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Voices of Hope | 10.16.15

HelpHOPELive to Present U.S. Senator Pat Toomey 2015 Advocacy Award for Organ Donor Awareness

Top-ranked Philadelphia charity will honor Sen. Toomey (R-Pa.) at annual Live It Up! benefit on Friday, October 16 at Valley Forge Military Academy. WAYNE, Pa. – Oct. 16, 2015 – […]

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Voices of Hope | 10.16.15

Meet Advocacy Award Honoree Senator Pat Toomey

We present our 2015 Advocacy award to Senator Pat Toomey for organ donor awareness and disability advocacy. Senator Pat Toomey joined the U.S. Senate in 2011. In May of 2013, […]

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Voices of Hope | 10.14.15

Meet Volunteer of the Year Award Honoree Chris Kanter

We present our 2015 Volunteer of the Year award to Christine V. Kanter for outstanding service and dedication to HelpHOPELive. Chris first began contributing to HelpHOPELive, then the National Heart […]

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Voices of Hope | 9.22.15

Making Connections After A Spinal Cord Injury Can Change Your Life

At age 13, a spinal cord injury changed Reveca Torres’s life. She began working with HelpHOPELive to fundraise for injury-related expenses in 2008. Now the executive director of the spinal […]

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Voices of Hope | 8.18.15

Motivated By Love, One Family Launched The ‘Project’ Of A Lifetime

Paul Pickard founded Project Walk Atlanta in 2011 with his wife, Jeannie, and his son, Chris, who was paralyzed in a car accident when he was 18 years old. We […]

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Voices of Hope | 8.14.15

How A Marine and Father of Three Fights Multiple Sclerosis

Michael Carns is a Marine and National Guard member and a single father with three children. He was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2013. He experienced rapid physical deterioration. Within […]

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Nick’s Fight Against Aplastic Anemia

Nick Karavite was diagnosed with a rare blood disease called aplastic anemia at age 13. His bone marrow stopped producing enough vital blood cell varieties which caused his immune system […]

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Voices of Hope | 7.31.15

7 Myths About Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation

Families coping with a spinal cord injury have so many factors to consider, from immediate medical support to long-term care and financial planning. In the final installment of our series, […]

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Voices of Hope | 7.23.15

Meet ‘The Most Accessible CEO In America’

Americans who use wheelchairs spend billions annually on travel and entertainment. Are American restaurants, hotels and hotspots prioritizing accessibility? Brett Heising, the founder and CEO of the accessibility review site […]

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