By Steve Costello Editor’s note: Steve Costello is one of the organizers of the Gift-of-Life Marathon. As we approach the 20th annual Gift-of-Life Marathon Blood Drive, during a period of divisiveness and ugliness nationally and at times even in Vermont, […]
Tag: Stefanie Schaffer
Schaffer starts modeling career
By Victoria Gaither Rutland’s Stefanie Schaffer signed with a modeling agency, Zebedee Talent, this year— an agency for people with disabilities and differences. Right away, she was signed with SKIMS, an American shapewear and clothing brand. “This campaign for SKIMS’ […]
Stefanie Schaffer memoir release party postponed til March 29
By Victoria Gaither Stefanie Schaffer is exceptional, not because she survived an accident in the Bahamas that left her a bilateral amputee, but because she has the guts and determination that only a person who suffered such a personal loss […]
After setbacks, Stefanie Schaffer refocuses on life, opportunity, and Gift-of-Life Marathon
Speech at GOLM kickoff Tuesday, Oct. 26, will highlighting remarkable courage Two years after what she thought was the end of dozens of surgeries following a boat explosion that paralyzed her, forced the amputation of her legs, and caused incredible […]
Mountain Times – Volume 50, Number 42 – Oct. 20-26, 2021
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Community rallies for local family
Staff report RUTLAND—The community has rallied to raise close to $200,000 for a local family injured after their boat exploded in the Bahamas. The Schaffer family, including Stefanie, 22, her sister Brooke, 13, their mother Stacey and stepfather Paul Bender, […]