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Hello to all my Northwest Football Family! Many of you know of my deep concern and involvement with the football community here as a Coach, Dad, and as a Writer. 5 Years ago our lives changed forever as my 2 older boys were both badly injured by concussions. The lasting effects are no joke to us and it was a real hard wake up call for me as a classic “Football Dad”. T

IF YOU CARE WE NEED YOUR HELP!

 

Extending The Mission We Turn To A Mobile Classroom

Editors Note:  Hello to all my Northwest Football Family!  Many of you know of my deep concern and involvement with the football community here as a Coach, Dad, and as a Writer.  5 Years ago our lives changed forever as my 2 older boys were both badly injured by concussions.  The lasting effects are no joke to us and it was a real hard wake up call for me as a classic "Football Dad".  The year after that Andrew Swank (Spokane, Washington) and Dylan Steigers (Missoula, Montana) were killed during and as a result of their participation in Football.  The near fatal football injuries to Max Conradt, Kort Breckenridge, and Zachary Lystedt, and Matthew Newman (All NW HS Stars) led to the first Concussion Laws in the Nation as Washington, Oregon, and Idaho took the lead on this monstrous issue.  Out of those boys stories came many more and our work  began.  And Now we need your Help.  Please Read On!


We founded an organization a few years back when several Grid Iron boys died or were permanently disabled in a short period of time here in the Northwest.  At BrainChampions.org we don’t spend a lot of time sitting around.  This past year was a very busy one where we spoke at several classrooms and and 6 Camps where the message and our educational programs for Player Safety including our Team 7:15 Concussion Initiative was taken to hundreds of Coaches and kids.  

BrainChampions.org is Building an educational bus to take out on educational trips

We also started Atalanta’s Pride with Tracy Yatsko to address the very serious issues of Concussion and Brain Trauma in girl's sports.  Tracy is an amazing young woman from Pennsylvania took on the lobbying of a Statewide Concussion reform bill and got it passed.  Allison Cook of Klamath Falls jumped in to help Tracy and took our platform into the Miss America Program.  And in Oregon Ally Wallace of Sunset High School went after the Coaching community in Portland and gained National attention as she got imPACT Baseline Concussion testing pushed through for the Cheer Leading Community.

These are but a few of the young people we mobilized to help others.  And they all did it because they suffered injuires of their own and want to prevent these same things from happening to others through education and awareness.

Our ability to help is only limited by our time and resources.  Up until now BrainChampions.org has been funded by our founder.  Now we ask for your assistance in completing our mobile classroom project that we call “Building The Bus”.  This vehicle had a glorious career as a custom shuttle bus before being bought and used as an Indie Band Bus where it earned its nick-name Bus Van Sant.

Now we need your help to get Bus Van Sant back on the road and to outfit it with mobile AV Equipment so we can make stops out on the road all over the West as Football and Soccer Season come again to the sports fields of America.  After that is wrestling, basketball, lacrosse, and the list goes on.

Dirk Knudsen, our Co-Founder, puirchased the bus and has the new motor ready to go.  Now we need some assistance with Labor and materials.  And your help will be etched into the Bus Forever on our FOUNDERS WALL and we will commemorate your favorite player or athletes name and number here for you in our Hall of Fame.

If you can not donate money you can sure donate time and maybe Share or refer someone in your circle who can.  Call Dirk anytime you can at 503-799-8383 or reach him at dirkknudsen@gmail.com anytime.  

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Please Watch this Video and consider giving to the “Build The Bus” project.  We have come this far and now we are relying on you!

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Do you know a young man or woman in K-12 Sports who has been injured or died from a Concussion or Traumatic Brain Injury? If so we need your help to make sure this never happens again. This is your chance to step up!!

I am the Founder of the Northwest Prep Report. For 17 years I have led the way to the best of my ability to promote the best talent from the Pacific NW free of charge. It is my pleasure to continue to serve High School athletes from all over the Pacific NW and beyond. Formerly with Rivals.com my sites have now crossed over 8,000 stories, 7 MILLION Video Views, and 15,000 regular followers. Together with the best football people in the USA we pursue excellence for our NW athletes.

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