September 8, 2014- Today we announced via social media that the Berkley Ice Arena is the first ice hockey rink in Michigan to install the Look-Up Line™ (LUL). Dr. Jeff Pierce, founder of the non-profit Athletes Unlimited for athletes with disabilities and medical director of the Michigan Sports & Spine Centers, refers to the LUL as a "game-changer". In addition [...]
On August 11, 2014, The Thomas E. Smith Foundation (TESF) held our 5th Annual Just Cure Paralysis Golf Tournament at The Golf Club at Turner Hill in Ipswich, MA. For the past four years we have worked to build this very special day into an annual summit that brings all of our divisions: the Look-Up [...]
July 29, 2014- Today we traveled to meet the Prescott Family. The family’s oldest daughter, just 5 years of age, is growing up with Spina Bifida. For the youngest grant recipient in the history of The Thomas E. Smith Foundation, courage is a well-known ideology embraced on a daily basis. Refusing to let her own [...]
On Monday July 28, 2014 we announced on Vancouver Sports Radio that the Look-Up Line is being installed in rinks across Canada and yesterday we received word from the Nashville Predators Hockey Team that the Look-Up Line has been installed at their new Ford Ice Center practice facility! In September the NHL prospect games will be held at this [...]
Dear Family, Friends, and Supporters: We have officially reached the halfway point in 2014! For all of us at The Thomas E. Smith Foundation (TESF), it has been an incredibly quick, yet meaningful year thus far. With the transition into warmer weather now completed, we are excited to provide you with another update on the status [...]
Since the beginning of 2014 we have seen the adoption of the Look-Up Line™ go from a few local rinks to currently over 200 nation wide. With this has come some great press and publicity for the TESF, as well as the Look-Up Line itself. Today we are proud to announce that co-founder Thomas Smith [...]
On July 1, 2014 the Look-Up Line™ and TESF co-founder Thomas Smith were profiled on ESPN Boston. A special thanks to Brion O'Connor from ESPN for such a great and in depth feature! Please click the image above, or this LINK to read the entire ESPN Boston article.
5th Annual Golf Tournament at The Golf Club at Turner Hill Our 5th Annual Just Cure Paralysis Golf Tournament (The Golf Club at Turner Hill, Ipswich MA), and we could not be more excited to announce that Emmy Award winning TV host Jenny Johnson will be hosting our dinner and auction portion of the [...]
We are proud to announce the first of many Krewella X Dance For Paralysis X Electric Family donations! On April 29th co-founders Thomas Smith and Tucker Mullin traveled with Krewella to Worcester, MA to present LaNyia Johnson with his very own $15,200 FES bike!!! This piece of equipment is essential for someone who is recovering from a paralyzing injury and [...]
The Thomas E. Smith Foundation would like to thank Brion O'Connor and the New England Hockey Journal for their June 23,2014 story on the Look-Up Line™ (LUL). The article highlights the past 18 months and gives a great summary of not only the LUL, but the TESF as well. To view the full [...]