“I’m not willing to give up yet, no way.”
Empower House is a place where people with brain injuries come to be productive and enjoy contributing to a common cause. Friendships and as sense of community happen organically as they rebuild their lives together. Survivors learn work and life skills and are never turned away for the inability to pay. Empower House fundraises throughout the year to support programming and member attendance. They are celebrating brain injury awareness month and their third anniversary of operation with a Spaghetti Supper Fundraiser is this Saturday, March 26 from 4-7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport. Cost is $5 per person, age 3 and under are free. Along with good food, friends and fellowship, information about the Empower House and brain injury will be available.
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Quint's Story
Quint is an active member of Empower House. He has endured two brain injuries over the years from a motorcycle accident to leukemia.
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Boyd Family- Why we need this clubhouse
We have had quite the journey over the last eight years; seizures, two more brain tumors, radiation and approximately two years ago, an official diagnosis of dementia resulting from the damage to his brain over time and to this day, still visits to the University of Iowa Hospitals to check for reoccurrence.
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Danielle Parise
I couldn't be more thankful for all of the support from friends and family, I couldn't have possibly made it through this horrendous experience without all of their love and support. I am grateful to be alive and to be able to help people again, at my job and through my personal experiences with this ordeal.
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