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Help rebuild lives.

Join QLI in providing life-changing rehabilitation and care for individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries.

Tragedy Can Strike Anyone

Everything can change in an instant. Brain and spinal cord injuries interrupt lives and defer dreams. Team QLI is here to pick up the pieces and help injured individuals and their families get back on a meaningful path in life.

How You Can Help

It’s as simple as this: Your support allows us to give our clients and their families the best possible odds by offering state-of-the-art technology and complex, individualized programming. Together, we are not just helping clients and families recover. We are helping rediscover passions and re-establish identities.

Our Stories

The people we serve are just like you – employees, parents, students. A lightning bolt, a mosquito bite, a car accident, or a fall. Within seconds and without warning they were forced to begin fighting to rebuild the life they once lived. Take a moment to read their stories and see how your support can make an impact.

Annika Olson | Rodeo

October 10, 2024

“That’s me?” A look of confusion. A collection of images and videos from the past few months is on the laptop screen. An earlier photo is pulled up. In it, […]

Lotus Friedman | Bloom

October 2, 2024

If you were to ask Lotus Friedman where she wants to go to college, without a moment’s hesitation she would say “Santa Monica College,” and likely punctuate that statement with […]

Lynn Wolf | In Vibrant Colors

October 2, 2024

The polymer is a chain of large molecules constantly in flux, moving around, repelling, attracting, and ultimately being able to come together and create new bonds, colors, and materials. The […]

Cheyne Clark | From Clouds and Cliffs

September 27, 2024

“It’s not even exhilaration, just a different state of mind. Being in control while on the edge of life and death is immensely empowering.” It was a late and exhausting […]

Ray Skoglund | Station

August 12, 2024

It started as a simple idea. He’d get introduced to a local fire chief. He was eager, ready. By the time he left the firehouse and got a feel for […]

Ty Vuong | His Take

August 12, 2024

Who are you? “I’m Ty Vuong, and am an adjunct professor at the University of South Dakota, teaching undergraduate psychology. I’m a motorcycle safety instructor, which was funny considering my […]

Dr. Dipika Aggarwal | Survivor

August 2, 2024

Photos provided courtesy of the American Heart Association and Dr. Dipika Aggarwal It’s something I often wonder with the stories I work on. How? Specifically, how does a body, mind, […]

Ricky Reeves | Not Defined By Definition

July 9, 2024

Eye, focused. A red mushroom set against a background of green, purple, and blue. Like tie-dye. For this session, all it needs is a touchup. A series of white dots […]

Tammy Rothrock | Genuinely Herself

July 2, 2024

Who is Tammy Rothrock? The question, while of course unique to her, is something that is asked prior to every client’s admission to QLI. Medical records are reviewed, and interviews […]

Casey Evanoff | Atonal Password

April 29, 2024

He’s been practicing for weeks on the methodology in the Adaptive Sports Lab–the exact order to put his helmet and harness on, to prepare for the transfer up and out […]

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Jen Karolski
Director of Events and Volunteers

Julia Bailey
Donor Relations Coordinator