Jesse Gildea was a senior in high school when a motocross racing accident left him with a spinal cord injury.

Hes now 24, and is a Voice for Injury Prevention (VIP) for ThinkFirst Iowa, an injury prevention program for students. On Monday, March 12, Gildea will speak at three area schools, starting with Corwith-Wesley-LuVerne High School at 8:30 a.m., LuVerne Elementary at 10:30 a.m. and finishing with Algona Middle School at 2:30 p.m.

I saw the ThinkFirst presentation about two months before my injury, said Gildea. After my injury, I contacted them. I wanted to talk to the speaker about living with a spinal cord injury.

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