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Featured BRIDGES TBI Survivors:
Brad Fritz
Lisa Wilson
BRIDGES Annual Awards
Find out how Brad Fritz, endured a car accident at the age of 15, and what he has done with his life. He has earned degrees in accounting and communications from Thomas More College in 2008 and is now a professional public speaker. Visit: www.bradfritz.org
Brad Fritz attending the 2009 Third Annual
NKY Traumatic Brain Injury Conference.
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..... hope
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BRIDGES ADULT TBI SURVIVOR - LISA WILSON
After sustaining a TBI in 2000 at age 36, Lisa Wilson uses her medical knowledge and military experience to advocate for other veterans within the VA system. Lisa is also a competitor at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games where she has won several medals. She received the 2009 BRIDGES Benevolence Award (see BRIDGES Annual Awards below). Click here to read more about her life.
Lisa Wilson attending the 2009 Third Annual
NKY Traumatic Brain Injury Conference - holding Louie Christman,
Sam Christman, Father/TBI Survivor (standing)
BRIDGES ANNUAL AWARDS
Starting in 2009, BRIDGES, Inc. began presenting three different awards at the NKY TBI Conference in recognition of an outstanding professional (Horizon Award), brain injured survivor (Benevolence Award) and a caregiver (Clara B. Hughes Caregiver Award). Criteria and past recipients of the awards are as follows:
Horizon Award – A professional, paraprofessional, clinician, and/or organization who has stepped outside of their standards of practice within their work or community environment and went above and beyond expectations for the education, support and/or advocacy of brain injury survivors or caregivers.
Past Recipients: Jessica Embry & Julie Fronk (2011), Roger Braden (2010), Lisa Combs (2009)
Benevolence Award – Brain Injury Survivor who has exhibited perseverance in their own recovery. This person exonerates a positive attitude and has also aided other survivors in their recovery through education, support and/or advocacy.
Past Recipients: Tommy Perry (2011), Tava Schutter (2010), Lisa Wilson (2009)
Clara B. Hughes Caregiver Award – A caregiver who has shown devotion and dedication, not only to their beloved brain injury survivor, but also to other survivors and caregivers by performing unselfish acts of kindness while encouraging the education, support, and/or advocacy of the survivor.
Past Recipients: Joyce Ortlieb (2011), Mike Schutter (2010), Colleen Gribben (2009)
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