About Us

January 2019, Rise Again officially merged with the Team Alex Fund and going forward will use the name Rise Again.  The Team Alex Fund started in 2009 and focused on providing grants to youths with spinal cord injury or illness to help cover the costs of specialized therapy devices and mobility equipment. By merging Team Alex Fund and Rise Again, we are going to improve how we serve the entire spinal cord injury and illness community.

Original Rise Again Film from the initial non-profit launch:

RISE AGAIN from Jonathan Ryan Films on Vimeo.

Our Purpose

  • Providing individuals with a spinal cord injury (SCI) and their immediate family assistance to travel to progressive therapy/treatment by offsetting or completely covering the cost of housing and/or transportation to said therapy/treatment facilities.
  • Assisting with the cost of alternative/holistic treatments for individuals with a spinal cord injury.
  • Encouraging research and increasing the knowledge of spinal cord injury recovery and treatment by funding training of therapists.
  • Assist with the costs to purchase specialized therapy devices and mobility equipment to individuals and organizations that treat those suffering from spinal cord illness or injury
Fundraiser

Virtual Run, Walk, and Roll

Please join us in September for our Virtual Run, Walk, and Roll. You will be able to participate from anywhere in the world and at anytime during the month of September. There will be 1 Mile and 5K options for you to Run, Walk, or Roll. Registration is now open by clicking here along with opportunities for you to also peer fundraise.

Grant Recipients

We have awarded dozens of grants totaling over $200,000 since we were founded in 2009. Here are some of our recent grant recipients.

Sam

Sam (Pittsburgh, PA) has Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) diagnosed fall 2018. Rise Again was able to help Sam with a grant to pay for transportation to an intensive therapy program at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, MD. Sam made significant progress in a short period of time. He will continue to travel periodically for therapy away from home to support his recovery

Zander

Zander (Des Moines, Iowa) is enjoying more independence in his home thanks to a lift provided by a Rise Again grant. Zander is a very active 6 year old with a spinal cord injury from a car accident. He continues to work really hard at therapy gaining even more recovery.

Nolan

Nolan (Pittsburgh, PA) with the help from Rise Again to get started in his first 6 months of therapy Louisville, KY as part of the University of Louisville Kosair Charities Center for Pediatric NeuroRecovery. Nolan is making great progress recovering from Transverse Myelitis much so that they are extending their stay in KY even longer than originally planned. He is part of a group of kids using NMES technology. Nolan’s extra effort in physical and occupational therapy is paying off as he has increased voluntary movement which is so promising to see.