Jimmy Simpson Foundation Safehaven staff members include, from left, Skyler Mckissick, housekeeper; Kathy Culver, LPN; Vickie Hodge; Tiffany Edwards, CNA and Hazel Turner, CNA.
Photo by Timara FrassrandMarch 28, 2004, may not be a significant benchmark in history, but Brian Simpson will always remember it. That was the day his son, Quintin, was in an accident that left him with a traumatic brain injury.
Quintin Simpson, a firefighter for Sharps Chapel Volunteer Department, was responding to a call when he was in an accident where he was hurt on his way to help someone.
“He was doing a good thing and we’re proud of him,” said Brian Simpson, of Union County, Tenn.
The Jimmy Simpson Foundation – Safehaven is a 24-hour lifelong living traumatic brain injury facility and was just awarded 2010 Small Business of the Year by the Walker County Chamber of Commerce. The nonprofit organization focuses on direct services and education for brain injury and currently has a staff of 30 on their facility.
There are very few places like the Jimmy Simpson Foundation Safehaven in the country and they were lucky to be able to get in, Simpson explained.