Support Campbell to fundraise for ABI!

$3,145 of $5,000 goal
Given by 53 generous donors in around 3 months

Campbell's Recovery at ABI - raising funds to give back in the form of gym / rehabilitation equipment.

Napier, Hawke's Bay

Campbell will never forget his 19th birthday, although ironically, it’s one he’s had to rely on others to help him remember.

During a game of hockey, he was hit with a ball which fractured his skull, optical bone and jaw. He also sustained an epidural haematoma, requiring lifesaving brain surgery and his family was advised he had sustained a traumatic brain injury.

After leaving Waikato Hospital, he spent a month at the in-patient facility of ABI Rehabilitation in Auckland and the rehabilitation and care that Campbell received was second to none. At ABI he worked with a physiotherapist, a speech and language therapist, an occupational therapist, a neuropsychologist and a case manager who were all dedicated to assisting Campbell's recovery.

Less than a year since his injury, Campbell is now back at university and achieving the goals he set soon after the injury. He recently won the Motu Challenge multisport race and is now focused on the two-day Coast to Coast race in February 2024.

Proceeds raised will go towards essential gym equipment for ABI. It’s his way of giving back and thanking those who helped him when he really needed it!

Thank you,

Campbell, Olivia, Louise and Dave Gray.

If you would like to read more about Campbell's journey, please read the following:

https://www.acc.co.nz/newsroom/stories/campbells-story-rough-roads-lead-to-beautiful-places/

https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350095242/fifteen-months-after-near-fatal-brain-injury-campbell-gray-winning-races-again

Louise Gray's involvement (page creator)

Campbell is a past patient of ABI - rehabilitating in Auckland for a month last year.

Use of funds

Funds raised through this page will be used towards donating gym equipment to ABI, to assist other individuals going through recovery at ABI following a traumatic brain injury.

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Thank you!  18 February 2024

A big thank you from the Grays for your kind donations - $3100 was raised to purchase for equipment to be donated to ABI - so they can continue their awesome work with their clients! Thank you!

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Latest donations

Rob Ludlow
Rob Ludlow on 14 Feb 2024
Hi Campbell, thanks for setting this up, I was at ABI most of last year and the recovery is amazing, all because of the amazing team. Hope they can get some awesome new equipment for the gym, it was great being in there learning to walk again. It sounds like you’ve made an amazing recovery, well done!
$100
Tania Ludlow
Tania Ludlow on 14 Feb 2024
My brother recently finished his rehab at Auckland ABI & without the support & determination of the therapists, nurses & Dr's there, he absolutely would not have recovered as well as he has. They are an amazing team! It's awesome you're doing this for them!
$20
Miranda
Miranda on 13 Feb 2024
Very proud of your achievements Campbell
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The Ronbergs
The Ronbergs on 08 Feb 2024
$50
Toni
Toni on 08 Feb 2024
Awesome- Good Luck Cam
$100

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Created by, and paying to a verified bank account of, Louise Gray on behalf of gym equipment for ABI Rehabiliation
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This campaign started on 16 Nov 2023 and ended on 16 Feb 2024.