THE GOALS OF OUR FOUNDATION

• To pair up a new or existing injury/condition with someone who has the same injury/condition, and has learned the ropes of everyday life. Providing a Big Wheels/Little Wheels™ system.
• Help Little Wheels build confidence and acceptance within themselves, and their injuries/conditions. In turn, building acceptance within the Community. 
• Getting Little Wheels out into the world and learn how to function and interact the best they can with everyday situations.
• Help Little Wheels better understand how to maneuver in their chairs, handle public situations, and build confidence outside the
  comfort of the home/hospital atmosphere.
   

With the help of Big Wheels and Sponsors,
we can help Little Wheels with something as
simple as dinner or a movie.  
We have found that it is the relationships created
that matter the most in building confidence.

-Visit our PEER SUPPORT PAGE to find out more about Big Wheels/Little Wheels™ -

Colby & Meara Kortum started this Foundation based on one concept: 

PEER INTERACTION AND SIMPLE CONVERSATION MAY BE ALL IT TAKES TO TURN SOMEONE'S OUTLOOK ON LIFE AROUND.

Colby was injured in a car accident in Feb. 2000 which left him with a SCI injury at L1-L2.  After being faced with multiple health challenges, 

he was urged by a friend to come to Denver for his re-eval in May of 2006.  Scheduled to stay for a week, he met his wife on the first day.  

At the time she was at the hospital with her mother, who had been in a car accident as well.  

Colby’s independence and confidence, along with his ability to overcome life’s obstacles, is what made him stand out.  

It was less than a year and a half later, in August of 2007, that Colby and Meara were married.

In 2009, while Meara was in therapy with her mother, she overheard other patients talking about a guy they had met.  

They couldn’t believe he worked, traveled, and was married.  Little did they know, it was Meara’s husband they were referring to.   

It was a simple conversation in passing that had such a positive and powerful influence.  

It was then that the wheels started to turn, ideas were put together, and the Foundation was formed in 2011.