April

Wards Creek Elementary School Students Raise Money for MABI
Mrs. Gard wanted to teach her students about money, saving and the gift of giving. The children earned what they called Warrior Bucks by doing chores and jobs they were assigned. Each week she paid them for their job that they completed. When the kids got paid they had to put some money in a savings account, some money went to a Charity, and the rest of the money went to the class for things like a patio pass, extra time outside, homework passes, and Movie passes. With the help of her teacher and fellow classmates, Dy Ana Dye, a student at Wards Creek nominated MABI to be the Charity to receive the money they raised after her 22 yr old brother Patrick suffered a severe brain injury and the family received one of MABI's tote bags. Mrs. Gard's class along with the parents who turned the warrior bucks into real money raised a total of $355.00 for Mothers Against Brain Injury and presented it to the founder Tracy Porter as she spoke to the children about Traumatic Brain Injury Prevention. An anonymous donor who was experiencing this catastrophic injury with a loved one was told about what the kids were doing and offered to match what they raised bringing the donation to $710.00.

May

Delray Medical Center Hosted a Fundraising event for Mothers Against Brain Injury called "A Week of Change" from May 11th through the 15th. They collected loose change to help support the Mothers Against Brain Injury Tote Bag Program. $545.00 was collected and the Delray Medical Center Executive Committee matched the contributions bringing the total donation to $1090.00.
Coming in June

Plan to join other survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury and their families for the 2009 Jamboree & Family Forum Saturday June 13th and Sunday June 14th at the Canterbury Resort in Oviedo Florida just outside of Orlando.

Registration and more information can be found at:
http://www.biaf.org/BIAF-Jamboree.html

Coming in October

Festival of the Flutes is a heartfelt fundraising tradition produced by
Premier Networking Alliance, Inc  (PNA). This
event donates the proceeds of the evening to a select group of charities.
MABI has been selected as just one of the charities for the 2009 event. The
annual "who's who of Coral Springs" event will have wine tasting, food from
popular local restaurants, music, and silent auctions. Auction items
included: reserve wines, themed gift baskets, restaurant gift certificates,
spa days, fine art and more. Keep your eyes on their website for sponsorship
and ticket information http://www.festivaloftheflutes.org/