Gift in Kind

Eight years ago, a tragic accident left him paralyzed from the chest down. But it wouldn’t be the last time he flew. As a young ...

For the Cooley Family, life is simple, and that’s OK. Each day, Christine rises before Josh to put out the horses and cook ...

Ever since she was a girl, Lara Ludwinski sensed something off with her body. Her ability to bend joints into weird positions ...

Jude Aquino doesn't understand Casa Colina is a place for recovery. He thinks it's a place to play. But then, Jude is only four ...

In 2008, at just 26, Katherine Wolf suffered a near-fatal stroke that left her unable to walk, speak, or swallow food. For ...

For over five years, Juan Mata endured debilitating back pain—pain so relentless he couldn’t do the things he loved most, like ...

A relaxing family gathering suddenly took a devastating turn when Ruben “Trini” Martinez dove into his brother-in-law’s pool in ...

One Sunday in October of 1985, Robert Duncan was under the weather, with a strange tingling in his ankles. He drove himself to a ...

With Casa Colina's 80-year history of excellence, the Bosserman family knew it represented their mother, Barbara's, best ...

In July 2007, just before his 35 th birthday, Captain Patrick Horan was serving in Iraq and sustained a gunshot wound to the ...

When Lorie Hargrave and Hal Hargrave, Sr., arrived at Casa Colina with their eldest son in August 2007, they had already ...

When Gary Willis reflects on the care he has received at Casa Colina, the 51-year-old Riverside resident considers his time as a ...