What the heck is a klatch?

klatch  “kläCH ” (also klatsch) noun: a social gathering, especially for coffee and conversation. In this case peer led conversations about brains, brain injuries, and living your best life

Origins

Before COVID Kitsap Brain Injury conducted two monthly in-person support groups, one in Bremerton, the other in Silverdale. These and 70 other Washington groups thrived with support from Tommy Manning Act funds proved. Even prior to lockdown, DSHS moved to reduce or eliminate support group funding and used COVID to abandon the TBI community completely.

After several months abandoned and adrift, a few KBI members reconnected on a private Zoom account. (Thank you Dan for saving us all!)

A single virtual meeting resumed each month and expanded its reach as the email list grew to over 150 names. Clearly TBI survivors wanted and needed that community connection.

When once a month wasn’t enough, members suggested a weekly group and the Klatch was born, well, maybe hatched.

Even after COVID restrictions ended, Zoom provides a great reconnect for those with transportation difficulties or living beyond the Kitsap peninsula.

So the Klatch continues and our TBI family far and wide continues to not just survive, but to thrive!

How to “Klatch”

(sorry, it’s not a verb but sounds good)