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Setting up…

The Powell River Brain Injury Society is setting up a store on this website to sell their own original art created by the Art Group that meets at the centre at 201-4741 Marine Avenue, Powell River on Wednesday? mornings at 10 a.m.

Currently the art, cards and jewellery are only available for sale at the centre.

Want to contribute to the store? We would deeply appreciate:

  • Donations of other art to sell on the site
  • Donations of art supplies for the group
  • Technique instruction by experienced artists

If you can help out, please either call Debbie Dee at 604 485 6065, or email her at info@braininjurysociety.ca. Thanks for your help.…

Canada World Youth

adcMy name is Canh, 26 years old, I’m from Vietnam. I’m a participant in the Canada – Vietnam Volunteer Exchange Program with Canada World Youth (CWY) with Ana Maria, 25 years of age, from Columbia and now living in Montreal, Quebec. We came to Powell River for three months with my group. Prior to Powell River we spent three months in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, we lived in a small village in May Ba, and we stayed with 10 host families during that time. One Vietnamese and one Canadian in each family. Each week we had one day for EADs (educational activity day), every week was a different Presentation on history, economy, belief, art, women …, one day to practice dancing, singing, juggling, teaching English in middle school to local youth, and we did a Presentation about safe sex, HIV/AIDS, and other STDs in different high schools in Hoa Binh. We also had some Community activities in the village: soccer tournaments with local youth, May Ba Idol, salsa class, and movies for children.

Now Ana and me are volunteers in the Powell River Brain Injury Society three days per week. This is a place for people of any age living with a brain injury to come and have fun with friends. We do some work, finding Keynote Speaker, translating to Spanish, connecting with others to participate in the “Powell River Brain Injury 101 – A Marathon For Awareness”. We have a lot of exciting activities here, every Wednesday is Art Day, so we draw or paint. Josh, Jimmy, Mellisa are all members and we enjoy our time with them. I’m really excited with drawing for the first time in my life (I can’t believe I can draw)! On Friday, we talk, play games, watch movies, and say “Have a nice weekend to everybody”. With me this is the wonderful place i’ve been.

I and Brendon, my counterpart in this program, live with the Bird familly, Peter and Helena, they are really nice, kind and friendly. They have a huge organic farm with tomato, potato, onion, garlic, cow, chicken, pig and goat, and the babies goats are so cute. Most of foods in my host family are from our farm, so it’s very good, safety and healty. We always play game and talk together after dinner.

Powell River is a beautiful town with fresh air, a lot of forests with trails and beautiful view. There are some helpful Society Centre which not much city have. All the people who i met are really nice and friendly, and i got a lot of helping from local peoples. I feel lucky when i could try the Polar Bear Swim in January First, painting in Youth Centre, talking with Mr.Michael and Ms.Thanh – the Vietnamese family. I love this Town and the people here!!!…

News about Brain Injury

Virtual biopsy may allow earlier diagnosis of brain disorder in athletes…
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101201095553.htm

Sports brain trauma may cause disease mimicking ALS, researchers find…
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100817134304.htm

Member Of NFL Hall Of Fame Diagnosed With Degenerative Brain Disease…
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091028114706.htm

First Former College Football Player Diagnosed With Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy…
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091022101657.htm

Boxing is risky business for the brain …
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101210075924.htm

Concern over traumatic brain injury in youth offenders …
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101109191800.htm

Junior ice hockey study uncovers alarming concussion rates …
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101105153213.htm

Concussions not taken seriously enough, researcher finds …
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100118001721.htm

Any athlete suspected of having concussion should be removed from play, neurologists say …
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101101125947.htm

Football’s brain injury lessons head to battlefields …
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130436629

Marwencol

marwencol

“Marwencol” is a documentary about the fantasy world of Mark Hogancamp.

After being beaten into a brain-damaging coma by five men outside a bar, Mark builds a 1/6th scale World War II-era town in his backyard. Mark populates the town he dubs “Marwencol” with dolls representing his friends and family and creates life-like photographs detailing the town’s many relationships and dramas. Playing in the town and photographing the action helps Mark to recover his hand-eye coordination and deal with the psychic wounds of the attack. When Mark and his photographs are discovered, a prestigious New York gallery sets up an art show. Suddenly Mark’s homemade therapy is deemed “art”, forcing him to choose between the safety of his fantasy life in Marwencol and the real world that he’s avoided since the attack. (- from marwencol.com)…