Coaching

All,

My name is Donna Mello and my son Dylan Mello (a PHS graduate) suffered 3 sports related concussions in 2008. He has been active in awareness and testified at both the House and Senate hearings in favor of a bill that was signed into law on June 9,2010 by Governor Carcieri.

Here is the text of the Law:

http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText10/HouseText10/H7036Aaa.pdf

To comply with the law, RIIL has set aside Wed. Aug. 11th from 6-8 at Tollgate HS to educate (FREE) all interested and mandated parties involved. Parents, athletes, school nurses, coaches, ATC's, AD's, school personnel...are all welcome.

Here is the RIIL website to learn more: http://www.riil.org/

To obtain valuable information in this subject matter, please refer to:

http://www.sportsconcussions.org/

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I have listed two links below. One is a tv segment of Dylan and the law. The second is a tv segment that features a female athlete.

http://www2.turnto10.com/sports/2010/may/26/nbc_10_special_report_sports_concuss

ions-ar-110809/

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9247563

Regards,

Donna Mello.

www.SportsConcussions.org

Contact: SportsConcussionsRI@yahoo.com