GETTING INVOLVED MAY BE EASIER THAN YOU THINK – Pick a day each week (I chose Wednesday, and wrote it down to remember) to show the strength of your willpower to help support brain injury awareness. Being actively aware of a health and safety topic can be great exercise for your brain and might even help lift your spirits as you help with such a big cause.
Luckily, you don’t have to start big to be a big part of this cause. Here are a few small ways to get started with being involved in supporting brain injury awareness:
Volunteer – Visit VolunteerMatch.org and find an opportunity to volunteer for an organization that helps others with head injury/illness. Once you get to the VolunteerMatch.org website, you can click on the upper left link, “find opportunities” to be sent to a page that will ask for your location. Next, simply type in your city, state, and/or zipcode. If you want, you can type a cause or your interest into the keyword box but you don’t have to. Now, press “search” and you will be shown a list of volunteer opportunities in your area. Pick one that you like and contact them on the phone or fill out an online application and you will be on your way to having a hands on experience with getting involved in a worthy cause. Are you a volunteer? Tell us about what makes your efforts worth your time by commenting below. Your inspirational story may be what it takes to encourage others to make a difference too!
Sign a petition – Share your point of view while getting people to notice the importance of supporting the cause. Change.org allows you to search for a topic like, “head injury” or “stem cell research” or “TBI advocacy” to find petitions that people have created to make a difference. Once you find a petition that you feel is important to supporting the cause of your choice, you can sign the petition by entering basic information about yourself. Then, you can send the petition to as many people in your interest group or e-mail list as you feel necessary. When the petition gets enough signatures, you can feel proud that you’ve played a big part by doing a small act. NOTE: before signing any petition, please research it completely so that you know you are contributing to something that you fully believe needs to be changed. Many petitions are written in a way that only tells one side of the issue.
Need help? Here is a message that you can send to people you would like to help get involved:
Dear [Name of friend or contact],
I’m working to get people involved with supporting Brain Injury Awareness. Please help me spread this important message of helping fight for the rights of those affected by head injuries/related illness of all kinds. It would also be greatly appreciated if you could share this message with at least two other people who you feel might like to contribute by signing a petition, donating or volunteering.
If you would like to continue your involvement in this cause or would like to read more on the topic, please visit and join a growing motivational community at http://www.willpowermentor.wordpress.com
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]
Join a Cause – Causes.com is a website that allows people to support any cause of their choice, donate money to a cause, or sign a petition and then spread the word to get others involved, as well.
Pledge to Strengthen the Willpower of People with Brain Injuries – The goal of the Willpower Pledge is to get 10,000 people to encourage strength and determination for people recovering from brain injuries and illness, as well as to Support Brain Injury Awareness. Please send this pledge invitation to as many people as you can to be a big part of supporting this cause.
My challenge to you, readers, is to make your one day of involvement each week really count by helping others and/or spreading the word as much as you possibly can.
Willpower 