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Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month

BACKBONES will be hosting a Scavenger Hunt in Chicago in honor of SCI Awareness Month. Groups will be required to have at least one person using a wheelchair for the duration of the hunt (if no one in the group is a wheelchair user, we will provide a wheelchair) with the purpose of educating people on SCI. In addition, all clues will be SCI or disability related. after-words is pleased to participate in this event by welcoming scavenger hunters on the afternoon of September 29th.

Visit their site to find out more about this remarkable organization.

www.BACKBONESONLINE.com

Or if you want to read more about living with spinal cord injuries, here are two recommendations:

Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man Who Shot Me by Jerry Mcgill

Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence by Matthew Sanford