Ricky Palermo's Golf Tournament To Cure Paralysis
The Ricky Palermo Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for The Miami Project which is researching a cure for paralysis. The foundation is also dedicated to helping local community members deal with their paralysis.
"Our donations are being used from the beginning of the spinal cord injury, all the way through their recovery" Said Palermo. (Batavia Daily News, Pg A-8 7/17/2010) Money goes to four important sources:
-United Memorial Medical Center's Emergency Room: to stabilize patients
-Strong Memorial Hospital's Spinal Unit: to help patients recuperate from surgery if needed
-Genesee County YMCA's Bike Program: to help patients rebuild muscles and stay in shape
-The Miami Project: for a paralysis cure research
Ricky Palermo
- Born:1960 in Batavia
- School:Byron Bergen High class of 1979
- Date of Injury:1981
- Injury:Dislocated spine at the C5/6 level
- Money raised to date:$560,000
website to include all the forms necessary for you to participate in our fundraisers.
Also we have started a new feature called Ricky's Updates, which will be quarterly
updates. We hope to have more pictures to display after the fundraisers this year. One
way you can help us do this is by sending you pictures to the foundation where we will
be happy to display them. Please include event, and names of the people in the picture.