Ask volunteers to recall one of their most memorable experiences, and they’ll likely find it hard to name just one. “It’s tough because there are so many,” says Mark Holowka, MSPO, CPO/L, FAAOP(D). For Holowka, one of his most eye-opening experiences came during the Iraq War in the early 2000s. He was working with a nongovernmental agency that had coordinated with the United States military to bring a five-year-old Iraqi boy, who had survived a landmine blast, to the US for prosthetic care.
Photograph courtesy of NUPOC. Northwestern University Prosthetic-Orthotic Center (NUPOC) selected Taylor Ferris as the first Damon Johncour Scholarship winner. Prior...
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