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Center for Head Injury Services
Founded1986
TypeCharitable[1]
FocusRehabilitation counseling and independent living services for disabled persons
Location
Area served
St. Louis area
Key people
Donna Gunning (Executive Director)[2]
Websitewww.headinjuryctr-stl.org

The Center for Head Injury Services is a nonprofit organization in St. Louis, Missouri which serves people having a brain injury or disability. The organization provides community-based programs including therapies, counseling, vocational and employment services, and social enterprises. One of the organization's social enterprises, Destination Desserts, has received notoriety for its approach to employment solutions for disability populations. The Center for Head Injury Services is a 501(c)(3) organization governed by a board of directors and led by an executive director.

In 2011, actor Gary Busey selected the Center for Head Injury Services as his charity while competing on the reality television show Celebrity Apprentice 4.[3][4] Busey, who survived a motorcycle accident in December of 1988 that resulted in a severe brain injury,[5] was able to raise $40,000 for the Center for Head Injury Services before being fired in Episode 7.

References

  1. ^ "Center for Head Injury Services - Accredited Charity". bbb.org/stlouis. Better Business Bureau. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Donna L. Gunning, Executive Director". headinjuryctr-stl.org. The Center for Head Injury Services. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  3. ^ Levitt, Aimee (21 February 2011). "Gary Busey Chooses St. Louis Nonprofit for Celebrity Apprentice Charity". The Riverfront Times. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  4. ^ Lombardo, Delinda (11 February 2011). "Gary Busey To Support Head Injury Center In Celebrity Apprentice". looktothestars.org. Look to the Stars. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  5. ^ Moran, W. Reed (5 July 2001). "Gary Busey ministers to brain injury community". USA Today. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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