After her son was injured in 1988, Fran Brown and her husband Benjy created the Alan T Brown Foundation: helping families not only survive these injuries but rebuild joyful lives. Benjy tackled complex insurance questions for families while Fran's outreach created a vast network for peer mentoring, advice, and friendship.
"There's nothing she won't try to do to help you," Michele Daly says. After Michele was injured, she woke up with Fran by her side. She once was a stranger, now a dear friend of Michele and her family.
In 2019, Fran decided to merge her life’s work with the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, joining her son Alan. As part of the Reeve Foundation, Fran's work continues to grow. She makes sure that the community knows she's there if they need her. And that they do. Read more at the link in our bio or visit
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