HeadStrong

Mission

HeadStrong provides support and hosts social outings for children, teens, and young adults living with brain injury and their families; educates about brain injury; and advocates for prevention and recovery support.

Description

HeadStrong is a 501(c) 3 organization serving youth and young adults living with brain injury and their families. HeadStrong collaborates with Harborview Medical Center, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital to outreach to families within the first critical days of their child’s injury. We have established relationships with other brain injury organizations, state agencies, universities, rehabilitation services, and public and private entities to access services for youth, young adults, and families through the years of recovery and reintegration.

HeadStrong carries out our mission with three key programs: Outreach, Social Outings, and Trainings & Presentations. We conduct outreach with Harborview Medical Center and Seattle Children's Hospital. We partner with Outdoors for All to host adaptive ski/snowboarding, biking, climbing, and kayaking events for youth and families living with brain injury to help social reintegration. We also host BBQs, swim parties, bowling, music concerts, NW Trek, Seattle Science Center, and other great outings in the Seattle area. We co-host the Seattle Children's Pediatric Brain Injury Support Group. HeadStrong collaborates with University of Puget Sound, BIAWA, BEST, Seattle Brainworks and others to lead special skills trainings for caregivers and support people for youth living with brain injury. HeadStrong presents at numerous conferences and venues for professionals and others working with youth with brain injury, including the Washington State TBI Conference.

Recognition

We are very grateful to our Matching Funds Donors & our Community Partners:
Harborview Medical Center Pediatric ICU; Seattle Children's Hospital; University of Puget Sound; Bertie Schumacher Foundation; William Dussault, PS; Brothers & Henderson, PS; Tony Choppa, OSC Vocational Systems, Inc; Brain Energy Support Team; Brain Injury Alliance of Washington; Outdoors for All; Camp Korey; Music Works; Seattle Aquarium; Museum of Glass; Synapse UW; Richard Adlar & Adler Giersch, PS; Jeff Tilden and Gordon Tilden, Thomas & Cordell, LLP; Will Smart, Keller Rohrback Law Offices; Google; Microsoft; Fred Meyers