Hello and thanks for finding us.

This website is under construction by a team of dedicated friends to Darcy who have made themselves available to make a difference, one person at a time.

I’m Gina Dee, President of the RABIT Foundation. Darcy Dee is my sister, my inspiration and our reason for starting RABIT.

RABIT – Rethinking Acquired Brain Injury Treatment

At the age of 8, she sustained a head injury after being struck by a truck while walking to school. She was pronounced dead on the scene and, again, at the hospital—but our parents insisted that was not an option and implored the amazing team at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton to “NEVER GIVE UP”.

This was in 1967 and acquired brain injuries (ABI) from trauma were for the most part weak or uncharted territory to medical care.

Facing more closed doors than open, Darcy earnestly continued mapping her way through life with intense determination and positive plotting. She overcame countless obstacles, many of which would fell the strongest of mankind.

In 2011, and in the blink of an eye, on route to church in a motorized chair that she needed later in life, she was HIT BY ANOTHER TRUCK!!!!! This incident sent her 90 feet, to land directly on her head, face down.

This Cheshire Cat decided her lot in life was to fight and live—and fight and live she does.

The issue at today’s date is that the only safe place for her to live with available around the clock care is a convalescence home for seniors—and she is just 57. Her daily highlights can be as mundane as staring out a window, to looking at a TV on a station she has no interest in. But she is safe.

So we came up with RABIT. We have constantly been faced with the need to rethink her care, as her status has been forever fluid and will continue to morph.

Let’s provide reason and stimulation. Let’s make each day fun with a challenge that is measurable. Let’s help make dreams come true.

We need:

• Adult Day Programs
• Field Trips
• Thriving community housing
• Long Term Family Assistance

Please help.

Years ago, nobody knew the plastic yellow daffodil or the soft pink ribbon pin, so today you don’t know the white RABIT sticker – but you will.