NextStep Kansas City's Night To Stand event is our most important event of the year. We want to thank the Rick & Cathy Baier Foundation for being the 2020 Night to Stand Presenting Sponsor. Funds, and awareness, raised at this event help create year-long opportunities for NextStep Kansas City and our clients. Rick and Cathy Baier have been long-time advocates for spinal cord injury awareness, and are determined to take a stand against the hurdles affecting accessibility of effective interventions in Kansas City.  We invite you to join us for some fun while you learn about our mission, our clients, and what makes NextStep Kansas City a unique necessity for our community.

In the aftermath of a spinal cord injury, individuals often hear the word Impossible. Depending on the level of injury, there will be a long list of things they will be told they will no longer be able to do. While nearly any level of recovery from a spinal cord injury can be challenging, and incredibly time-consuming, the notion that long-term progress is Impossible is no longer acceptable.

A mountain of evidence pointing to incredible new possibilities is being built from research that used to be deemed impossible. The stories you will hear from some of NextStep Kansas City's clients at our event, Night To Stand, will illustrate how they are changing Impossible, to I'M-POSSIBLE! Their injuries do not define them. Their efforts to be as independent as possible will not be wasted hope. They have interests, goals, and desires to return to a “normal” life. These things, to them, are not Impossible.