Thrive Upstate HASCI Services

HASCI Card Sharks
9 Hole Showdown card game
Building cognitive skills while having fun!

Things are looking up!
Partial Solar Eclipse viewing 2024

Please check out Liz”s story. We are so proud of all she has accomplished!!

Liz Huskey Interview - Brain injury Awareness Month 2024

Truth! Never give up!

Truer words have never been said...

William Jollye Brain Injury Awareness Month 2024

Great evening of awesome food and fellowship with the Greenville Brain Injury Support Group
Congratulations Vallie, winner of the 2024 Chili
Cook-off!

First day on the job at Creform.
Congrats Mac!

The real problem if you text me: I'll read your text and plan on replying. Then I see something shiney. Then it's over, I forget all about your text.

Those who know me - who really know me - don't text me.

Sound familiar?

-D

SAVE THE DATE & REGISTER!

March 17-23: 2024 Statewide Walk, Run, and Roll for Brain Injury Awareness

The Brain Injury Association of SC (BIASC) will be hosting a statewide Walk, Run, and Roll March 17-23, 2023, for Brain Injury Awareness Month.

This event will promote awareness about brain injury and raise funds to support the efforts of the BIASC.

The BIASC’s mission is “creating a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education and advocacy.”

We encourage anyone impacted (personally or professionally) by brain injury to participate in this year’s awareness event by getting a group together to walk, run or roll on a specific day during that week.

Please register early to receive a t-shirt mailed directly to you and wear it on your special day!

Take pictures and post on social media using the

Check out more details on BIASC’s event page at this link (or by using the link in our bio): https://www.biaofsc.com/press/2024-walk-run-and-roll-for-brain-injury-awareness

Image Description: light blue background. Large photo of a butterfly in the center of the image. Text around the butterfly says "2024 Statewide Walk, Run, Roll for Brain Injury Awareness. March 17-23, 2024. FREE t-shirt with registration! Register at the link in bio or by using the QR code.". A QR code is below in the bottom right-side. BIASC logo is on the bottom-left side.

Downtown bound! Having a great day at Festival of Trees and Cantina 76!

Erica is the perfect Christmas gift💗💗💗
HASCI Christmas party 2023

We have kicked off Employment Express! Excited to expand our career preparation opportunities!

We are very proud of Liz and all of the other individuals who work at Bon Secours Wellness Arena! We want to give a shout out to her job coach Holly for helping Liz find work that she loves!

At the May 25 Board Meeting, individuals supported by Thrive Upstate Employment Services shared how they are "thriving at work" at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena. Phil Dye, Event Services Manager, received an award in recognition of BSWA's much appreciated efforts to help individuals with disabilities thrive in life, work and play. Employees in the photo are Liz Huskey, Jackie Callaham, Andrew Partin, and Dixon Malone. Employees not pictured are Maggie Painter, Mark Shoop, Bryan Robbins, and Stephanie Dinneen.

HASCI had a great day at Paris Mountain State Park. We appreciate the efforts of SC State Parks and Duke Energy to help more individuals enjoy the great outdoors!

Liz and Frank—-smart, feisty, and always fun. Thank you both for skating your experiences and helping me present Brain Injury 101 with BIASC!

This guy. . .Paul always offers to help and does a great job! Here Paul helps staff prepare for Scranbled Eggs word game.

This is truer than you might believe.

HASCI walking to highlight Brain Injury Awareness Month and celebrating BIASC’s 25th year of providing resources to the SC brain Injury Community!

We're excited to announce that we'll be hosting another FREE Brain Injury Friendly Art Class on Tuesday, March 14. Join artist, brain injury survivor, and advocate Allison Moir-Smith for a relaxing virtual art lesson. The theme will be Rainbow & a Pot of Gold for St. Patrick's Day!

Register here: http://bit.ly/3XyKxaU

We will be hosting these throughout the 2023 calendar year, so stay tuned for additional dates and themes.

Image Description: Photo of Allison Moir-Smith, a white woman with short, dark, curly hair holding a stack of original art. There's an illustration above her of a rainbow and below her of a pot of gold.

PLEASE COME AND WATCH OUR DRUMMERS PERFORM ON FRIDAY, MARCH 17, FROM 12PM TO 1PM ON THE PEACE CENTER PLAZA.

TO HELP US WITH OUR MISSION, DONATE HERE:
https://thriveupstate.org/donate/

HASCI always enjoys golfing with Upstate Carolina Adaptive Golf!

We had a great time participating in the Brain Injury Friendly Art Class with BIASC. Thank you BIASC!

Thank you to everyone who attended our free Brain Injury Friendly Art Class yesterday, December 7. We had a GREAT time and really enjoyed seeing everyone's art creations.
HUGE thanks to Allison Moir-Smith for facilitating this session! We LOVED it!
If you registered to attend, but couldn't make it, please contact Rachel Kaplan at [email protected] with any questions you may have.
If you attended and want a copy of the recording so you can follow along with this guided art activity in the future, contact Rachel Kaplan at [email protected]
BIG Question for you all...would you want to participate in the future? Is this something we should offer on a Quarterly basis? We want to hear from you!
Image Description: Green background with text that says Brain Injury Friendly Art Class. December 7, 2022. Four photos are on the image. From left to right, top to bottom: Image of a participant, a white man with salt and pepper hair, holding up his original painting. Close up of guided painting session 1 and guided painting session 2. Painting 1 is of abstract flowers; green-maroon stems and yellow fowers. Painting 2 is of green and darker maroon stems with blue, yellow, and small purple abstract flowers. Photo of abstract flowers in colored pencil. Participant, white woman with dark hair in a bun and black framed glasses, holding up her Painting 1 and Painting 2. All paintings are abstract floral design with hues of green, blue, yellow, maroon, and yellow.

Shannon and Barry worked together to produce our first weekly HASCI newsletter. Barry will conduct weekly interviews and produce original art for the newsletter. Shannon is the editor, typing and printing the newsletter. Congratulations on a great first newsletter. We are very proud of you both!

Best dressed seniors at Pleasantburg High.
HASCI Halloween Whodunit 2022. 👻