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David King named Executive Director
The Brain Injury Association of Minnesota Board of Directors voted unanimously to name David King, Executive Vice President of AccessAbility, Inc., as the Association's new Executive Director, ending an extensive search of 170 candidates. King succeeds Ardis Sandstrom who has held the position for over two years and will be retiring this summer. Read more about the new Executive Director.

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7th Annual Walk for Thought
The 7th Annual Walk for Thought has been scheduled for Saturday, October 4 at 10 a.m. at Como Lake in St. Paul, Canal Park in Duluth and Silver Lake in Rochester. Online registration is now available by visiting our Walk for Thought Web page.

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Corey Koskie to be Honorary Chair and Ambassador of the Walk for Thought
The Brain Injury Association of Minnesota proudly announces that Corey Koskie, former Minnesota Twins third-baseman, will be the Honorary Chair and Ambassador the Walk for Thought. Koskie will be leading his own Walk team and will be part of the pre-Walk program at the Como Park location in St. Paul.

Click here for more the press release on Corey Koskie

Click here to join the Walk for Thought

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Summer 2008 Newsletter
In this issue, read about our new Executive Director, Resource Facilitation, the Annual Conference, the Family Retreat, departmental spotlights and more. Read the Association's newsletter by clicking here. If you don't have the free Adobe Acrobat reader, click here to download it now.

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Wednesday Workshops
Our next Wednesday Workshop will take place on Wednesday, July 23. Geoff Garwick from Ramsey County Mental Health will present a workshop entitled "Socio-Sexuality Issues for Persons with Disabilities such as Brain Injury" as part of our ongoing Wednesday Workshop series. To find out more about Wednesday Workshop sessions, please visit the Wednesday Workshop page.

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Want to get involved and learn more about improving brain injury services but not sure how to go about it?
Becoming a successful advocate is an important way to improve services for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), their family members, and significant others. The Brain Injury Association of Minnesota is partnering with the Mayo Clinic TBI Model System in a research study to identify how to best teach advocacy to people touched by TBI to improve their health and that of their communities. This groundbreaking study is expected to advance the science of TBI research.

Find out more by visiting our Midwest Advocacy Project page.

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Looking for Books on Brain Injury?
Lash and Associates Publishing/Training Inc. specializes in information and books for the rehabilitation and treatment of brain injury, blast injury, PTSD, and concussion.  There are also books and manuals on adults and children with special needs and disabilities and more. Click here to go the Lash and Associates Web site for more information.

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Peer/Mentor Support Connection
The Peer/Mentor Support Connection program is managed by the Brain Injury Association of Minnesota as a way to connect people who have recently sustained brain injury with those who have already been through the experience themselves.  Specifically, the Peer/Mentor Support connection matches trained volunteers (Mentors) with individuals with brain injury or their family members (Peers).  To expand the capacity of our Resource Facilitation service and fulfill an expressed need from the brain injury community, the Peer/Mentor Support Connection will match trained volunteers with individuals living with brain injury or their family members.