SCIboston

03/18/2026

03/14/2026

Get excited for this in person rally for pca services! 🎉

Join SCIboston, BCIL and other community organizations and members to impact real change ✊️

March 19th at 12:30pm at the Massachusetts State House - (bowdoin street entrance)

For information contact BCIL at 617-338-6666
or email [email protected]

We hope to see you there!

Image description: [1 page with SCIboston Advocacy. Titled, "Rally for PCA services" with BCIL and 1199 SEIU. Protect the PCA program from proposed budget cuts! All members of the disability and pca communities are welcome! All details in caption above.]

03/13/2026

This special event not only celebrates our mentors, but also raises critical support for SCIboston’s programs that empower individuals with spinal cord injuries and their families!

✨Donate now and support our mission

➡️ https://sciboston.salsalabs.org/donationpage/index.html
Any amount is impactful! Thank you!

Image description: [1 page post, SCIboston logo at the top of our Gala themes page with constellations and gold glitter. Page reads, "Can't make it this year? You can still participate in our 2026 Fundraising Gala: The Power of Peer Mentoring. Saturday March 21, 2026. By donating to our organization and supporting individuals and families affected by Spinal Cord Injuries." Link in bio]

03/12/2026

Here's an excellent chance for you to easily participate and support the SCI community by taking part! Share your voice! 📢

Raffle Drawing is coming up on April 15th❗️ Please respond promptly to be included

We are conducting a brief Community Needs Survey to better understand what our community needs most -- what’s working, where gaps exist, and how we can focus our resources for the greatest impact. We invite anyone connected to the spinal cord injury (SCI) community to take this survey. All responses are confidential!

The survey takes just a few minutes, and your input will directly influence our programs, advocacy, and support services.

➡️https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScyAQYyoCd1fdUZU2SAIY_O3t_RLYwAQkzIDBp4z-igJl6eYA/viewform

Image description: [2 page post titled, "Take Action: Complete our Community Needs Survey. We invite anyone connected to the spinal cord injury (SCI) community to take this survey. As a thank-you, participants may enter a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card. One entry per community member. All responses are confidential. Providing an email is optional—anonymous responses are welcome but cannot be entered into the drawing. Raffle Drawing on April 15th, 2026. Take the survey at link in bio/caption.]

03/11/2026

We are so excited for our upcoming gala on March 21st!
Its going to be a night to remember ✨

Tickets are now sold out but you can still contribute to the success of this fundraising event!
➡️ Link in bio to donate, thank you 💙

Image description: 1 page post in SCIboston's 2026 gala theme: The Power of Peer Mentoring. With a picture of 3 individuals in their wheelchairs, smiling. Written, "This year's award recipient's! Caitlin Riley, Jerry Donovan and Donna King". Underneath picture reads, "We are thrilled to celebrate the remarkable achievements of Caitlin Riley and Donna King receiving the Elmer Bartels Leadership Award and Jerry Donovan receiving the Larry Brennan Compassion & Commitment Award at SClboston's 2026 Gala: The power of peer mentoring. Saturday, March 21, 2026.]

03/10/2026

Don't miss this great opportunity this Thursday, March 12th from 12pm-2pm

Whether you attend in person or virtually, your presence makes that impact visible❗️

This Legislative Briefing is a space for wheelchair users to share the impact of delayed and denied repairs with House legislators. It's a chance to show what happens when systems don't work as they should -- which puts access, mobility, and independence at risk. By hearing directly from the people most affected, lawmakers can better understand why H4358 & S2662 cannot wait.

➡️ Register to join this event at https://forms.monday.com/forms/afdfe9d637461400d5a32adfbe294b28?r=use1

Image description: [2 page post with "SCIboston Advocacy logo". Title reads, "Make your voices heard! & Improve wheelchair repair. A photograph of an Australian Shepard dog laying on the floor near a vacant wheelchair in the background. Next page is a flyer of "Wheelchair repair legislative briefing" All event details written in caption. In person at MA State house hearing room: B1 or virtual. Register: TINYURL.COM/WCBRIEF26 or visit link in bio.]

03/07/2026

Our Newly Injured Support Group is starting Tuesday 3/10 and we are so excited! 🎉

If you are an individual with a spinal cord injury within the first 3 years of your injury, living in the New England area (MA,NH,ME,VT, RI,CT) and looking for support..

✨ Join us on Tuesdays at 4pm EST to be a part of a community that is here for you!

Hosted by Josh Keller, SCIboston Peer Mentor & Thursday's SCI Support Group leader ✨

➡️ Visit link in bio and scroll down to "support groups" to access zoom link

Image description: [1 page post with SCIboston logo at the top and titled, "Newly Injured Support Group". Meets every tuesday from 4:00pm-5:00pm EST. Featuring a photo of group host, Josh Keller wearing a SCI Awareness baseball hat, smiling. All other information described in caption.]

03/06/2026

The 2026 Paralympics Winter Games start today! 🎉
Don't miss the opening ceremony at 1:30pm on USA Network and streaming on peacock ❗️
With a replay on NBC on March 7th at 8pm if you miss it!

Image description: [1 page post titled, 'The Paralympics Winter Games start today!'. March 6-march15th. Friday march 6th-1:30pm-4pm: Opening Cermony (LIVE) on USA Network. Para Alpine Skiing, Para Biathlon, Para Cross-Country Skiing, Para Ice Hockey, Para Snowboard and Wheelchair Curling. Let's support and celebrate these amazing athletes! See full schedule - link in bio.]

03/05/2026

Check out this Good Read by Dr. Ferro and Dr. Sojar, featured in our March Newsletter!

➡️ To read our March Newsletter and this full article - visit link in bio

📩 From Injury to Impact
In a recent Change of Shift essay published in Annals of Emergency Medicine, Steven Ferro, DO, and Sakina Sojar, MD, share a powerful reflection on life after spinal cord injury and the journey to becoming an emergency medicine physician.

After sustaining a complete T4 spinal cord injury at age 22, Dr. Ferro describes the long and difficult process of rebuilding independence, identity, and purpose...

Image description: 1 page post titled 'A good read'. Underneath is a clipped photo of Dr. Steve Ferro, DO. Description of article in the caption. Visit link in bio to read now.]

03/04/2026

Spring is coming! Get excited with us 🌸
✨ March 21st is our Annual Fundraising Gala: The Power of Peer Mentoring

❗️ There are also some big Advocacy related events to take part in❗️(links in bio)

✨ March 12th from 12-2pm - Disability Policy Consortium’s Wheelchair Repair Legislative Briefing. In person at the Mass State House (Hearing Room B1) or online. https://forms.monday.com/forms/afdfe9d637461400d5a32adfbe294b28?r=use1
✨ March 19th at 12:30pm - BCIL for a PCA rally to make your voice heard on at the Massachusetts State House at 12:30pm.
✨ March 19th, Join United Spinal’s Virtual Advocacy Day! Register now to meet virtually with Congressional offices to advance key policy priorities.
https://unitedspinal.org/virtual-advocacy-day-registration/

Aside from these events, we have weekly and monthly support groups that keep the community close! Join us to create lasting relationships with the SCI community
➡️ Visit link in bio- scroll down to “support groups”

📩 Don't miss our March Newsletter for more exciting happenings!!
https://sciboston.salsalabs.org/newslettermar26?wvpId=8b1e9ef3-73c0-4ca3-bbb0-99c6cda235be

Image description: [2 page post titled, What are we up to?. SCIboston's upcoming events. Next page calendar of March 2026 events. SCIboston events feature the upcoming March 21st 2026 Annual Fundraising Gala: The Power of Peer Mentoring. Link in bio to purchase tickets. Advocacy events in caption.]

03/03/2026

Next application deadline is March 31st! 🎓️

👏 Thank you Linda and Stacey Riley for supporting the SCI community with this scholarship opportunity

➡️ Visit link in bio to apply now! www.sciboston.org/sfreducationa/scholarship

Image description: [ 1 page flyer titled, "Steven F. Riley Educational Memorial Scholarship". Underneath reads, "The Steven F. Riley Memorial Scholarship assists individuals with paraplegia or quad/tetraplegia due to a Spinal Cord Injury or Disorder (SCI/D) who demonstrate the desire to further create a better future through education." Next paragraph reads, "Our Program: -Further Education, -Award Amount up to $1,000, -Scholarships will be awarded twice per year, Applications received 12/1 - 3/31 will be awarded by May 1." Ways to apply: Link in bio/caption or Visit our website www.sciboston.org/sfreducationa/scholarship]

02/27/2026

Join us for a cocktail reception, seated dinner, silent auction, raffles and awards —
as we celebrate our peer mentors and their enormous impact to our community

✨ WHAT: SCIboston’s annual fundraising gala, ‘The Power of Peer Mentoring’
✨ WHEN: March 21st, 2026 at 4:30pm
✨ WHERE: Boston Marriot in Newton, MA

➡️ Get your tickets now! Link in bio
This is a popular event. These tickets sell out fast ‼️

Video description: [4 second videoclip written “3 days left to get your tickets”, All information about event in caption”. “On March 21st, 2026”. Get your tickets now.]