Event Description

Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine (GCBS) is proud to announce our Fourth Annual Brain Bolt 5K Run/Walk. This year�s race will once again benefit the treatment and care of traumatic brain and spine injuries.

Brain Bolt 5K will be held on Saturday, September 29 at 10:00 a.m. at the Carmel Gazebo at Civic Square in Carmel. It is a family-friendly 5K that will take on a festival atmosphere featuring musical entertainment, food trucks, and activities for kids on the gazebo's grass lawn. Regional trauma specialists will educate attendees on preventing head and spine injuries, and GCBS' MEGA Brain-an inflatable, interactive, walk-through exhibit-will also be on display.

We anticipate more than 550 race participants-many of whom are survivors of brain and spine injuries-in hopes of surpassing our 2017 fundraising totals of more than $94,000.

"We are excited to continue the tradition of the Brain Bolt 5K and look forward to a fun, family event to support Hoosiers across our state who suffer unimaginable injuries of the head and spine," said Derek Cantrell, Executive Director of Finance and Administration for GCBS.

Each year, more than 50,000 people in Indiana sustain traumatic brain injuries. The immediate, life-saving efforts of the neurotrauma teams at local Level 1 Trauma Centers provide these patients the best hope for surviving and coping with their injuries. All proceeds of the Brain Bolt 5K will support the efforts of the Neurosurgery Foundation at Goodman Campbell to help fund pilot research projects in traumatic brain injury, a follow-up clinic for patients for after-injury care, and will support GCBS� neurotrauma databases.