OHHF in the News


Read about Obie
in the WSJ.


The 3rd Annual Big Assist game
was played on July 13, 2011 at
Terry Conners Rink in Stamford, CT

Read About 2nd Annual
"Tonight is Obie's night, and he'll shake well more than 200 hands, many of them attached to bodies of people he's never met."

OHHF Receives Grant
"The power of Obie,
the strength of his friends"
Matt Norlander, Darien News
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Obie with Dr. Rick Doerr
OHHF was proud to support
Dr. Rick Doerr as a paralympic sailor
in the 2008 Paralympic Games
in Beijing, China.
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OHHF Letter Writing Campaign 2010
OHHF volunteers prepare mailing
of 2010 annual appeal letters
(left to right: Mandy Teare, Joe Friedman, and Susan Davidson)
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Pierina Documet
Recent grant to
Darien High School student
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OHHF Receives Grant
OHHF Receives Grant Funding
from The Community Foundation
for Greater New Haven
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Tokeneke Kids Care Club hosts Obie
Tokeneke Kids Care Club
Hosts Obie
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DONATE ONLINE or
Send your check to:
OHHF
PO Box 2221
Darien, CT 06820

Thank you to the players, sponsors, and patrons of The Big Assist III - it was a huge success!

 

Mission of the Foundation

The Obie Harrington-Howes Foundation is “dedicated to maintaining and improving quality of life by providing financial aid to individuals with spinal cord injuries.”  A 501© (3) organization, it was originally established by members of the Darien community in response to Obie’s spinal-cord injury in a swimming accident on July 4, 1997, which left him paralyzed.

"as an individual with a spinal cord injury....I am another recipient of the graciousness and power that the Obie Harrington-Howes Foundation embodies."
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The Foundation helps regional residents with spinal cord injuries and disease cover non-reimbursable medical expenses.  Many people living with spinal-cord injuries reach a point where insurance is exhausted and state or federal funds are no longer available.  We help bridge the gap between that point and the next level of independence.  

"Every OHHF grant...helps provide a substantial boost to the lives of our grantees, supporting greater mobility, independence, and accomplishment."
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Since 1997 the Foundation has funded:

.  Wheelchairs, including sports wheelchairs
.  Assorted medical equipment
.  Computers and printers
.  Tuition assistance
.  Therapeutic leg braces
.  Hockey sleds and hockey equipment
.  Exercise equipment for rehabilitation
.  Beds
.  Ramps
.  Donations towards the purchase of vehicles
which facilitate the return to work or school
.  Computerized speech augmentation devices
.  Respite care and home health care services
.  Minor home renovations
.  Door openers

Request an Application

Call us toll-free at 888-265-5859.

Board & Grants Committee