Numotion Foundation Sponsors “The Ride,” a Jack Trottier Foundation Fundraiser to Benefit Adolescents

Living with New Spinal Cord Injury

On January 16, 2013, Jack Tro er experienced a spinal cord injury while snowboarding. The burst fracture of his C6 vertebrae caused paralysis from the chest down. AÅer emergency surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, Jack spent 9 days in intensive care to stabilize his spine and autonomic funcçons. He then traveled to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta for 13 weeks of intense rehabilitaçon. Jack subsequently returned home and began his senior year of High School in Tyngsboro, MA that fall.

AÅer graduaçon, Jack enrolled at UMASS-Lowell to earn a degree in business, graduaçng in 2019. Since his injury, Jack has graduated from college, relearned how to drive, completed the Baystate Marathon using a hand-cycle, conçnued coaching high school football, published a book, and started working selling adapçve vehicles. His family and community have supported him since the beginning. Now, he looks to assist those who navigate a similar experience

January 16, 2023, marked the tenth anniversary of Jack’s spinal cord injury. Reflecçng on ten years post-injury, Jack stated, “It’s also been ten years since I was discharged from the Shepherd Center, a complex rehab facility for spinal cord injury and other neurological impairments. I knew I needed to return, and this milestone felt right to me.”

Since last August, Jack and his team have been planning a major event to not only commemorate ten years but to raise funds and awareness for his nonprofit organizaçon, the Jack Tro er Foundaçon. They have partnered with the High Fives Foundaçon to prepare for Jack to ride an adapçve hand cycle from Massachuseùs to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

The trip traverses 11 states and more than 1,200 miles. The funds raised during this campaign will support the kids of the adolescent team (paçents under the age of 18) at Shepherd, who are at the beginning of an uphill baùle through paralysis. In 2013, Jack spent 11 weeks in inpaçent rehab on the adolescent team that shaped the beginning of his recovery.

“High Fives is an incredible organizaçon that I became a part of through my involvement in adapçve acçon sports a decade ago. Given the nature of this endurance ride, we couldn’t think of a beùer organizaçon to share the experience with.