“Life is a hell of a lot bigger than just being online or playing games with friends,” Matt Clark, Director of Here Now Next, explains. “But hearing that from your parents isn’t the same as hearing it from someone who’s lived it. That’s the heart of Here Now Next—mentors and peers showing each other what’s possible.”

“This new reality is as good or as bad as you make it, but connecting with others who understand can make all the difference.”

When Kenny Salvini, co-founder of the Here and Now Project, made a stop at Harborview Medical Center last week to deliver care baskets, he didn’t expect to run into a familiar face—Martez Bryant. What began as a brief hallway catch-up quickly turned into a powerful reminder of how healing and purpose can intertwine in unexpected ways.

79-year-old Gary Williams – pictured here outside his home near St. Regis, Montana with Kenny & Claire Salvini – has become a regular participant met our weekly virtual gatherings.

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There’s been a whole lot happening behind the scenes at H&NP, thanks in no small part to a two-year grant from the Craig H. Neilsen...

Alphonso Rodriguez has jumped in to the community. Here he is with Kenny Salvini, his Father-In-Law and Jesse Case at their home for a...

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Two weeks ago, we got to deliver a little Holiday cheer in the form of accessibility thanks to the incredible volunteers and driving...

On a sunny February day in 1963, Dan Ohlson’s life changed forever. At just 18, a chairlift accident left him with a spinal cord injury...