Trace Bulger Foundation

TRACE SUFFERED FROM UNDIAGNOSED NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES. IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST ONTHERS IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS, THE FOUNDATION WILL WORK WITH INDIANA UNIVERSITY NEUROSCIENCE CENTER ART THERAPY PROGRAM. INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH NEUROSCIENCE CENTER HAS PARTNERED WITH HERRON SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN TO FACILITATE HEALING THROUGH CREATIVITY. THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SEES SERIOUS CASES WHERE PEOPLE SUFFER FROM ALS, PARKINSON'S AND OTHER BRAIN DISORDERS. MANY OF THE PATIENTS HAVE UNMET NEEDS. THERE IS A LARGE GROUP OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS OF STRESS, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, MOOD, FEAR EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGES AND QUESTIONS THAT MEDICATION AND CONVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT DOES NOT ADDRESS. TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES DOCTORS WORK WITH THE HERRON SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN TO CREATE AN ART THERAPY PROGRAM. THE DOCTORS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP CLINICAL CARE AND RESEARCH. ONE OF THE DOCTORS CO-AUTHORED WITH INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS PROFESSORS AND ART THERA

THE FUNDING FROM CONTRIBUTIONS AND FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES WILL BE USED TO FUND EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND HEALTHCARE SUPPORT INITIATIVES.

THE KINDNESS BAGS PROGRAM IS TO GIVE RANDOM PEOPLE OR, PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS AND COULD USE A GOOD DAY. THE BAGS INCLUDE AGE/GENSER SPECIFIC GOODS. DURING 2020, ABOUT 50 SUCH BAGS WERE HANDED OUT. THE VALUE OF THE ITEMS IN THE BAGE (NO CASH) HAVE A VALUE OF LESS THAN $100.

TO SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE COUNTY WHERE FOUNDATION IS LOCATED AND TO INFORM FIRST RESPONDERS OF THE POSSIBLE SIGNS OF NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES EVEN IF PREVIOUSLY UNDIAGNOSED.