Acting Without Boundaries Receives Grant from Reeve Foundation for THE JUNGLE BOOK

Acting Without Boundaries has announced that it has received a $6,400 Quality of Life grant from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

The award was one of 79 grants totaling over $575,704 awarded by the Reeve Foundation to nonprofit organizations nationwide that provide more opportunities, access, and daily quality of life for individuals living with paralysis, their families, and caregivers. Conceived by the late Dana Reeve, the program has awarded over 2,700 grants totaling over $20 million since 1999.

Acting Without Boundaries is honored to receive this grant, and expresses their sincere gratitude to the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation for making the upcoming performance of Disney's The Jungle Book possible.

Acting Without Boundaries will use the grant toward their upcoming performance of Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK on Sunday, October 9th at 4 p.m. at Centennial Hall of the Haverford School for Boys in Haverford, Pa.

Awarded twice yearly, grant requests were evaluated and scored based on a rigorous review process to determine funding for organizations that improve daily life for those living with paralysis, as well as their families and caregivers. In this particular grant cycle, the grantee review board awarded a significant number of grants in medically underserved areas for modification projects, animal service programs and veteran programs.

Acting Without Boundaries (AWB) was established in 2004 to provide extraordinary, one-of-a- kind acting and theatrical opportunities for children, teens and young adults with physical disabilities. At its core, AWB is a unique year-round theater program that provides an open forum for the creative and artistic expression of young people with physical disabilities, over the age of four. The primary goal of AWB is to provide young people from the disabled community with the rare opportunity to pursue their love of acting and performing while building their self- confidence and developing an enhanced belief in themselves and their abilities.

The mission of Acting Without Boundaries is to transform lives and build self-esteem in an empowering community of people with physical disabilities through theater that celebrates ability. For more information about Acting Without Boundaries, visit www.actingwithoutboundaries.org or call (610) 922-8240.

The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy. We meet all 20 of the Better Business Bureau's standards for charity accountability and hold the BBB's Charity Seal. The Paralysis Resource Center (PRC) is a program of the Reeve Foundation, and is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (cooperative agreement number 90PR3002). For more information, visit www.ChristopherReeve.org or call 800-539-7309.

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