June 2018 – NeuroHope

NeuroHope Wins $5,000 as an Impact 100 Finalist!

June 13, 2018/in Annoucements, General Blog Posts, News/by Chris Leeuw

Impact 100 is a charitable women’s giving circle that awards high impact grants to Indianapolis nonprofits in five specialized areas: Arts & Culture, Education, Environment, Family, and Health & Wellness.

In a highly competitive selection process, one charity from each area emerges as a finalist eligible for a grand prize of $100,000.

Although we didn’t take home the top prize, NeuroHope is honored to be named the 2018 finalist in “Health & Wellness”! At a presentation at the Ritz Charles we were awarded $5,000 to help continue our mission of affordable rehabilitation following neurologic injury!

It’s all thanks to a fantastic giving circle that is truly IMPACTING our entire community. Learn more about Impact 100 by clicking here.

Indianpolis Monthly: Taking a Stand

June 11, 2018/in Media/by Derek Swanson

He wasn’t being a daredevil. His choice wasn’t some expression of defiant, idealistic independence or gratuitous death-cheating. Chris Leeuw was on a kayak trip with friends near Edinburgh in August 2010 when he decided to jump off an abandoned truss bridge—a high bridge, sure, 50 or so feet, but he knew the water was deep. He was 28. People do that sort of thing when they’re 28.The problem was the guy next to him, who climbed up to make the leap as well. Leeuw didn’t know the guy, though he didn’t mind the company. They jumped at the same time, but Leeuw—at 6´2˝and 200 pounds—fell faster. The other guy drifted over toward Leeuw while falling; witnesses later said it looked as though Leeuw opened up a hole in the water for him.