Welcome to the MattCourson.ORG blog site. This site is designed to offer hope and encouragement to others facing seemingly overwhelming obstacles and allow family, friends, and supporters of Matt to keep up with his treatment and recovery efforts. Matt suffers from a level T8 Spinal Cord Injury which he sustained in an ATV accident in 2006.
Matt will be making regular blog post here, sharing pictures and videos on how things are going so check back often. You have a chance to contribute to this blog site by posting thoughts, comments, prayers, words of encouragement and support for Matt and his family, just click on the comments link under the post you would like to add your comments to. You must be a registered member of this blog in order to comment, the site is moderated so your post may not appear immediately. Feel free to register by clicking the register link in the left-hand menu sidebar. Shortly after you register you will receive your login information and password by e-mail, login and make your entry.
Thank you for your continued prayers and support ~ Friends of Matt, MattCourson.ORG.
We do not know where to begin in expressing our thanks to so many that have helped us the last 11 months. If you sent a card, gave us thoughtful gifts, brought food, called, visited, e-mailed, helped get our house ready, bought meat from the fundraiser, given generously in a love offering or donation or most importantly, lifted Matt up in prayer…we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We are humbled by the kindness and generosity of so many people. It is so much better to give than be on this end of receiving but we appreciate your support and we can never repay your acts of kindness. We want to shout out a special THANK YOU to Debbi and Wes Minchew. They built this website for Matt. You can see the love and time they put in it. I go way, way back with them on the “Cool School” days and the MES website. I know Wes thought he was finished with me since I retired…. I would “lose” the website often and cry to Wes to find it in cyberspace and he always did! Thank you my friends for this wonderful site.
Don’t forget the singing Sunday night. Teresa has worked hard on this and I know it will be just awesome. I better bring lots of tissue!
God Bless,
Sancy
The FUNDRAISER…(April 7) I know we have said “Thank You” so much but there are so many people that we owe gratitude to for a successful fundraiser. We are so grateful for our friends that worked so hard on selling tickets, talllying the orders, cooking, wrapping and giving out the meat. Mark and his crew cooked 650 pieces of meat Saturday and they could not have done it without everyone showing up to help. Oh, the meat was so good! South Arkansas has to be the best place to live as we are so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful people. You have opened up your hearts in prayer as well as giving for Matt’s needs. The Lord has worked through many, many people and with your prayers and help, Matt has begun his quest to walk again.
Thank you and God Bless..
SC
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Matt and his father Johnny will be traveling to the Project Walk Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center in Carlsbad, CA for a two week training session on Saturday April 7, 2007. Project Walk is a non-profit, internationally recognized exercise-based recovery organization providing hope, improved quality of life, and a chance for life beyond a wheelchair for persons suffering from SCI. Johnny will be providing updates during the trip on this Blog site so check back for updates. Remember to pray for Matt and his family for strength, endurance and continued faith. Matt is a strong and determined young man, but how much stronger he will be with our prayers and support.
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APRIL 1, 2007 - Friends of Matt will be providing a concert at First Baptist Church in McGehee beginning at 6:00 PM. Come and enjoy an evening of local talent sure to uplift and inspire all who attend.
APRIL 5, 2007 - Matt will share his testimony this Thursday at UAM. MBSF and the BCM are having a combined meeting in the Fine Arts Center which begins at 9:00 p.m. Sean Michelle will be in concert.
APRIL 7, 2007 - Friends of Matt are sponsoring a fund raiser where they are selling tickets for pork tenderloins and smoked turkey breasts, with all proceeds to benefit Matt Courson ProjectWalk. 8-Lb. Turkey Breast are $30.00 and 6-Lb. Pork Tender Loin are $25.00 Tickets are available at First National and McGehee Bank in McGehee and Simmons and Commercial Bank in Monticello. The tenderloins and turkey breasts will be ready for pickup at the McGehee Agri Building on US Hwy. 65 North in Mc Gehee on Saturday, April 7, 2007 between 4:00 and 6:00PM.
APRIL 7-21, 2007 - Project Walk, Carlsbad, CA
JULY 16-29, 2007 - Matt will visit Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore which enables spinal cord patients the most progressive treatment options available. The International center for Spinal cord Injury and Paralysis at Kennedy Krieger Institute is one of only a few centers in the country offering a combination of traditional rehabilitation services as well as newly developed advanced rehabilitation therapies. The program is directed by Dr. John McDonald and combines advanced clinical neurorehabilitation treatments, basic laboratory investigations and participation in multi-center clinical trials.
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