Aug 30, 2017
Amputees Coming Together Informing Others’ Needs! A.C.T.I.O.N. celebrated its first anniversary on August 28th with a pie and ice cream social! There were 25 people in attendance for our celebration – persons with many levels of limb loss, their friends...
Jul 31, 2017
Preston Shepard and J.L. Herron from T.A.A.S.C. (The Adaptive Adventure Sports Coalition) brought several adaptive bikes for our support group to ride on Monday, July 24th! Everyone with limb loss rode a bike that evening including Flo (above knee amputee) who had...
Jul 12, 2017
Brenda Wallace, a very busy above-the-knee amputee, was thrilled to be the winner of a socket planter at our June 26th A.C.T.I.O.N. Support Group Meeting! Molly, our Patient Liaison, loves to recycle old test sockets into decorative flower planters! What will the...
Jul 5, 2017
Our patient, Bob Grubbs, spoke at our A.C.T.I.O.N. Meeting on June 26th. He shared his story about losing his leg as a child and rising above the challenges of wearing a prosthesis. He has always had a CAN DO attitude! Bob also spoke about he and his wife’s...
Jun 5, 2017
Gene McCorkle was the very happy winner the of a $20.00 gas card at our A.C.T.I.O.N. Support Group meeting held Monday, May 22nd. Gene’s name was pulled from the prosthetic leg socket. He was also our wonderful speaker that night as well! Congratulations,...
May 30, 2017
Gene McCorkle, a hip disarticulation amputee from Miamisburg, Ohio, shared his amazing story with us on May 22nd… Gene took us on the journey of how he was drafted into the Army as a very young man, traveled to fight in the Vietnam War, was shot in the upper leg...
