Mark your calendars! San Antonio’s largest online giving day, The Big Give SA, is happening on September 10th this year. For 24-hours, you’ll be able to support people with epilepsy by making your Big Give contribution. This year for Big Give SA, we’re looking at the heart of what we do, the medical services we provide to those with epilepsy....
August 16, 2022 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm This is a support group for individuals, family members, and caregivers whose lives are affected by epilepsy. Here, you can talk with people who really understand where you’re coming from. For the zoom link and password, fill out our contact form or contact...
One of the most essential parts of the Walk to END EPILEPSY is the people who support us. One of those supporters is Board Member and volunteer, Lizzy Aranibar. Since 2016, Lizzy’s Legends has been a major part of the Walk to END EPILEPSY, recruiting 123 team...
To spotlight the people this Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas helps, check out our weekly blog called, “An Inside Look.” This week, read about how we’re raising awareness at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Raising Awareness Part of what we do at the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas is engage with our community to raise awareness about epilepsy. Our services cover 79 counties,...
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...
By America Guerrero America Guerrero is an intern at the Epilepsy Foundation Central & South Texas and a previous guest author. Read America’s family story here. Becoming a Camp Counselor This summer, while interning at the Epilepsy Foundation...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
