San Antonio

26 Jul

An Inside Look: Christine Calderon

To spotlight the people the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas helps, check out our weekly blog called, “An Inside Look.” We hope you are inspired by stories about people with epilepsy, their families, volunteers, health and community partners, interns, and staff. It is a privilege to serve...

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08 Jul

Brothers Come Together at Camp Brainstorm

By Kathy Kraemer Preparations for Camp Brainstorm start early at the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas. It is a year-round process to recruit more than 65 children with epilepsy, plus volunteer counselors, and volunteer medical staff. Historically, the process of recruiting enough male counselors has been more difficult than identifying enough female counselors. This year, I decided to ask...

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Kathy's team "Gato"
03 Jun

My Walk Story: Team Gato

By Kathy Kraemer Making the Decision For the past five years I have worked as the Social Services Coordinator here at the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas, my family and I have always been assigned parking lot duty at our Walk to END Epilepsy events and we love it!!  But, at this year’s Austin Walk to END Epilepsy, I...

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Heidi's Backup Band
21 May

My Walk Story: Heidi’s Backup Band

By Ella Allen Heidi’s Diagnosis We are a large family. I have a brother, Finn, who is 11-years-old, a sister, Lily, who is 16-years-old, and another sister, Heidi, who is nine-years-old. Heidi had her first seizure when she was four-months-old. I was eight-years-old. At that time, I don’t think I had even heard the word “seizure.”  We didn’t realize it yet, but it wasn’t...

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25 Mar

My Epilepsy Story: From Law Enforcement to Education

By Ken Marschand How My Epilepsy Journey Began After a traumatic brain injury in 2004, my doctors told me to expect seizures at some point in my life. However, I didn’t know as much as I know now about how seizures vary from person to person. A few years ago, while grocery shopping with my wife, something strange happened. My eyes twitched wildly,...

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Kris and his family
22 Mar

My Epilepsy Story: Kris

The First Seizure On January 3, 2018, Kris, a healthy and happy 15 year-old teenager, had his first seizure. We had just returned home from a vacation two days before. He had gone to his room when his father called him to come help clean up the living room. When he didn’t appear after being called a couple of times,...

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Big Give 2019
11 Mar

How Do I Create a Giving Campaign?

Big Give is coming up! This year, the 24-hour online giving day is on March 28 starting at midnight. Early giving doesn’t start until March 21, but you can create your own fundraiser now! Follow these three easy steps to create your own giving campaign: Go to bit.ly/biggive-efcst. Click on the Fundraise button and complete the form. Read the instructions in...

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