ATI Foundation
Meet Samantha Garcia, the honorary beneficiary for the ATI Foundation's Annual Metal Walk. After a near-fatal car accident, Samantha sustained a traumatic brain injury and a crushing arm injury. One year later, her amazing progress allows her to be the 2013 Metal Walk Race Starter!
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On July 1st, 2012, Samantha was involved in a near fatal car accident. Her car rolled 5 to 6 times, and she got ejected 50 feet from the car, head first.
They said it wasn't looking good, and that she'd be in a vegetative state--
"forever?"
Forever.
Megan Grygiel, a 16-year old dancer, high school student and cancer patient bravely lead hundreds of participants at the start the Inaugural Metal Walk at Soldier Field, in Chicago IL.
To find out more about the ATI Foundation, visit us at www.ATIFoundation.com
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"Hi, I'm Megan Gryngiel, I'm seventeen. And I've been dancing since I was three years old. At a dance camp in the summer of two thousand eleven, my knee started bothering me.
ATI Foundation along with the Mulliganeers funded an endless pool that will allow 6-year-old Erin to undergo aquatic therapy at home everyday! Erin suffered a series of strokes shortly after birth and faces numerous physical impairments. See how water is helping Erin improve her mobility and strength....and brings a huge smile to her face.
To find more Beneficiary stories, visit www.ATIFoundation.com
When Sara and Dan Langlois of Neenah, Wisconsin met Gabriel at three-days-old, there was no question that he was meant to be their son. Gabriel, who was born with spina bifida, and is paralyzed from the waist down, was brought into a family where love knows no bounds.
As one of three adopted special needs children in the Langlois family, Gabriel was recently given the ability to keep up with his two sisters via his new Wheel Stander . . . courtesy of the ATI Foundation.