Franklin Mejias – Embracing the Journey and Celebrating Life, 8/14/13
Franklin Mejias, meningitis survivor and quadrilateral amputee, is focused on living his life without limits!! See video–> Franklin Mejias #Believe #FranklinStrong #Inspired
Video preview of “Central Florida Spotlight” feature on POA!
Video preview of “Central Florida Spotlight” feature on POA which will air this Sunday, 8/11 at 12:30pm on #WFTV Channel 9. –>Preview video of POA on Central Florida Spotlight #WFTV #POAOrlando #Prosthetic #POA #Channel 9 #Orlando #Prosthetics
POA’s Celeste Corcoran Is Taking her Life Back…One Step at a Time! Boston Strong!! 8/4/2013
We are so proud of Celeste Corcoran and all the great progress she made in just two weeks! Friday, her last day at POA, was also a day of empowerment. Stan Patterson had the honor of being her first haircut client in our makeshift salon. 🙂 After that, Stan taught Celeste to how drive a car with her prosthetic legs using the X3 microprocessor leg in ‘drive’ mode for the
U.S. Paralympics 2013 Track and Field World Championships in Lyon, France start on July 20th! start
Good luck to the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field World Championship team, which includes POA’s *Scout Bassett* and *April Holmes*! The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France, take place from 20-28 July. All events will be streamed LIVE on following link http://www.youtube.com/paralympicsporttv
POA’s Chris Gordon in Brawny Towels Commercial
Chris Gordon is shown playing basketball in a Brawny Towels commercial featuring Wounded Warriors. Very cool! Brawny Towels Commercial
POA Patients to Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro! — How to Support “Team Leg-a-Manjaro”
In January 2014, an all POA team of amputees with various levels of amputation will undertake an incredible challenge — they will bravely attempt to climb over 19,000 feet to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro!!!! In doing so they hope to provide inspiration for other amputees and demonstrate that a disability doesn’t determine where you can go; it merely determines where your start. 🙂 Please consider helping this remarkable group
POA Patient Athletes training for 2014 Paralympic Games
POA patients Amy Purdy and Evan Strong both made the U.S. Snowboarding team and are training for the 2014 Paralympic Games in Sochi, Russia!!!!! Currently, Evan is ranked #1 in the World and Amy is ranked #1 in the U.S. and #2 in the World in their sport of Para-snowboard Boardercross. Boardercross is a race down a hill and through jumps, burms, and obstacles. Congratulations, Amy and Evan!!!
Amputee Children spend week at Disney for Softball Camp, WESH Channel 2, 6/11/2013
The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball team is in Orlando this week doing some great things for kids! Wounded Warrior Softball Team
Kent Solheim in Huffington Post article, “Green Berets Overcome Loss of Limbs and Look To Help Others Do The Same,” 5/26/2013
POA’s Kent Solheim took part in this years’ Warrior 100 Bike Ride, an event hosted by former president George W. Bush at his ranch to honor wounded veterans. Kent remains on active duty as an amputee. We thank him for his continued service to our country and people, and his strong commitment to the families of fallen Special Ops soldiers. Kent is involved with a non-profit group called The Chatham
“Walking Tall,” an article by Roger Simon on Creators.com
Roger Simon–writer, commentator and the chief political columnist of Politico–shared his personal POA experience and observations in a thoughtfully written article, “Walking Tall,” on Creators.com. Thank you for your kind words, Roger! Click here to read article Roger, a bilateral BK/Symes amputee, has been a POA patient since 2010, a year after losing his legs to a severe blood infection.