HeadStrong Brain Injury Foundation
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Please visit the HeadStrong Brain Injury Foundation Website for more information.
We are committed to advancing research to help unlock persistent vegetative and minimally conscious states; improving the quality of life for traumatic brain injury survivors; and providing family and patient support.
Our goals are to:
- Raise funds for traumatic brain injury research and education, with special emphasis on persistent vegetative and minimally conscious states, at the Mischer Neuroscience Institute at Memorial Hermann Hospital.
- Provide hope for improved quality of life for individuals living with traumatic brain injuries.
- Raise awareness of the need for more and continued traumatic brain injury research.
- Provide ongoing emotional and financial support for traumatic brain injury patients and their families.
- Influence local, state and federal policy regarding funding for traumatic brain injury research.
**100% of all donations will directly benefit the HeadStrong Brain Injury Foundation.**
HeadStrong Brain Injury Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Entity.
Lauren Bernard, Executive Director/President of the HeadStrong Brain Injury Foundation, with her mom, Kathy Dodgen. Kathy was in a tragic car wreck while she was on her way to work on a normal Wednesday morning in June, 2014. She endured two brain surgeries, wherein both sides of her skull were removed, and she remained in a vegetative state before ultimately passing 4.5 months following the accident.
Haley Culberston, Vice President of the Headstrong Brain Injury Foundation, with her mom, Elizabeth Carrillo. Elizabeth suffered from a rare brain tumor for a decade and then had emergency brain surgery once it was discovered. The months that followed her acquired brain injury were excruciatingly difficult, as they had to learn to navigate the medical world and help Elizabeth through an extremely difficult recovery, which was never fully realized before her passing.
We are committed to advancing research to help unlock persistent vegetative and minimally conscious states; improving the quality of life for traumatic brain injury survivors; and providing family and patient support.
Our goals are to:
- Raise funds for traumatic brain injury research and education, with special emphasis on persistent vegetative and minimally conscious states, at the Mischer Neuroscience Institute at Memorial Hermann Hospital.
- Provide hope for improved quality of life for individuals living with traumatic brain injuries.
- Raise awareness of the need for more and continued traumatic brain injury research.
- Provide ongoing emotional and financial support for traumatic brain injury patients and their families.
- Influence local, state and federal policy regarding funding for traumatic brain injury research.
**100% of all donations will directly benefit the HeadStrong Brain Injury Foundation.**
HeadStrong Brain Injury Foundation is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Entity.
Lauren Bernard, Executive Director/President of the HeadStrong Brain Injury Foundation, with her mom, Kathy Dodgen. Kathy was in a tragic car wreck while she was on her way to work on a normal Wednesday morning in June, 2014. She endured two brain surgeries, wherein both sides of her skull were removed, and she remained in a vegetative state before ultimately passing 4.5 months following the accident.Haley Culberston, Vice President of the Headstrong Brain Injury Foundation, with her mom, Elizabeth Carrillo. Elizabeth suffered from a rare brain tumor for a decade and then had emergency brain surgery once it was discovered. The months that followed her acquired brain injury were excruciatingly difficult, as they had to learn to navigate the medical world and help Elizabeth through an extremely difficult recovery, which was never fully realized before her passing.Organizer
Lauren Tunstall Bernard
Organizer
Spring Valley Village, TX