1. Phillips Awards
Bridging Barriers to Employment
In 2011, after 46 years of recognizing the vocational
accomplishments of people with disabilities, Courage
Center and the Phillips Family Foundation
expanded the Phillips Awards to help empower people
with disabilities to become and remain gainfully employed.
The project builds community awareness of the abilities
of people with disabilities and the barriers to employment
he or she faces. It will builds employer engagement and
recognition and provide mentorship and internship
opportunities for people with disabilities seeking
employment.
24 SEPTEMBER 2011
The Medtronic
National Courage Award
Medtronic and Courage Center are pleased
to present the 2011 Medtronic National
Courage Award to James Krause, Ph.D.
Dr. Krause, who had a C4-C5 spinal cord
injury (SCI) in 1971 and was a resident of
Courage Center’s Transitional Rehabilitation
Program from 1976-1979, has worked
in the field of rehabilitation research for
over 20 years. He is widely recognized as
one of the foremost experts in research on
outcomes after neurologic injury. Dr. Krause
has dedicated his life to better understanding
how to make others’ lives better after spinal
cord injury.

2. featuring
The Medtronic National Courage Award
24 SEPTEMBER 2011
6:00 - 10:00 pm
Earle Brown Heritage Center
6155 Earle Brown Drive
Minneapolis
CELEBRATION OF
COURAGE
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Jolie Klapmeier, Co-chair
Teresa Pfister, Co-chair
Judy Kishel
Teri Popp
Jo Ellen Saylor
AU SUJET DU COURAGE CENTER:
Courage Center is a Minnesota-based non-profit rehabilitation and
resource center that empowers people with disabilities to realize their
full potential in every aspect of life. We use a holistic approach that
includes comprehensive rehabilitation therapies, independent living
services, driver’s services, a community reintegration program,
accessible aquatics and fitness programs, camps, and adapted
sports and recreation programs.
We have an inpatient residential program for rehabilitation after
brain injury, stroke and spinal cord injury, as well as a chronic pain
rehabilitation program. We also advocate for people with disabilities
at the legislature and in other public forums.
We have locations in Golden Valley, Stillwater, Burnsville and Forest
Lake, as well as a sports and recreation office in Duluth, and camps
at Maple Lake and Lake George. Courage Center is accredited by the
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, and is
a United Way agency.