Invitation to Fundraiser – December 5, 2010

Come join BIAOR at our

annual holiday Brunch, auction and

Cruise

Join us for the Tenth Annual Holiday Fundraiser santa on boat

The Board of Directors for

The Brain Injury Association of Oregon

proudly invite you to join us for an afternoon of

celebration, fundraising and a cruise aboard the Portland Spirit.

HOPE

Sunday, December 5, 2010

11:00 o’clock a.m.

Boarding is at 10:00 am

$100.00 per person

The Brain Injury Association of Oregon will be celebrating our 10th Annual Brunch and Auction Fundraiser, on Sunday, December 5, 2010. The annual auction is the biggest, and only, fundraiser for BIAOR. Your initiation to this fund and exciting event, which included brunch, auction, and a ticket for this adventure is included. Cost for this occasion is $100.00.

We’ve all read and heard about the increase in brain injury occurring in individuals from high school athletes to thousands of returning military. Did you know…

Current estimates state there are 17,000 new brain injuries each year in Oregon.
There are over 5.3 million individuals with brain injury in the US.
Survivors include babies and toddlers, school athletes who have first one, then another and another concussion.
Over 35% of returning military from Iran and Afghanistan are expected to return home and to their lives with brain injuries; having had minimal treatment; knowing little of their resources.

These soldiers have served the US. We need to serve them in their reintegration to an altered life. Brain injury has, or will, affect you or someone you love over the coming years. A decade ago, many of these accident victims would not have survived. Now, through improved medical treatment, they DO survive. They need help to return to maximum quality and productivity in life.

BIAOR – The Brain Injury Association of Oregon has worked hard to meet the needs of these individuals for over 25 years. Please assist this essential nonprofit organization continue to serve individuals and their families suffering the effects of brain injury, as well as educate professionals in all areas, as to the newest and most effective preventions and treatments, remaining updated with fast paced brain injury research being accomplished.

BIAOR provides services to individuals with brain injuries and their families, including:
- regional and annual conferences
- scholarships for conferences provided to individuals with brain injury ? monthly group support meetings
- quarterly newsletter
- active legislative advocacy
- toll-free information and referral services for survivors, families and professionals
- BIAOR has served over 220,000 individuals and families in Oregon over 25 years.
- BIAOR is comprised of primarily volunteers dedicated to educating professionals, schools, legislators, and the community in recognizing signs of brain injury and how prevention can protect.

Please help us in our sole fundraising event of the year.

Join the Brain Injury Association of Oregon Fundraiser December 5, 20109 Join the fun with a Sunday Portland Spirit Cruise, Champagne brunch, raffle, and auction. Tickets are $100 per person.

If you have any question, call Sherry 503-740-3155.

Each year the BIAOR raises funds and awareness for individuals who have sustained brain injuries and the services that BIAOR provides. This year, as we celebrate our ninth anniversary of our brunch, holiday activity and auction fundraiser, we are asking you to join us in the celebration.

A sneak preview of the auction highlights include: A guided backpacking tour, numerous weekend getaways, a Columbia Gorge cruise on the Sternwheeler, tickets to the 2010 U of O civil war game, ski lift tickets and ski packages, tickets to all the Portland professional sporting events, golfing packages to some of Oregon’s most elite private golf clubs, family packages, dinners, plays, concerts, books and movies, tickets to rodeos, private shooting lessons from an instructor at the Portland Firearms Training Team, 100 balloons and much more.

Support Our Fundraising Efforts

The Annual Brunch, Activity and Auction is BIAOR's only major fundraiser. The proceeds are applied to the BIAOR's operating expenses, and are written into the yearly operating budget. These funds assist us in meeting many of our growing organization’s crucial needs, including our increased outreach efforts to returning military sustaining brain injuries, and our increasing number of support groups throughout the state.

For Tickets or Questions, email biaor@biaoregon.org

call Sherry at 503-740-3155, or complete and mail the attached form to BIAOR, PO Box 549, Molalla OR 97038.

We have ornaments for sale from previous years in our catalog online. Please check them out.

The sale of each ornament will benefit individuals who have sustained a brain injury and is tax deductible.

Click here to buy ornaments online through PayPal.

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