Organizations Filed Purposes:
A CURE IS COMING WAS FORMED TO: RAISE AWARENESS OF THE THERAPEUTIC NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURIES, CREATE PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART, SPECIALIZED RESTORATIVE THERAPY CENTER IN THE SEATTLE AREA AND AID IN THE ONGOING ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION OF THE THERAPY CENTER AND TO ESTABLISH BASIC FOUNDATION FUNDING FOR OTHER CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES RELATED TO SPINAL CORD INJURY, WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.
THIS WAS OUR 12TH ANNUAL A CURE IS COMING DINNER AND AUCTION. 260 GUESTS JOINED US FOR FOOD, FUN, AND A LIVE AND SILENT AUCTION IN SUPPORT OF OUR GOAL AND MISSION. WE RAISED NEARLY 136,000 BEFORE OUR EXPENSES. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THE AUCTION IS TO KEEP OUR DONORS INFORMED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THE FOUNDATION IS MAKING AND TO EDUCATE THEM ON SPINAL CORD INJURIES & PARALYSIS. KENNEDY FROM MOMBASA KENYA BROKE HIS NECK IN A DIVING ACCIDENT IN A SWIMMING POOL AT SCHOOL IN 1992, THEN AGED 16. THOUGH HE STILL HAS NO GRIP IN HIS FINGERS, HE LEARNED TO PAINT BY CLENCHING THE BRUSH BETWEEN HIS FINGERS AND PAINT FOR A LIVING AND AS A THERAPY TOO. HE LOST HIS DEAR MUM WHO HAD BEEN HIS CAREGIVER ON JUNE 23, 2011. TO DEAL WITH THE DEVASTATING LOSS, HE STARTED A SMALL FUN CALLED THE MOMMA KENNEDY AND FRIENDS MISSION IN HER MEMORY. AMONG THEM THEY HAVE DONATED OVER 450 GOATS, COWS, SEWING MACHINES, CHICKENS, CLOTHES, MOBILITY AIDS ETC TO NEEDY DISABLED CHILDREN FROM POOR, REMOTE AND MARGINALIZED AREAS IN THEIR COASTAL TOWN OF MOMBASA. AWARDED A 2,000 GRANT TO THE SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED FOUNDATION TO SEND CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO SUMMER CAMP. THE SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1983 IN VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON AS A NONPROFIT CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO SERVING PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES. OUR NEWEST PROGRAM ALLOWS US TO MAKE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF THOSE LIVING WITH PARALYSIS THROUGH THE PURCHASE OF A STANDING FRAME. IN 2016 WE AWARDED FIVE FRAMES TO INDIVIDUALS LIVING THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ryan Grams | VICE PRESIDE | 4 | $0 |
| Ian Warner | MEMBER | 4 | $0 |
| Michael-Ryan Pattison | PRESIDENT | 10 | $0 |
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