2,000 Kids Receive Free Bike Helmets Prompted by an alarming increase of preventable head injuries among youth, The Center Foundation is proud to announce the return of its annual Train Your Brain program. Now in its tenth year, this injury prevention program educates more than 2,000 elementary school students in Central Oregon about brain injury prevention and the importance of helmet safety. Train Your Brain is made possible by the support of The Center Foundation’s community partners at First Interstate Bank, Summit Health and BendBroadband. “According to research from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, almost 400,000 children under age 19 are treated in U.S. emergency departments for bicycle-related injuries each year,” said Sonja Donohue, Executive Director of The Center Foundation. “Train Your Brain began ten years ago in an effort to help reverse this trend here in our Central Oregon community by educating and engaging students in a fun program that they have come to look forward to. We are so grateful to the school districts for recognizing the importance of this safety initiative, and to our partners at First Interstate Bank, Summit Health and BendBroadband for supporting us in reaching our goal to provide free helmets to every local third and fourth grader who needs one.”