On August 22, 2008 Matthew Gfeller suffered a severe helmet to
helmet collision during his first high school varsity football
game. Tragically, the accident caused a fatal traumatic brain
injury. Matthew never regained consciousness and died two
days later.
The Matthew Gfeller Foundation hopes to positively impact the lives
of young people in Matthew's memory by providing information and
funding to prevent and treat sports-related brain injuries.
The Childress Institute was proud to partner with the Foundation for
the 4th Annual Matt Gfeller Memorial Doughnut Run. The lighthearted
5K run or walk has three goals:
1) remember Matt
2) raise money for traumatic brain injury research
3) bring our community together
All proceeds from this year's run benefit brain trauma
research and rehabilitative programs at the Childress Institute for
Pediatric Trauma and at the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic
Brain Injury Research Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. To find out
more visit http://www.matthewgfellerfoundation.org/doughnutrun/.