March is National Athletic Training Month, an awareness and motivational program sponsored by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Athletic trainers are specially trained individuals responsible for the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of athletic injuries and illnesses. They play a major role in taking care of our nation’s athletes at all professional levels and are instrumental in promoting safety at an early age with our nation’s student athletes.
Athletic trainers work under the direction of physicians. Athletic Trainers are clinically and academically qualified to medically treat patients and clients of all ages in any physical setting. Public safety, injury and illness prevention, and early intervention are keystones to the practice of athletic training.
This is a good time to thank those that make participation in sports and athletics safe, or in the very least, take some time to learn a little about what athletic trainers do. Their job entails conducting injury prevention protocols (think about training techniques to prevent ankle sprains), injury evaluation and immediate return to play decision making (think sideline concussion diagnosis), and injury rehabilitation.
Fans Across America is about building a community of sports and entertainment fans to deliver hope, opportunity and support to families with seriously ill and special needs children.
The Fans Across America® Charitable Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization, is a community of sports and entertainment fans committed to providing much needed financial assistance to families with seriously ill and special needs children. In appreciation for their support, Foundation team members receive special promotional offers and discounts from Fans Across America partners for professional & collegiate sporting events, restaurants & entertainment, and retail and services. Ultimately, Fans Across America unites fans, athletes, celebrities, businesses and all those committed to making a difference in the lives of these families during the most difficult times.
In December 2007, the Fans Across America Charitable Foundation delivered assistance to its first two families. Leslie Rodriguez and Joshua Coppoth were both nine years old and had brain tumors. From surgery to radiation and chemotherapy treatments, these children endured far more suffering than any child should, and their families did everything they could to help them get well. Because of the generosity of the Fans Across America community, the Foundation was able to help relieve some of the financial burden these families faced as a result of the illness by assisting with their rent and other living expenses such as food and gas.
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