PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Wrapping up a successful "A Walk to Believe," the 15^th annual edition raised $90k towards Team LeGrand with over 1,000 participants parading down The Rutgers Boardwalk in celebration last Saturday.

"Fifteen years of bELieving!" LeGrand said. "I'm so thankful to the Rutgers community and everybody involved who has ever participated in "A Walk To Believe." Arlene Gonzalez came up with this idea 15 years ago and we are continuing to raise awareness and help find a cure for paralysis through Team LeGrand of Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. I'm very thankful to everybody."

Eric LeGrand launched Team LeGrand, a fundraising arm of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, to help individuals living with spinal cord injury and their families by supporting quality of life initiatives and emerging therapies that will get us to the end zone — cures for spinal cord injuries. To donate, please visit www.christopherreeve.org/awtb.

"We're honored and grateful to have partnered with Rutgers Football to celebrate Eric and raise critical funds for spinal cord injury research," said Maggie Goldberg, President and CEO of the Reeve Foundation. "Eric is a tireless advocate for the paralysis community and each day works to make the world better for people living with disabilities. To have the entire Rutgers community join in his heroic efforts made this year's event extraordinary."

"I heard there was literally over a thousand people there following Eric," head coach Greg Schiano said. "It confirms to me what's special about Rutgers. The Rutgers community takes care of their own, and that, to me, was special. I got to see him before we came down the Scarlet Walk and that's always special. But I really want to thank everybody in the Rutgers community for stepping up, and they always do."

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