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Board/Directors/Committee Chairs

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President Amanda Marrero

Owner Fringe Benefits Salon

              Ruskin Seafood

Brother - Spinal Cord Injured

Secretary

Cathi Schmidt

Founder Krista Marie Sellars Foundation

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Team Tighten

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Chad Burney

Director of Partnerships

Exec VP/COO GTE Financial

C4 Spinal Cord Injured 2013

Recovered and Walking

Sheila Tramontana-Vice Pres/Treasurer

Son - C6 Spinal Cord Injured

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Capt Aaron Lopez - Volunteer

Ambassador Sponsorships

Coyote Cruise & Charter Capt

C7 Spinal Cord Injured

Tighten the Drag Foundation Inc is registered as a Florida Non Profit Corporation. All members are Volunteer. No member of the Board or Committee takes a percentage of donations or benefits from the organization in any way. 

 

If YOU would like to be a Volunteer, please send us a message at info@tightenthedragfoundation.org Subject: Committee Volunteer

 

President-2020-2025

Amanda Ramella Marrero 

Vice President-2024-2025

Sheila Tramontana

Marketing/Sponsorships

 

Events Coordinator

Melissa Tramontana

Secretary 2024-2025

  

Catherine Schmidt

Director-Fishing Tournament

Capt Matt Tramontana

Treasurer 2020-2023  

Sheila Tramontana

Director-Partnerships

  

Chad Burney, GTE Financial

Ambassador Adaptive Activities

Capt Aaron Lopez

Director/Advisors-Walk/Run/Roll

Sherry Fee

WeighMasters

Matt Tramontana

TR Finney

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Event Host/MC Fishing

James Malz, Angler Armory

Event Set Up Crew/Load-Unload/

Transport Committee

Raffle Committee

Big Rob Tramontana

T.R. Finney

Rene Monje

Matt Gaydos

Tyler Godwin

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Team Tighten Volunteers

Ciara Gaydos

Matt Gaydos

Sherry Fee

Erin Whatley
TR Finney

Tyler Godwin

Rachel Hoffman

Rene Monje

Ashley Manseau

Paul Fleming

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Amanda Marrero

Scholarship Committee

Sheila Tramontana

Mission Statement:

To extend the OPPORTUNITY for recovery and a better quality of life for FLORIDA residents who have suffered 

a life changing paralyzing Spinal Cord Injury as a result of a catastrophic accident. 

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Spinal Cord Injuries

The average newly injured person with a spinal cord injury will incur 1 million dollars in medical costs in their first year. If you are injured at age 25, your estimated lifetime costs will exceed 5 million dollars.  The average yearly medical costs after the first year can average $50,000-$100,000 depending on the level of injury. 

​ There are approximately 17,500 new spinal cord injuries in the US every year. There are over a half million people living with spinal cord injuries (SCI) in the United States.

Every 38 minutes in our country, a person becomes paralyzed. Vehicle accidents are the leading cause, with Falls being the second leading cause.

Sports related injuries are less than 10% of all spinal cord injuries but of the 10%, diving accidents account for 7%. 

There are over 5.6 million people in the US living with some type of Paralysis caused by Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Cancer,

Spinal Cord Injury, Transverse Myelitis and other nervous system disorders. Roughly 1 in 50 people.

 

 

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 501(c)3 Non profit Public Charity EIN-46-1427712

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