Awareness

Her seizures controlled, Jacksonville woman to ‘Walk the Talk for Epilepsy’

April 6, 2016 – Jacksonville.com One morning in January 2009, Margaret Gregory was getting ready to take her two children to school and then head to work, just like any other day. Then, in an instant, the Jacksonville woman’s life changed forever. She remembers waking up on the floor, her…...

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Massachusetts boy saves mother’s life during seizure

March 22, 2016 – Foxnews.com Matthew Fontaine saved his mother’s life when she had a seizure. A 4-year-old Massachusetts boy is being hailed as a hero after saving his mother’s life when she suffered a massive seizure. When Matthew Fontaine’s mother, Ashley, who suffers from regular seizures, had a seizure…...

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Maclay Teen Travels to D.C. for Epilepsy Walk

Published by the Tallahassee Democrat April 12, 2015 To know Molly McCann is to know a vibrant 16-year-old girl full of life, spirit, and athleticism. Molly, sophomore at Maclay, is also a girl who lives with the daily challenges of epilepsy. Molly was diagnosed with epilepsy in January 2013 after…...

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Walk the Talk for Epilepsy

Published by Pensacola News Journal April 12, 2015 Click here to view photos from one of our Walk The Talk events or visit the Pensacola News Journals website here: http://www.pnj.com/picture-gallery/news/2015/04/11/walk-the-talk-for-epilepsy/25639267/...

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Walk the Talk Fundraiser for the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida

Published by: Action News Jax April 2, 2015 JACKSONVILLE, Fl. — The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida’s Walk the Talk for Epilepsy Event will be held on Saturday, April 18th at Jacksonville University. The event raises awareness and funds to benefit Floridians impacted by epilepsy. Currently, there are over 375,000 Floridians…...

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Local Family Leading the Fight Against Epilepsy with 5th “Walk the Talk”

By Lizzieg, Naples News October 30, 2014 Naples, FL – On November 1st, the Southwest Florida Walk to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of Florida known as the “Walk the Talk”, will return to North Collier Regional Park for the fifth time. Danny Rosenfeld and his family have been organizing this…...

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Art-Therapy Program Helps Epilepsy Victims Open Up

By Hanna Marcus, The Gainesville Sun October 27, 2014 In the south tower lobby of UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, people walk hand-in-hand and ask for the elevators. Nurses whistle their way up the stairs while passers-by click the heels of their shoes across the floor, sniffing at hospital-cafeteria smells.…...

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Epilepsy Foundation of Florida to Hold Reception at Gables Museum, Oct.30

By Gloria Burns, Community Newspapers October 1, 2014 The Epilepsy Foundation of Florida (EFOF) will be launching its November Epilepsy Awareness activities with its annual “Let’s Talk About It – Unmasking Epilepsy Masquerade Cocktail Reception” on Oct. 30, 6:30 p.m., at the Coral Gables Museum. Guests at this fundraising affair…...

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Epilepsy’s Big Fat Miracle

March 2014, New York Times Once every three or four months my son, Sam, grabs a cookie or a piece of candy and, wide-eyed, holds it inches from his mouth, ready to devour it. He knows he’s not allowed to eat these things, but like any 9-year-old, he hopes that…...

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