With great honour I must say that once more a privately funded non-profit organization Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation used one of my photos for 2013 year’s calendar. Amongst others great photograps, November is the month represented with my photo. The picture is taken on the highest motorable road on the world, Khardung La, India.
The Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation is a privately funded non-profit organization which follows the principal aim of promoting research worldwide in order to expedite scientific and clinical progress towards a putative cure for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Paralysis. The Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation was founded in 2004 by Dietrich Mateschitz, CEO Red Bull, and Heinz Kinigadner, multiple motocross world champion and KTM sporting director.
With an average age of injury of 33 years and nearly normal life expectancy, there is a steady increase in the number of people affected, and it is estimated that around 2.8 million people live with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) by now.
Each year, approximately 130.000 people survive a traumatic spinal cord injury.
Spinal cord injury primarily affects young adults with a ratio of four to one male to female.
The time has come again to get your hands on the popular Wings for Life calendar. This year’s Red Calendar 2013 brings together breath-taking sports and landscape photos taken by well-known international photographers. In response to popular demand we are also offering a notebook, the Red Book. As with all projects, 100% of all sale revenues will be invested in spinal cord research.
Whether it’s a Christmas gift for employees, a small token of your esteem for business partners or just a little something to display in your own home: With the Wings for Life Red Calendar 2013 and the Wings for Life Red Book you’ll be making a statement – and become a part of a major mission: Spinal cord injury must become curable. Net proceeds from sales of the Wings For Life Edition – The Red Collection will go to spinal cord research.
Wings for Life edition – the Red Calendar 2013:
– Wall calendar, format: 595x410mm format, premium glossy paper(cover page: 300g/inside pages: 200g)
– 12 breathtaking photos by renowned photographers
– Option to imprint with your company logo on orders of 50 and above
– Packaged in a slip-case
Wings for Life edition – the Red Book:
– Notebook with five unique microphotographs from Wings for Life research projects in DIN A4 format
– Annual calendar overview for 2013/14
– 4 writable tab pages
– Inside pages are grid-lined & perforated
– Option to customise with text inscribed on small brushed aluminium plates (e.g. web address, name) on orders of 50 or more
– Hardcover made from stable cardboard (packaged in a slip-case)
As charitable non-profit organisation, Wings for Life relies on donations. Therefore it is essential to sensitize the public to the topic of paraplegia, in addition insist on the fact that research is the only way to heal it and that money is the limiting factor. Hence the foundation depends on the support of prominent personalities, companies and of course numerous individuals in its public relation activities, in order to raise the common interest for the foundation’s concerns and to generate donations for spinal cord research. The Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation was approved to meet the scientific requirements and was appointed to become a member of the ICCP, the authoritative head organisation in spinal cord injury (SCI) research worldwide. As one of the 12 members of the “International Campaign for Cures of spinal cord injury Paralysis” (ICCP), Wings for Life attracts attention as a serious, verified and scientifically approved organisation fostering Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) research worldwide.
If you would like to help The Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation you can donate some funds over their official web page.