Hi everyone! This is Kim Thompson, BEST’s Communications Manager. I recently took a little field trip to the beautiful Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) in downtown Tacoma, Washington. I got some pics and made a little video. It was so much fun! Special thanks needs to go to BEST volunteer, Erin Thompson, who shot and edited (more…)
While art is indeed about individualism, the Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) also believes that empowerment is about individualism, too. Each person in the brain injury community has their own unique form of personal empowerment. That’s why at BEST, we help people with tools, strategies and resources to help them tap into their own kind (more…)
We don’t have just one BEST superhero for the month of August 2019, but two. BEST wishes, hugs and congratulations to the married dynamic duo of Paul Giese and Nichole Davis! Paul and Nichole are longtime BESTies and superhero supporters. In fact, it was Nichole who coined the term, BESTies, to describe the people of (more…)
(Editor’s Note: Writer and BEST Guest Blog Contributor, Isaac Peterson, shares part two of a two part article on brain injury and mental health. Here’s what he’s learned. KT). I hope you liked my previous article, about a man who survived a steel rod going all the way through his skull and survived. His case (more…)
(Editor’s note: Writer and BEST Guest Blog Contributor, Isaac Peterson, explores a historic medical case that helped medical experts and researchers learn more about the brain. This is part one of a two part article series. Thank you, Isaac! KT). Do you know why traumatic brain injury is called the invisible injury? Lots of brain (more…)
The Brain Energy Support Team (BEST) is thrilled and honored to be participating in a community art installation at the Tacoma Art Museum (TAM). Work displayed in Tacoma Art Museum’s TAM Local: Community Art Space for the Superhero show from October 16, 2019 to December 26, 2019. We will have an opening reception that is FREE for the general public and (more…)