From Friday Night Lights to Game Plan for Hope | Melissa Bass’s Story

One Friday night changed everything when Melissa Bass’s son, Trenton, sustained a life-altering spinal cord injury during a high school football game. Melissa shares the immediate aftermath, how faith and community rallied, Trenton’s resilience—graduating with a mechanical engineering degree and becoming a speaker—and the launch of Game Plan for Hope, her nonprofit walking alongside families facing sudden, life-changing hardship. She offers practical ways supporters can truly help.