March is Brain Injury Awareness Month!
February 3, 2020 by Julie London
Filed under Events
As part of our Brain Injury Awareness 2020 campaign, we are hosting awareness and prevention programs to help educate the community about brain injury, recovery and the need for prevention. Did you know? – Over 1.5 million Americans sustain a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) each year. – More than 5 million Americans live with long-term […]
Opportunity Project Vocational Program Featured In Millburn Short Hills Magazine
In recognition of Disability Employment Awareness Month, Opportunity Project was featured in the Fall 2015 issue of the Millburn Short Hills Magazine. Read the complete article here.
Congratulations to our Founders on receiving the New Jersey Monthly Magazine Seeds Of Hope award!
A Place to Grow: Opportunity Project Opportunity Project is a nonprofit that provides services to the brain injured. By Breanne McCarthy | September 14, 2015 Lisa Goldman, Marc Berson and Rita Yohalem of Opportunity Project. Photo by John Emerson Every 21 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a traumatic brain injury. Despite the prevalence […]
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month!
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, recognized nationally across America, and we are gearing up for our 18th annual BlueJean Day and other Brain Injury Awareness activities. DID YOU KNOW? The CDC estimates between 1.6 and 3.8 million sports-related concussions occur in the U.S. each year. For young people ages 15—24, sports are the 2nd […]
Take me out to the ball game! Yankee raffle season is here!
Once again, Brick City Sports Capital of Newark, New Jersey donated the use of a luxury suite at Yankee Stadium to Opportunity Project, demonstrating their commitment to help promote brain injury awareness in our communities. Our members have been very busy working to promote this years’ raffle event, from designing the raffle tickets and flyers, […]
BLUEJEAN DAY FOR BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH RAISES $24,000!
This year, BlueJean Day for Brain Injury Awareness month raised over $24,000 – our highest amount ever! We were excited to have many longstanding companies and several new companies participate in this year’s event. This year’s sponsors and participants included: MAIN SPONSORS Fairholme Foundation Fidelco Management Services Genova, Burns & Giantomasi Lois Goldring Newark Beth […]
New Partnership with the Veterans Administration in East Orange, NJ
Opportunity Project is proud to announce their new partnership with the Veterans Administration in East Orange, NJ (VA New Jersey Health Care System). As part of this new partnership, Opportunity project has committed to provide vocational services to veterans who have sustained a brain injury. The Opportunity Project Vocational Program provides Work Evaluation, Work Adjustment […]
Get Your Limited-Edition Derek Lam T-Shirt in Support of Brain Injury Awareness Month Here!
Brain Injury Awareness Month 2012 Brain Injury: Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone Brain Injuries do not discriminate After a successful showing of his Spring 2012 collection on the runways of New York Fashion Week, celebrated designer Derek Lam unveiled his latest creation, a limited edition t-shirt for Brain Injury Awareness Month. The shirt will be on sale […]
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month!
March is brain injury awareness month and we are gearing up for our 17th annual BlueJean Day fundraiser and other Brain Injury Awareness activities. We welcome you to join us in educating the community about brain injury awareness by participating in our events and activities throughout the month of March. Mayor Sandra Haimoff of Millburn […]
BlueJean Day 2012
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month and once again Opportunity Project is holding its annual BlueJean Day. BlueJean Day focuses on brain injury community awareness and education, while raising funds for Opportunity Project’s programs. BlueJean Day 2012 is focused on concussion awareness and prevention! Over 1.7 million people in the U.S. sustain a TBI each […]
