overview Our Reason For Being

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overview

Fighting Back Scholarship Program, Inc. • 221 S. Valley Forge Road Devon, PA 19333 • 610-688-8868 • www.fightingbacksp.org Fighting Back Scholarship Program, Inc. is a registered charitable organization. In accordance with Pennsylvania law, we are required to advise you that a copy of our official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

Our Reason For Being

Within a medical setting, the patient's insurance usually covers limited rehabilitation. Upon the

patient's release, insurance coverage to continue the rebuilding process is often limited or non-existent. Consequently, progress for many people often ends when insurance runs out.

Created in 1989

The Fighting Back Scholarship Program, (FBSP), was created in 1989 to assist individuals who have suffered a life-changing illness or injury and are without the finances needed to participate in a rehabilitative exercise program. This rehabilitation helps individuals develop and maintain mobility and strength, and to increase their confidence.

Providing Financial Scholarships

The Fighting Back Scholarship Program's first mission is to provide financial scholarships to be used for individualized exercise rehabilitation. These scholarships are awarded based on financial need to those who have demonstrated the attributes consistent with our mission statement.

Courage, Desire and Perseverance

Our mission is also to recognize individuals at our Annual Achievement Night who have triumphed

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corporate sponsorship

Corporate Contributions

The Fighting Back Scholarship Program welcomes corporate sponsorship no matter how small or large. Your contribution can help make a difference in someone's life.

How your company can make a difference

4Full 6 Month Scholarship: ($2,600) provides two training sessions per week.

4Partial 6 Month Scholarship: ($1,300) provides one training session per week.

4All scholarship recipients are chosen based on financial need and consistency with the mission of the program.

Fighting Back Scholarship Program, Inc. • 221 S. Valley Forge Road Devon, PA 19333 • 610-688-8868 • www.fightingbacksp.org

Event Sponsor

Executive Level

Gold Level

Silver Level

Bronze Level

$10,000

$5,000

$2,500

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Event Banner, Video Recognition Verbal Recognition at the event Program: Back Cover 15 Free Event Tickets

Event Banner, Video Recognition Verbal Recognition at the event Program: Full page

8 Free Event Tickets

Event Banner, Video Recognition Verbal Recognition at the event Program: Half page

6 Free Event Tickets

Video Recognition Program: Quarter page 4 Free Event Tickets

Recognition in the Program 2 Free Event Tickets

Fighting Back Scholarship Program, Inc. is a registered charitable organization. In accordance with Pennsylvania law, we are required to advise you that a copy of our official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

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annual achievement night

Courage, desire and perseverance

The Fighting Back Annual Achievement Night is the yearly gala where the years' scholarship recipients are honored. For anyone who has attended in the past, it is a night sure to be remembered. The inspirational stories by the recipients, their families, and trainers are recounted here in an atmosphere of hope, possibility, and triumph over life's adversities.

2006 Annual Achievement Night

Photography courtesy of Campli Photography, Malvern PA.

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fundraising events

Fundraising events and community outreach

The Fighting Back Scholarship Program is active within our community with a number of fundraising initiatives each year. This helps expand our awareness and also allows our clients to participate and be a part of spreading the organization’s goals. If you’re interested in sponsoring or attending an event, please contact us today.

Wheelchair Basketball Tournament, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA September 2006.

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profiles in

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s a boy, Joe Johnson did all the things that other boys do. He climbed trees. He swam. He even delivered newspapers. Not particularly remarkable, except that Joe cannot see or hear. Diagnosed with an unknown mito-chondrial disorder, Joe started losing his sight at age three, and by three and a half was legally blind. His hearing started deteriorating when he was just six years old, and by the time he was 13, Joe could only communicate through Braille and tactile sign language. As Joe got older, he started losing his balance. By 25 he was walking with a cane and at 34 was confined to a wheelchair. With limited resources, Joe made some strides but needed additional weight training. In the spring of 2003, a physical therapist told Joe about the Fighting Back Scholarship Program. "The Fighting Back Program has been a marvel," says Joe's mother Jean. "Joe's legs have muscle tone again." Joe agrees. "Fighting Back is great," he signs. "It feels good to get out of the house and use weight machines again. I have a wonder-ful personal trainer, Steve Zezza! He is learning to communicate with me using the sign lan-guage I'm teaching him. Steve is very good to me. I told him soon I will be like The Incredible Hulk."

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ixteen years ago, Scott Davis's life was changed forever as the result of a swimming acci-dent. He suffered a C6-C7 spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic. At that moment Scott began his Fighting Back journey. He spent months in the renowned Magee Rehabilitation Clinic and lived with his parents for six years. During that time he continued to progress to the point that independence became a possibility. Scott's life would change once again when he crossed paths with the Fighting Back Scholarship Program and he would never be the same. Scott has progressed to levels that he never believed possible. Sixteen years spent in a wheel-chair had rendered him obese. This program, together with a healthy diet, helped him to lose 50 pounds. With the weight loss his breathing improved and transferring difficulties were a thing of the past. This opportunity for Scott has greatly enhanced his quality of life and he can once again participate in many of the activities that he was accustomed to before his accident. Scott owes his accomplishments to his own courage, desire and perseverance, along with the dedication of the Fighting Back Scholarship Program.