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15 Years of Celebrating Brain Injury Recovery & Raising Awareness!


THANK YOU ALL for making surviveHEADSTRONG 2022 AMAZING!!!

Please Keep Raising Brain Injury Awareness Through March—
We are So Close to Reaching Our Goal!

There are still a few days left in March (a.k.a. Brain Injury Awareness Month)…so please keep doing just that—raising awareness!!

• Use #sH2022 to SHARE YOUR PHOTOS you took at surviveHEADSTRONG on social media.
• Ask your social media followers to continue to DONATE to your fundraising page.
• But most importantly, SHARE YOUR STORY about your connection to brain injury.

Only as a community can we make it known how brain injury affects so many people, in so many different ways!


 
What We Have Raised
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Please Support our surviveHEADSTRONG Teams

Team ABI
Comebackers Neuro Club
Team Rusty
Walk STRONG with Megan
Team Magpie
Mr. P & Family
Concussion Gale’s Gals
Gomez Trial Attorneys
Brain Team
Team DB
Walking in Memory of Tommy
Team Amanda
Hidden Valley Ranch Rehab
Rehab Care Coordinators
Patsy’s Peeps
Team M&M – For Mariah
Team Dubin
Sharp Rehab
RCSA
Team Darbi
LOOK!!!!

 

We Can’t Thank Our Generous Sponsors Enough!

and a big thank you to Windmill Farms, Boba’s Bars and Hippie Snacks
for the in-kind food donation!

Check out the GREAT Exhibitors for the
Brain Injury Health Fair
 
Gomez Trial Attorneys
NeuroRestorative
Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS)
Devore Realty Group
ABI Program
Sharp Rehab Services
PALS
OG Yoga
Farm Fresh To You
South Bay Rehab
Learning Services
Beyond Concussion
NeuroLab360


 

Join us for a Festive HOLIDAY PARTY

it will be held on

Saturday, December 18, 2021 from 10-noon PST

Join SDBIF and a bunch of your brain injury community friends for some fun-filled hours of holiday cheer!
The Zoom link below will be active, but it is yet to be determined if we will have an in-person party. More details coming soon…

Zoom Link:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5019416338

Don’t have Zoom? That’s ok!
Download it by clicking the button


Keep Raising Brain Injury Awareness
during the month of March!


Host your surviveHEADSTRONG event by the end of March!!!
And be sure to email your photos and video clips to info@sdbif.org.
The video below is the video that we created and shared during the
Zoom surviveHEADSTRONG event on March 20th…
but an even longer one will be created as more photos/videos come in.

If you haven’t yet, please send your content to info@sdbif.org so it can be included!!!

You can still donate to surviveHEADSTRONG!!
[[CLICK HERE]]


Our sponsors mean everything—Thank you!


 

 

There are now 2 Ways to Celebrate surviveHEADSTRONG!!!

 

A modified “Live” surviveHEADSTRONG has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 20, 2020
 
OR
A (semi)Virtual surviveHEADSTRONG provides another way to celebrate in the comfort of your home.
Check out how much we have raised!!!
 
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This has been a year of adaptation, but
together through surviveHEADSTRONG we will
show how great the brain injury community is—
that each inch, is an inch toward recovery from brain injury!

Each year, surviveHEADSTRONG is the largest gathering of the San Diego brain injury community. This year, even with event modifications for COVID-19 safety reasons, it will still be the biggest celebration of the achievements of survivors and their families and friends as they all take steps on their journey to recovery from brain injury—through both virtual activities and the modified event at Mission Bay Park on Sunday, Sept, 20. Whether you walk, roll or are just there to cheer the others on, it is a day where we all ACHIEVE MORE TOGETHER!




 
Or CLICK HERE to Download this Paper Registration Form and Mail it Back to SDBIF
 
 

Our Sponsors Are AMAZING!!!
 

…and Our Honorary Committee

Dan Gardner, M.D.
Carl Hillier, O.D., FCOVD
Harish Hosalker, M.D.
 
Catharine Kroger-Diamond, Esq.
Amy Magnusson, M.D.
Mark McDonough, Ph.D.
Jerome Stenehjem, M.D.
Walter Strauser, M.D.
Barbara Welsh-Osga, Ph.D.
Kevin Yoo, M.D.
 
 

The Exhibitors Provide Soooooo Much Vital Information
SDCCD ABI Program
Accredited Home Care
Beyond Concussion
Peer Support Network
Wounded Warriors
 

Check out all the teams that have registered!
(Click on the team to go to their team page)
 

Team Rusty
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/264552

Team ABI
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/267563

Josh Mendell
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/270841

Cathy’s Cause
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/272341
 
 

Team M&M-for Mariah
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/272615

Team Magpie
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/273721

Team Darbi
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/275424

Walk STRONG with Megan
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/276866
 
 

Comebackers Neuro Club
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/280804
 

National Student Speech Language Hearing Association CSUSM
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/280855

Team Howard House
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/282132
 

Sharp Allison deRose Rehabilitation Center
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/282832
 
 

5W Trauma PCU—UCSD Hillcrest
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/283657
 

Hidden Valley Ranch Rehabilitation Services Inc.
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/284059

The Hiking Vikings
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/284235
 

Patsy’s Peeps
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/285150
 
 
 

Aztec Braniacs
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/285231

Team Madi
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/287442

Pride of Vista Pageants
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/287628

A Better Solution in Home Care
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/287811
 
 

Cindy Pahr
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/288072

Learning Services
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/288538

Team Amanda
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/288554

Rehab Care Coordination
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/288570
 
 

Brain Troopers
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/289039

Team DB
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/289876

Walkin’ in Memory of Tommy
Team Page Link to Share:
https://www.classy.org/team/290266

 
 
 

November 2019 Friday Night Liberty
Featured Artist: Ryan Olson
Come out on Friday, November 1 to support our featured artist, Ryan Olson, at the Liberty Station, November Friday Night Liberty Event.

You can find out more about Ryan’s recovery and the resources that the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation offer to survivors and their families.

Ryan sustained a Severe Traumatic Brain Injury 3 years ago in a motorcycle accident. His family was told by doctors that he would never wake up from a coma, and if he did, would never walk, talk or have any “Quality of Life.” Ryan is the definition of a survivor and with lots of hard work and determination is fighting the odds! He was an artist before the accident. His creativity and passion for art was the one thing he was most grateful to regain over a year after the accident. Art is very therapeutic for Ryan, sharing it with the community is what drives him to keep moving forward. Ryan brings Quality to Lives of many with his paintings!

November 1, 5—8 pm
Liberty Station
2730 Historic Decatur Road
Barracks 16, #205, San Diego, CA 92106

Download the event flyer here

October 2019 Friday Night Liberty
Featured Artist: Kurt Rotzinger
Come out on Friday, October 4 to support our featured artist, Kurt Rotzinger, at the Liberty Station, October Friday Night Liberty Event.

You can find out more about Kurt’s recovery and the resources that the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation offer to survivors and their families.

Kurt suffered a stroke in 2003. Before his injury, he was an architect. The stroke left him with severe aphasia and paralyzed on his right side. Since then he picked up a love for painting and has been using his left hand.

Kurt shares, “It is still difficult for me to communicate, so my art helps me express myself.”

October 4, 5—8 pm
Liberty Station
2730 Historic Decatur Road
Barracks 16, #205, San Diego, CA 92106

Download the event flyer here

 
What a Night to Remember!!!
On September 21, 2019, SDBIF hosted its 19th annual Friendraiser,
bringing together Friends of Brain Injury.

Check out this amazing slideshow video of some of the photos taken that evening
 
Fundraising Progress
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The SDBIF Friendraiser, presented by Gomez Trial Attorneys, was an incredible evening to remember.
We had Mary Seau as our Honorary Chairwoman, 12 amazing survivors artists, music by Jeff & Herb
and the Dryad Flutes, star gazing through telescopes from the San Diego Astronomy Association,
and food and wine for everyone to enjoy.
It was a beautiful evening in the San Diego Hills
and we are so thankful for everyone making this wonderful night possible!

If you couldn’t make it out…we missed you!
But you can still support the San Diego Brain Injury Community by donating to the Friendriaser still.
Every little amount helps!
 
 

We couldn’t do this without our AMAZING SPONSORS

 

 
FOOD & WINE
San Pasqual Winery
South Coast Winery
Souplantation, Point Loma
Jan Tierney (wine donor)
ENTERTAINMENT
Jeff & Herb
Dryad Flutes
George Varga, San Diego Astronomy Association
 
 

Our Fantastic Honorary Committee

MARY SEAU
Honorary Chairwoman
 
Mark McDonough, Ph.D.,
San Diego Neuropsychology
 
Dan Gardner, M.D.
 
Thomas G. & Maureen Hanifin
 
 
Walter W. Strauser, M.D.
 
Pedro & Kazumi Leon
 
 
Christine Baser, RN, Ph.D.
 
 

 

We have some AMAZING artists showing their work



Deborah Consaul

Donovan Cronkhite

Christina Hardy

Fani Hason
 

Megan Hurley

Sam Laisure

Heidi Lerner

Ryan Olson
 

Kurt Rotzinger

Micky Schaefer

Alana Shipman

Linda Stamets
 
 

August 2019 Friday Night Liberty
Featured Artist: Micky Schaefer
Come out on Friday, August 2 to support our featured artist, Micky Schaefer, at the Liberty Station, August Friday Night Liberty Event.

You can find out more about Mickey’s recovery and the resources that the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation offers to survivors and their families.

Micky is a survivor of a Traumatic Brain Injury sustained just prior to her second year in Medical School at UC, Irvine, during the Summer of 1992. She spent almost 7 months in a coma, and a total of 11 months in the hospital. She was never able to return to Medical School. Micky has created amazing art work her whole life. With her incredible talent, she now finds her new purpose in life through her creations.

August 2, 5—8 pm
Liberty Station
2730 Historic Decatur Road
Barracks 16, #205, San Diego, CA 92106

Download the event flyer here

April 2019 Friday Night Liberty
Featured Artist: San Laisure
Come out on Friday, April 5 to support our featured artist, Sam Laisure, at the Liberty Station February Friday Night Liberty Event.

Sam is an amazing photographer who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 1978. Through the years he has developed skills that have made him a very successful artist. His photography began as a leisure or recreational activity with a disposable camera; however, over time he learned how to use digital technology to produce beautiful art. Sam has been a featured artist in the past at our Friendraiser.

April 5, 5—8 pm
Liberty Station
2730 Historic Decatur Road
Barracks 16, #205, San Diego, CA 92106

You can find out more about Sam’s recovery and the resources that the San Diego Brain Injury Foundation offer to survivors and their families.

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