Best Organization
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This award honors the organization whose work is determnined to be most extraordinary towards helping people with disabilities. |
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Presented by: Heather Whitestone McCallum, Miss America 1995.
Nominees:
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities
Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation
Sorenson Media
The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
Winner: Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation
Accepted by: Sam Schmidt, the impetus behind the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation.
About The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation
Sam Schmidt was a race care driver who competed in three Indy 500s until a crash in 2000 left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. Today he is the impetus behind the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization that raises funds through the power of motorsports for medical research, as well as the treatment and rehabilitation of others dealing with spinal cord injuries. Since the Foundation was formed, he has raised over $1.5 million dollars.