Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation Awards Lifetime Grants to Three Spinal Cord Injury Survivors
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
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CHICAGO , Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year in the U.S., an estimated 17,000 people survive a spinal cord injury. While treatment and follow-up care vary according to the severity of the injury, medical expenses can easily exceed $500,000 in the first year alone. These staggering costs inspired the Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation to create the Socrates Award, a grant bestowed annually since 2018 to individuals with paralysis caused by illness or injury. This lifetime cash grant provides spinal cord injury survivors with yearly infusions of economic resources to aid in their ongoing care, from therapy and equipment to prescriptions and in-home care.
Key Points:
- This lifetime cash grant provides spinal cord injury survivors with yearly infusions of economic resources to aid in their ongoing care, from therapy and equipment to prescriptions and in-home care.
- Christopher Brennan, chairman of the Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation, created the Socrates Award during his tenure in sports media.
- "After experiencing a spinal cord injury, the Socrates creed took on a profound meaning for me," says Brennan.
- The Brennan Rehabilitation Foundation is a 501c3 charitable foundation located in Lake Forest, Illinois.