$31,653 raised by 68 donors
91% complete
$34,708 Goal
BRAIN INJURY NETWORK'S 2024 NORTH TEXAS GIVING DAY CAMPAIGN
"CLIMBING THIS MOUNTAIN TOGETHER"
BIN's 2024 North Texas Giving Day campaign goal is $34,708.13. An odd number? It is because this is our 10th year participating in North Texas Giving Day and $34,708.13 is the amount needed to climb to a $200,000 total raised over 10 campaign years. That 13 cents makes a difference, just like every day in the clubhouse, every dollar donated, every volunteer hour shared, and every word of support and encouragement is what gets us to where we want to go - together.
Check out our Giving Day history highlights and timeline over the past 10 years!
Climbing this mountain together describes the work that BIN clubhouse members do every day to continue recovery from brain injury. Through the brain injury clubhouse model and work-ordered day structured programs, members become part of a supportive community, refine problem-solving skills, increase functional independence, and build mental and physical endurance. A core part of the journey includes members supporting each other's recovery while increasing their own confidence and independence.
The result is restoring hope, community, and purpose after injury - together.
ABOUT BRAIN INJURY NETWORK AND OUR CLUBHOUSES
Brain Injury Network's clubhouses are community-based programs for adults living with acquired brain injuries. Our brain injury clubhouses include BIND in Plano and BINDFW in Fort Worth, Texas (check www.thebind.org).
Our brand promise is to deliver Hope, Community, and Purpose to our members, caregivers, and the community. The Clubhouse Model emphasizes the value of meaningful work activities in regaining a sense of purpose. Our members, staff, and volunteers work together to run all aspects of the clubhouse program. The work includes answering phones, giving tours, developing internal and external communications, outreach plans and activities, preparing meals, cleaning, and developing our social media to name a few. As a result, members gain hope of reconnecting to the community and living interdependently all while developing purpose through skill development via the work-ordered day.
BIND was founded in 2011, and over the last 13 years, we have experienced tremendous support, interest, and growth thanks to community support. Two years ago, we opened our long-awaited Fort Worth Clubhouse to double the program's impact and expand services and support across DFW. We continue to strive toward bringing clubhouse to as many individuals with acquired brain injury as possible, locally and beyond. Brain Injury Network is the only nonprofit organization in Texas providing brain injury clubhouse programs.
Imagine being suddenly unable to read, walk, or remember how to use your phone or coffee maker? Imagine being unable to speak, to ask someone for help, or tell a family member "I love you." What if you and your family were unprepared for the loss of income and loss of independence caused by a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or brain cancer? For 100% of Brain Injury Network clubhouse program members, brain injury came without warning.
Per the Texas division of the Brain Injury Association of America, currently, approximately 381,000 Texans live with a TBI-related disability while 144,000 Texans sustain a TBI each year thereby making Texas the state with the second highest number of TBIs in the nation. And these numbers only include one kind of acquired brain injury.
The Brain Injury Network's mission is to provide tools and a bridge of support to adult with acquired brain injuries so they can reconnect to life, the community, and the workplace or community volunteering - based on the individual's goals. Our vision is to lead the DFW area in the provision of brain injury member-driven services and serve as the model for brain injury clubhouses across the state.
Our significant needs lie in the continued support of our programs, operations, and expansion of programs and services. Ongoing in-kind support needs include support for clubhouse activities through donations and gift cards for groceries, program supplies, including printer paper and toner, and supplies for special projects.
Community events include our Clubhouse Classic Golf Tournament and auction in the fall and the North Texas Brain Injury Awareness Walk - Synapse Laps in March 2025. Sponsorships, volunteers, participants, and in-kind donations are needed and welcome for all events.
Brain Injury Network is committed to addressing the systematic work of acknowledging and dismantling any inequities within our organization. Our cultural awareness and competency leads the way in this effort and helps keep this commitment at the forefront of our work.
Organization name
Brain Injury Network / BIND & BINDFW Clubhouses
other names
Brain Injury Network
Causes
Mental and Behavioral Health
Operating Budget
$500,000 - $999,999
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Grayson, Parker, Tarrant
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
1416 Gables Court