by Nic Donovic Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) are referred to as the silent epidemic, since we cannot see it as we can see a broken limb or any other injury, for that matter. Its devastating impact is more easily revealed in numbers and statistics. Each year, an estimated 1.7 million people suffer some form of […]
FirstGiving Site Up & Running for RAAM
by Frank Fumich Thank you for visiting my fundraising page [FirstGiving]! In 2009, Ryan Diviney was a 20-year old sophomore student attending West Virginia University on a 4-year academic scholarship. Up to that point in his life he was a smart, fun-loving, athletic young man who had the world at his fingertips and big plans for […]
Guest Post: It’s Gonna Get Ugly…
by Frank Fumich (from Facebook) There’s only 12 more Mondays before RAAM (Race Across America) begins. On June 16, I’ll begin a 3,000 mile bike race across the country for Ryan Diviney. Ryan was attacked and beaten to within an inch of his life [by Austin Vantrease and Jonathan May, both from Newark, Delaware] 5-plus […]
Kari Diviney: “How Can Austin Vantrease Smile?”
Commentary & Opinion by Kari Diviney (Ryan Diviney’s younger sister) I haven’t posted in a while. It’s something about the holidays that makes me, well, honestly… feel a lot of emptiness. This might sound selfish and it is hard to admit, but going on Facebook (or any form of social media, for that matter) during […]
Race Across America
By Frank Fumich via Facebook (written January 1, 2015) This first day of 2015, I’m gonna start right off and talk a little about my new goal of Race Across America (RAAM), but not of the race itself or my personal physical/mental goal, but of the person I’m trying to help along the way. I remember […]