National Walk for Epilepsy 28 March 2009

If you like to do
walks for charity
why not do one for
The National Epilepsy Foundation?

When: 28 March 2009
Where: Check the Epilepsy Foundation website to find one near you.
The link is below

Epilepsy is a medical condition in which people have seizures.
There are different types of seizures
depending on which part of the brain
and how much of the brain is causing the seizure.

There are over 3 million people
in the United States
that have some type of epilepsy
and over 200,000 new cases
are diagnosed every year.

Some people with epilepsy have a genetic connection,
but many do not have any family history at all.

Some people can control the seizures with medication,
but there are always those people that medications can not work.

To find out more about
what exactly epilepsy is,
the symptoms,
treatments,
how to donate,
the merchandise store,
how to volunteer,
and so much more
please click on the link below.

This is the link to the Epilepsy Foundation

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org

MS Awareness Week March 2-8, 2009

As I have written in a previous blog

a friend of mine's daughter has been diagnosed with MS.

March 2-8, 2009

has been designated as

MS Awareness Week.

The link below is will take you to that information.

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/get-involved/events/ms-awareness-week/index.aspx

Some of the things planned are as follow:

600 walks across the country

100 bike rides across the country

and more

If you click on the link above you will many more links like:

what is MS?

how to find a

walk/bike ride/other events

to participate in to help raise money

how to donate

how to volunteer

there is a recommended book list

even a store to buy merchandise to help the cause

and so much more