The community is rallying to help a 25-year-old Collingwood man who was paralyzed in a trampoline accident.

Josh Noronha was doing a routine at a local trampoline centre where he worked and was seriously injured on Aug. 18. He is paralyzed from the chest down.

“He missed a landing and his head went between the material part and the springs and he snapped his neck,” said Chris Dopp, who is in a relationship with Noronha’s mother Leslie Pocklington.

Noronha was airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital and rushed into surgery.

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In the GoFundMe campaign set up by family friend Guy Laporte, Pocklington said her son is making progress but is still in intensive care.

“He can use his right hand now so he communicates with us by writing on a white board,” she wrote. “His messages are often heartfelt and leave you in tears. His sense of humour still comes out even in the face of such adversity.”

Laporte said he was shocked when he heard the news and felt compelled to do something.

“He’s a fighter, this guy,” Laporte said.

Pocklington wrote Noronha has been receiving great care from the staff at Sunnybrook.

“The staff and team of neurosurgeons have been incredible,” she wrote. “Such support under one roof. They are remarkable. We are so blessed to have them. Josh will probably be in the ICU for up to a month and then he will get moved to another ward.”