2007

"Happy Tails" (http://www.upaws.org/happytails.php?who=156)
Marquette County Humane Society, September 20, 2007  - Wright & Filippis helps Lucy, a dog who's foot was amputated from an accident. She is now a lucky recipient of a prosthesis.

 Good Samaritan helps pave the way (1.25 MB)
The Saginaw News, September 8, 2007 - Ann Bickel Hume, through her Bon Samaritan America, a nonprofit Christian humanitarian ministry, helps young man ensure his new prosthetic limb.

 Amputee shows life goes on (460.90 KB)
The Detroit News, 2007 - 60-year-old athlete disolved his fears by racing through the water at the O&P Extremity Games in Orlando, Fla.

 Extremity Games let athletes with disabilities show there are no limits (485.70 KB) The Oakland Press, 2007 - Jamie Stanton can't wait until summer, when he goes to Orlando, Fla., and competes in the Extemity Games to show that a person who lost a limb can be a great athlete.

 Veterans group pays homage to Filippis (636.41 KB) The Oakland Press, 2007 - The first flag flown over the Pontiac Veterans Memorial - under construction in Pontiac - was presented Monday to the son of the late Tony Filippis Sr., who spent his life and personal fortune helping the disabled, including hundreds of veterans.

 Tony Filippis Remembered (896.48 KB) O&P Business News, May 1, 2007 - Practitioner and philanthropist Tony Filippis, who successfully fought for the rights of the disabled and others in need, died in January 2007.

 AmpuTeam, Beaumont staff face off on hoops court (818.48 KB)
Mirror Newspaper, April 13, 2007 - AmpuTeam Spartans members, athletes who are amputees, faced off against Beaumont Hospital All Stars in a game at Royal Oak High School.

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