Epilepsy Ottawa
211 Bronson Avenue Suite 207 K1R 6H5 Ottawa, ON, Canada

BRAIN WAVES Newsletter - April 2021 - https://mailchi.mp/a30c31c20ac7/brainwaves-april2021

Tonight we will be offering our second Helping Hands Social Group for kids living with epilepsy! We're starting things off at 6pm! RSVP here to be sent the link to participate! https://epilepsyottawa.ca/cal/helping-hands-social-group-2/

Did you know that Friday, March 26th was Purple Day? Epilepsy agencies across the country got their local landmarks to light up purple to show support! #PurpleDay2021 We were so lucky to have the support of the Canada Science and Technology Museum right here in Ottawa to #LightTheNight in celebration of the 10,000 people in the region living with epilepsy!

It's time to #LightTheNight for #PurpleDay2021!!! Check it out below!

Join us tonight at 8pm as landmarks across Canada #LightTheNight for #PurpleDay2021!

Today we will join landmarks across Canada and #LightTheNight for #PurpleDay2021 in celebration of the nearly 10,000 people in the Ottawa Area and 95,000 people provincially that are living with epilepsy every. single. day!

There's still time to get your province wide 50/50 tickets before the end of the month! Enter to win over $1,500 while also supporting your local Epilepsy Agency! www.epilepsy5050.ca

Join us this Giving Tuesday to UPLIFT people with epilepsy. Genevieve Dowling will lead a mindfulness meditation session and discuss how it can improve our mental health. Suggested donation: $10 through www.epilepsyottawa.ca/donate... Proceeds will support UPLIFT, a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy program for people with epilepsy and depression.

UPLIFT is coming back in the new year! If you or someone you know is looking for strategies on how to help manage their Epilepsy and Anxiety & Depression independently, UPLIFT is here to help! Find out more at: www.epilepsyottawa.ca/uplift

Has your child been recently diagnosed with Epilepsy? Feel like you don't know where to begin? Clinic to Community is a program created to educate individuals and families all about their diagnosis! To learn more head to: www.epilepsyottawa.ca/c2c

We are already half way through November! Make sure to get your provincial 50/50 tickets to support Epilepsy services in the Ottawa area! The prize is now over $500!!! www.epilepsy5050.ca