Finding a cure for epilepsy is hard. Showing support for people who live with the condition is as easy as wearing a purple ribbon.
On Saturday, March 26, 2011, thousands of people will wear purple to promote awareness and understanding of those who live with epilepsy. Purple socks, purple ties, purple shirts, purple whatever!
What’s the point of so much purple? By doing this one simple act, you show support and understanding, which lessons the stigma so many people with epilepsy feel. And it creates awareness. Awareness brings funding. Funding brings more research. And research means new treatments and hopefully, some day, a cure for epilepsy.
Download Epilepsy Facts and your Purple Day flier here.
Purple Power.
You’re Invited to Hear The Latest in Epilepsy Research
Friday, March 25, 2011
11 a.m.-12 p.m.
The Pyle Center, Room 335
If your business has supported Lily’s Fund….
If you are someone who lives with epilepsy….
If you know someone who lives with epilepsy….
If you volunteer for Lily’s Fund…
Then this is an hour you won’t want to miss!
We’ll treat you to dessert before lunch, plus you’ll learn — in layman terms — about breakthrough research underway by UW epilepsy scientists, and the community importance UW and its Foundation places on public-private partnerships like Lily’s Fund. Featured speakers:
- Dr. Avtar Roopra, assistant professor, neurology
- Dr. Matt Jones, associate professor, physiology
- Dr. Paul Rutecki, professor, neurology
- Dean Robert Golden, dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health, and Mark Lefebvre, vice president, UW Foundation.
About Purple Day
At the age of 9, Nova Scotia resident Cassidy Megan created the idea of Purple Day in 2008, motivated by her own struggles with epilepsy. The Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia came on board in 2008 to help develop Cassidy’s idea. In 2009, the Anita Kaufmann Foundation and Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia joined forces. In 2010, Lily’s Fund joined the Purple Day campaign to raise awareness about epilepsy.