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News and Events

Media Articles

Catherine Read of Read, Think, Act interviews Trudy Harsh
May 23 2017 - Watch

"Changing Minds" featuring The Brain Foundation, "Laura's House"

NBC4 News, Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - Watch

'Mother Teresa' to Fairfax County's mentally impaired
Fairfax Times, January 4, 2013 - Read the article

Trudy Harsh honored as Centreville Day Citizen of the Year
CentreView, November 7, 2013 - Read the article

REALTOR Magazine article entitled "Enabling New Life in Laura’s Houses" by Meg White
January 1, 2013 • Full article

FOX 5 News feature entitled "Good Neighbor Award".
January 1, 2013  • Full article

National Association of Realtors awards "Good Neighbor Award"
October 2012 - Full Article & video

Washington Post article entitled "Centreville’s Trudy Harsh uses Brain Foundation to house those with mental illness" by Tom Jackman.
July 22, 2012  • Full article

The Washingtonian Magazine named Trudy Harsh as one of its 12 Washingtonians of the year in its January 2011 issue.
January 1, 2011  • Full article

In One Niche, Housing Market Is Up by Tom Jackman Washington Post Staff Writer
"Frustration can lead a civic activist to complain that nobody ever built a statue for a committee. But frustration with committees was responsible for the house that Trudy Harsh built.
April 19, 2007  •  Full Article                             

Local Residents Start 'The Brain Foundation' by Centreview
"Hoping to help people with mental illness, two Centreville women have started a private, nonprofit entity called The Brain Foundation."       
She became active in the mental health community in Fairfax County because her daughter, Laura, suffered brain damage."
June 18, 2003  •  Full Article











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United Way Campaign (#8594)
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Federal Combined Campaign CFC#56716)
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Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign CVC#08642)
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Fairfax County, Virginia (HOME and CDBG Funds)