Criteri chiave
Missione Assistere finanziariamente le guide alpine, i soccorritori o gli istruttori che necessitano di un intervento chirurgico per poter continuare a esercitare la loro professione. Criteri chiave Lesione (acuta o cronica) con rischio per la carriera. Documentazione relativa alla carriera e/o alle ambizioni di carriera all’interno di organizzazioni di guide, soccorritori o istruttori. Spese mediche
Missione
Assistere finanziariamente le guide alpine, i soccorritori o gli istruttori che necessitano di un intervento chirurgico per poter continuare a esercitare la loro professione.
Criteri chiave
- Lesione (acuta o cronica) con rischio per la carriera.
- Documentazione relativa alla carriera e/o alle ambizioni di carriera all’interno di organizzazioni di guide, soccorritori o istruttori.
- Spese mediche relative alla lesione che comportino un notevole impegno economico.
La nostra procedura
La Fondazione Kees Brenninkmeyer determina con totale imparzialità l’idoneità di un candidato ad essere assistito finanziariamente, sulla base della sua situazione finanziaria, dell’appartenenza ad associazioni professionali, della carriera professionale e delle prospettive di carriera oltreché del piano di intervento. Ogni provvedimento sarà assunto caso per caso in modo da offrire le migliori opportunità di recupero e favorire il pieno rientro in attività.
Featured Testimonial
"I recently tore the ACL and meniscus in my left knee while skiing on my day off. After the accident, my patrol coworkers passed around a helmet during the morning meeting seeking donations to help pay for my surgery. Needless to say, the fund was quite a few dollars short of the going rate for knee surgery. Several days later, while still recovering from the initial injury, the Kees Brenninkmeyer Foundation came up in conversation with some volunteer patrollers. I quickly located the Kees Brenninkmeyer Foundation website and requested application materials. Within a few hours I had the application packet emailed to me and I raced to fill it out. Shortly after, I was contacted by the Kees Brenninkmeyer Foundation and told they would like to fund my knee surgery and all other rehabilitative aspects of this process. I was told I would receive funding on a Tuesday, was flown to Vail, C.O. on Thursday and had my surgery that Friday. It was really astonishing how fast the whole process went, start to finish in under a week. I had my surgery at the Steadman Clinic in Vail Colorado. Under the guidance of a Steadman team I opted to graft a portion of my own patellar ligament as my new ACL and chose to save as much of my damaged meniscus as possible and suture the multiple pieces back together. Since the surgery I have been able to attend physical therapy on almost a daily basis, which has contributed immensely to the fast and strong recovery of my reconstructed knee. Without the funding and support of the Kees Brenninkmeyer Foundation my career as a professional ski patroller would have come to a very abrupt end. Thanks to their help I will be back on my skis this winter for another season."
- Bradford LaRiviere