Give BIG for People Like Alphonso

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 barbeque.

On May 6-7 , join a movement that expands what life after paralysis can look like. The Here and Now Project fosters community, connection, and confidence for people impacted by spinal cord injury and paralysis—empowering them to thrive here and now, not just someday.

Your gift fuels peer support, accessible events, and advocacy that remind people they are not alone—and that their lives are connected, capable, dynamic, and whole. One way we show up for those newly injured is through Care Packs—thoughtfully packed with practical tools, helpful resources, and simple comforts like adaptive gear and water bottles to ease the overwhelming first days.

We've already fielded close to 50 care pack requests in 2025 after delivering 89 of them in all of 2024. One of last year's recipients was Alphonso, a father, husband, carpenter and rabid soccer fan who fell from a ladder and sustained a thoracic spinal cord injury. We brought him a Care Pack filled with useful swag and a ton of resources while he was in rehab at Harborview that July, which played a critical role in helping him and his young family make the transition home a little easier.

Thanks to donations and hands-on support from partners like Alaska Airlines, we hosted a packing party back in December that helped get these bags into the hands of people living with paralysis and Alphonso was on hand to share his H&NP story.

We also want to thank Buell Reporting, who generously sponsored the services of videographer Taylor Rubart from Flannel Media within it also comes up if the video I got up at the picture here's law to make this video. We’re grateful for the ways individuals, companies, and organizations come alongside us to make this work possible—because showing up for the paralysis community takes all of us.

Give today. Power connection. Spark resilience.