THE STORY BEHIND THE FOUNDATION

The Travis Roy Foundation was established in 1997 to help spinal cord injury survivors and to fund research into a cure. Inspired by Travis' own story, the lifeblood of the Travis Roy Foundation has been the generosity of individuals, corporations and foundations across North America. This generosity has made an immediate impact on the lives of many individuals.

Since 1997 the Travis Roy Foundation has distributed more than $3 million in individual grants and to research projects and rehabilitation institutions across North America. The individual grant funds have been used to modify vans and to purchase wheelchairs, computers, ramps, shower chairs, and other adaptive equipment to help paraplegics and quadriplegics live their lives.

The Travis Roy Foundation is uniquely positioned to touch individual lives with its focus on providing adaptive equipment and sponsoring research. In the US alone, there are approximately 250,000 people currently living with a spinal cord injury and 13,000 new injuries each year. The Travis Roy Foundation could help many more deserving applicants if funds were available.

Dedicated to Spinal Cord Injury Survivors and Research

Travis Roy founded the Travis Roy Foundation in 1997 and serves as Trustee for the Boston-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit. He founded the Travis Roy Foundation to focus on helping others and promoting research. An outspoken advocate, Travis has used his public platform to further the cause of people living with SCIs and other disabilities. He has addressed a US Congressional subcommittee and the Massachusetts and Maine state legislatures and has met with countless politicians and officials to discuss issues relating to research and disabilities.

A popular motivational speaker, Travis is the author of the book Eleven Seconds, based on his life. The book was first published in 1998; in its sixth printing in 2005, it was re-released with an updated chapter. In 2004, Travis made his debut as a television college hockey analyst with WMTW-TV8 in Portland, ME, and in 2005, he worked as a color analyst during ESPNU's national coverage of the 2005 NCAA D-I college hockey playoffs.

Travis Roy first entered the national stage on October 20, 1995 when, only eleven seconds into the first shift of his college hockey career at Boston University, he shattered his fourth and fifth cervical vertebra, severely damaging his spinal cord. Left a quadriplegic, with no feeling below his shoulders and limited movement only in his right arm, Travis has faced his disability with the same sense of optimism and determination that distinguished his hockey career. He returned to BU less than a year after his accident and completed his degree in Public Relations in May, 2000.

To further its charitable purpose, the Travis Roy Foundation welcomes individual, corporate and foundation support. Every gift helps and contributions by check, gifts of securities and other property may be made to the Travis Roy Foundation, 60 State Street 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02109.

TRAVIS ROY FOUNDATION

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60 State Street, 8th Floor

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