Our Mission
Our mission is to lead the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and to accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives.
Festival of Trees at the Indiana Historical Society
The Epilepsy Foundation has set up a tree to help raise awareness of the 69,500 Hoosiers that have epilepsy and the fact that 1 in 26 people will have epilepsy in their lifetime. We have a tree full of Hoosiers that have shared their epilepsy story to raise awareness of how common epilepsy is and it effects everyone differently.
Free Day December 7th - Please join us as our guest our guests at 9:30 AM for early entry to the Festival of Trees - Epilepsy Foundation Guests can enter the Atrium and check out the trees in that area. At 9:45 we will get a special large group photo on the steps of the atrium to recognize our participation in the Festival. Any Kids Crew members that come or any kids that come and sign up to be Kids Crew members for free will get drawstring backpacks and other give away items. We will also have the petition available to sign to help make the Epilepsy License plates available in Indiana. Please consider signing if you are 18 or older.
Giving Day
Please consider going to our Facebook page on December 3rd and making a donation to help provide for all the free programs and services we provide throughout the year.
End Epilepsy Campaign
"Epilepsy can affect anyone with a brain. An anyone with a brain can affect epilepsy". Let's use our brains to #EndEpilepsy by increasing awareness and changing the conversation around epilepsy. If you would like to learn more about our new campaign and how you can help #EndEpilepsy, please visit our website here: https://endepilepsy.org/
Office Hours: Thursdays, 10am-1pm (excluding any Holidays)
We are happy to announce that we will begin having set office hours on Thursdays from 10am-1pm up until December 19th. Please feel free to stop by in person for any resource needs that you have!
*Please note, our office will be CLOSED for Thanksgiving, November 28th, and for Black Friday, November 29th. We will be moving office hours to Tuesday, November 26th, for that week only between 10-1pm. Please email aedwards@efa.org with questions.
Seizure Safe School Act
Indiana Governor Signs Bill Championed By Epilepsy Foundation Of Indiana Mandating Training Of School Personnel On Seizure First Aid
The Epilepsy Foundation of Indiana is proud to announce the passing of theSeizure Safe School Act, which makes certain that school personnel, nurses, teachers and volunteers are able to recognize and respond appropriately to a student experiencing a seizure.
There are three components to the legislation:
1. Requiring school personnel to complete a seizure recognition and first-aid response training
2. Mandating that the Seizure Action Plan is made part of the student's file and made available to school personnel and volunteers responsible for the student
3. Ensuring that any FDA-approved medication prescribed by the treating physician is administered to the student living with epilepsy
If you are interested in setting up a school training at your school, please contact aedwards@efa.org.
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Monthly E-Newsletter:
The Epilepsy Foundation of Indiana sends out an electronic newsletter once a month to keep the community informed and up to date on what we are doing across the state, and on what is happening within the epilepsy community. Our newsletter is FREE and easy to subscribe to. Visit here to sign up!
Toll Free Helpline: 1-800-332-1000 – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
The Epilepsy & Seizures 24/7 Helpline has trained information specialists standing by to answer your questions about epilepsy and seizures and provide you with help, hope, support, guidance, and access to national and local resources.
