DGF’s “Prom Patrol” offers teenagers powerful testimony, injury prevention tips

By Ryan Rogers DAVIE, Fla. – The Darrell Gwynn Foundation’s Education & Prevention Program visited dozens of high schools in South Florida this spring as students prepared for their proms in an effort to keep teenagers safe and prevent spinal cord injuries. The Darrell Gwynn Foundation’s mission is to provide SUPPORT for people with paralysis and PREVENT spinal cord injuries. The latest campaign of the foundation’s Education & Prevention Program was coined “Prom Patrol” and offered a series of presentations designed to teach high school students common sense ways to prevent spinal cord injuries and other serious injuries on their prom nights and beyond. Statistically, high school aged students are the most at risk to sustain spinal cord injuries. Often, prom night serves as the setting for tragic incidents that change a teenager’s life forever. The foundation, regrettably, often comes across these prom night accident stories when reviewing applications for its Wheelchair Donation Program. The Education & Prevention Program was created to prevent these injuries before they happen by targeting the most at-risk age group. “It really makes you pause and think before you make a bad decision that could change your life forever,” said Allison, a senior at Archbishop… Read More