The state of Florida has designated the week of November 13-19, 2006, as Florida Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week that recognizes the need for prevention of spinal cord injuries.

The Darrell Gwynn Foundation is a 501C.3 organization with a goal to prevent and ultimately cure spinal cord injuries with special emphasis on educational programs targeting high school students. Darrell Gwynn Foundation speakers will visit 3 high schools in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Orange, Hillsborough, and Duval counties. The speakers will present spinal cord injury awareness training to the Health Science and Drivers Education students at Alonso, Bloomingdale, and Tampa Bay Technical High Schools. Schools were selected based on the current program offerings in health science and driver education.

Designating November 13-19, 2006, Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Week will increase awareness of the causes of spinal cord injury and reduce the number of individuals that are paralyzed each year in Florida.

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Presentations by the Darrell Gwynn Foundation at three high schools will be provided at no cost to the district.