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November 5, 2025 by Angela

Protecting a Lifeline: Why Your Holiday Gift Matters for Brain Injury Survivors in Marin & the San Francisco Bay Area

When someone experiences a stroke, concussion, or traumatic brain injury, life changes in an instant. What comes after — recovery, emotional health, rebuilding skills, reconnecting with community — can be a long journey that requires specialized support. Yet in Marin County and the greater San Francisco Bay Area, there is only one nonprofit dedicated solely to helping people navigate life after brain injury: Schurig Center for Brain Injury Recovery.

As the holiday season approaches, we’re inviting caring community members like you to help protect this vital resource and ensure no survivor has to face recovery alone.

A Unique Community Resource Worth Protecting

For more than 40 years, Schurig Center has served as a lifeline for hundreds of people every year. We offer therapeutic classes, support groups, resource referral assistance, and programs that help survivors regain skills, independence, and hope. Families also receive brain injury education, support, and respite.

Unlike medical programs or other charitable organizations, our services are not covered by insurance and we do not receive federal funding. Instead, over 80% of the support needed to keep our doors open comes from caring donors and charitable foundations.

This means that your generosity directly sustains our mission.

Why Your Donation Matters This Holiday Season

Your gift makes a real and immediate difference. When you donate to Schurig Center, you help:

  • Fill critical gaps in care for survivors who have nowhere else to turn.
  • Ensure recovery programs remain affordable, especially for the 70% of our clients who are low-income.
  • Support more than 600 individuals and family caregivers this year with continued rehabilitation, resource referral assistance, brain injury education, and support groups.
  • Protect the only nonprofit brain injury recovery resource in Marin and the Bay Area.

Every dollar extends a hand of compassion to someone rebuilding their life.

Holiday Giving: A Powerful Way to Change Lives

During this time of year, many people look for meaningful ways to give back locally. By choosing Schurig Center, you’re not just giving a donation — you’re giving healing, stability, and new possibilities to survivors in your own community.

Imagine helping someone speak clearly again after a stroke. Supporting a parent recovering from a concussion so they can return to work. Giving a caregiver a rare moment of relief and connection.

This is what your holiday gift makes possible.

Join Us in Strengthening the Future of Brain Injury Recovery

As need for our programs continues, your support ensures this unique community resource remains strong – not just for today, but for the future.

If you believe every person deserves the chance to heal and rebuild their life, we invite you to make a holiday donation today.

Your generosity protects hope. Your compassion fuels healing.

Thank you for supporting brain injury survivors and families when they need it most.


Filed Under: Ways You Can Help Tagged With: Bay Area, brain injury, charity, concussion, donate, give, holiday giving, Marin, Sonoma, stroke, tbi

August 23, 2017 by Angela

Celebrating Summer at Camp Schurig

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Welcome to “Camp Schurig”!

Our Therapeutic Program participants recently enjoyed a day of traditional, FUN summer camp activities at “Camp Schurig!”

Participants started the day by following the trail of “bear paw prints” leading them to our “Base Camp” where the magic began!

Everyone (including staff) had to choose a unique “camp name” for the day. Campers enjoyed lunch on the patio followed by an action-packed day filled with awesome back-country games and activities, such as making tie-dye t-shirts, “fishing for prizes,” a wet and wild water balloon toss, and a “campfire” sing-a-long and stories by flashlight! And, of course, campers feasted on everyone’s favorite campsite treat…s’mores!

Planned at the suggestion of our Therapeutic Program participants, our Summer Camp Day was a wonderful way for us to socialize as a group and enjoy the fresh air and great outdoors here in beautiful Larkspur!

Through the experience of “Camp Schurig,” participants were able to reap the benefits of camping by refreshing and renewing their bodies, minds and spirits outdoors. The day also provided the opportunity for participants to practice interpersonal communication, active listening and social skills while promoting creativity and self-expression.

A great day was had by all!

Big, big thanks to all of our awesome volunteers
who helped made this special day happen!

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Beautiful day on the patio


One word…S’MORES!



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Who’s ready for a campfire song?

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Paul’s gone fishin’

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Camp Counselor Christine enjoying the sun

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Lise & Angela create a tie-dye shirt

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Brandon & Midge look pretty pleased with their tie-dye masterpiece

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A rainbow of tie-dye

Filed Under: A Day at the Center, Therapeutic Program Tagged With: Bay Area, brain injury recovery, Marin, Schurig Center for Brain Injury Recovery, summer, therapeutic program

September 30, 2016 by Angela

Patricia Gill on KWMR Radio

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KWMR West Marin Community Radio

Schurig Center’s Executive Director Patricia Gill was recently featured on KWMR West Marin Community Radio’s talk show “Pieces of Peace.”

Patricia and host Susan Santiago chatted about brain injury recovery and the programs offered at Schurig Center.

https://schurigcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/KWMR-Patricia-Gill-Interview-092916.mp3

Filed Under: Schurig Center in the News Tagged With: Bay Area, brain injury recovery, kwmr, Marin, patricia gill, radio, Schurig Center for Brain Injury Recovery, Sonoma, west marin community radio

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