ADVISORY/State Representative Jewell Williams Kicks off PA's 'Brain Injury Awareness Month' at Murrell Dobbins High School.

Assignment/News Editors

ADVISORY...for Thurs. (Nov. 14)

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WIPSS Products to Provide New Concussion Prevention Safety

Device to Murrell Dobbins Football Team

Who:              President, Mike Bachurski of Conshohocken-based
                  WIPSS Products joins Pennsylvania state
                  Representative Jewell Williams (D-197th) to kick off
                  November as "Brain Injury Awareness Month" in
                  Pennsylvania. Recently, Williams introduced a
                  resolution to raise awareness of concussions and
                  brain injuries in contact sports. WIPSS Products
                  supports Representative Williams' efforts by
                  donating Brain-Pads, concussion prevention safety
                  devices, to high school and youth athletic
                  association football teams in the 197th District.
                  Brain-Pads are mouthpieces that prevent concussions
                  and serious brain injuries produced by severe blows
                  to the jaw.

What:             Representative Williams and the Brain-Pad team will
                  kick off "Brain Injury Awareness Month" on Thursday,
                  November 14th at 9 a.m. at Murrell Dobbins Technical
                  School in Philadelphia. Murrell Dobbins' Principal
                  Charles Whiting and Football Coach Doug Macauley
                  will have Representative Williams speak to students
                  about the importance of taking extra precautions
                  when playing sports, and WIPSS Products will fit the
                  entire football team for Brain-Pads.

Where:            Murrell Dobbins Technical School AVTS, 22nd Street
                  and Lehigh Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 215/227-4421

When:             Thursday, November 14 at 9:00 a.m.

Additional
Information:      According to the Centers for Disease Control and
                  Prevention, an estimated 300,000 sports-related
                  concussions occur each year, with brain injuries
                  accounting for 85% of all football fatalities. In
                  any given year, 10% of all college athletes and 20%
                  of all high school athletes sustain a brain injury.
                  State Representative Jewell Williams and WIPSS
                  Products want to raise awareness of sports-related
                  concussions and brain injuries faced by student
                  athletes, and the safety devices on the market to
                  help prevent them.