crane Road, Waxhaw, NC. Admission is free. A full event schedule can
be found on the teams website at www.carolinacrash.org
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