The Hope for Gabe Foundation speaks to all 7 of the Genetic Biology classes at one of the largest high schools in the state, Spain Park High School in Birmingham. This group of 9th graders fell in love with Gabe before learning some hard core facts about genetic diseases and specifically Duchenne. So many have reached out to us after that day wanting to help our cause!! These are truly great kids...see the video below or at: http://videos.al.com/birmingham-news/2012/04/duchenne_muscular_dystrophy_aw.html
The mother of all hot wheel video goes viral in honor of Hope for Gabe and has over 1.5M hits! To date we have raised over $18,000 from this video! It even aired on the Discovery Channel - check it out the Discovery segment below and you can watch the whole hot wheel video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzTRTQkmHpU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzTRTQkmHpU
7 months on VECTTOR - Many many folks have asked to see the before and after video of Gabe on VECTTOR. Dr. Rhodes put together this video of Gabe which includes Gabe on Day 1 PRIOR to any VECTTOR treatment, Day 5 after VECTTOR treatment, 1 Month after VECTTOR treatment, and now 7 1/2 Months after VECTTOR treatment. All we can say is WOW! The video is below but here is the link as
well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICuTbUGZWS0
well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICuTbUGZWS0
Gabe Griffin after 70 days on VECTTOR. He jumps extremely high seen here in the first video! We are getting the video from his visit with Dr. Rhodes in December and will place them side by side soon to compare but he was no where CLOSE to jumping this high. Also he was unable to balance long at all on one foot and could NOT hop on either foot prior to VECTTOR! Way to go Gabe!
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Gabe continues his VECTTOR treatments and has now been on the machine for 29 days. The below videos are remarkable to say the least. Gabe has NEVER NEVER been able to RUN up the stairs before much less this fast! Not only does he do this in the video but he is not holding on to anything. He has also NEVER been able to peddle a tricycle, big wheel, bike, etc. It has been to cold here to get him out to try it until yesterday. Below is Gabe peddling a tricycle in our driveway for the very first time!
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Gabe has been on the VECTTOR treatment for 25 days and the below five videos show him getting up off the floor WITHOUT the Gower’s Maneuver. This is something Gabe has never done and is very common in boys with DMD. In the first video he actually races his healthy 5 year old twin sister Addie and wins. Not sure what is going on but something is definitely happening!
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The Chelsea 4th Grade cheerleading squad and the Chelsea Youth Club honored Gabe and H4G at a cheerleading exhibition. They worked extremely hard and this was an incredible night! They also collected and donated money from those in attendance for our foundation, Hope for Gabe!!! Please click below to watch the video of the performance…
Click below to see our tribute to our special little red head…he truly is our hero!
This commercial does a great job capturing how important it is for EVERYONE to help. I heard a great quote the other day and I want to share it with you as I feel it is fitting for Gabe's Journey and the below commercial..."NO ONE CAN DO EVERYTHING, BUT EVERYONE CAN DO SOMETHING!"
NBC 13 did an interview with Gabe and Scott to raise awareness and to talk about a fundraiser we are involved in called Derby for Duchenne. You can learn more about the disease and the annual event below
NBC 13 did a short human interest segment on the Auburn Baseball team’s dedication of their game vs. Ole Miss in the SEC baseball tournament. The team wore red Gabe’s Band of Hope in honor of Gabe and to raise awareness. Click below to watch...
Get to know Gabe, our family, our supporters and get to know the little boy that we are fighting so hard to help win this battle by viewing the pictures below!
