November 1 Take the Get Seizure Smart quiz at GetSeizureSmart.org. November 2 Change your voicemail message to: It’s National Epilepsy Awareness Month, visit GetSeizureSmart.org. November 3 Send an e-mail to all your contacts telling them it’s National Epilepsy Awareness Month. November 4 Get with family and friends and create a local National Epilepsy Awareness Month event or fundraiser. November 5 Customize a press release announcing National Epilepsy Awareness Month and send it to the editor of your local newspaper. November 6 Enter a photo and say a few comments at the LIFE Facebook Page or the Nebraska Epilepsy Support Group Facebook Page. November 7 Ask your government officials (legislators, mayor, governor, etc.) to support Governor Heineman’s Proclamation Signing on Nov. 7th which will allow Nebraska to recognize November as National Epilepsy Awareness Month. November 8 Join us from 6-8pm at Chick-fil-A in Bellevue, NE just off of Cornhusker Drive for Epilepsy Awareness Night! 10% of proceeds between 6-8pm will be donated to LIFE to support local programs and services. There will be clowns creating balloon masterpieces, the Chick-fil-A Cow Mascot greeting everyone and kids having fun in the play area all while supporting a great cause! November 9 Attend the Annual LIFE Celebration Gala at UNMC Event Center and help support your local epilepsy support agency. Tickets are on sale at epilepsylife.org November 10 Ask a local business to become a LIFE partner at epilepsylife.org November 11 For many soldiers with traumatic brain injury, epilepsy will be a long-term consequence. This Veteran’s Day, learn more about seizures at epilepsylife.org. November 12 Ask your child’s sports team to take a seizure first aid quiz and wear purple at their games during the month of November. November 13 Share the Get Seizure Smart public service announcement (PSA) at GetSeizureSmart.org on your social media sites. November 14 E-mail everyone on your Nebraska Walk for Epilepsy team thanking them for their support. November 15 Put a link to the LIFE website on your neighborhood listserv. epilepsylife.org November 16 Ask a local merchant to include a tidbit on Epilepsy Awareness Month in every bag that leaves the store. November 17 Ask a local merchant to host an awareness event and donate proceeds to Lifestyle Innovations For Epilepsy, Inc. aka LIFE to support local programs and services. November 18 Send a text to all of your friends asking them to show support for National Epilepsy Awareness Month. November 19 E-mail everyone in your office asking them to show support for National Epilepsy Awareness Month. November 20 Post 10 seizure first aid pamphlets on local bulletin boards (e.g., your gym, library, grocery store, etc.) November 21 Spread the word by asking your department to wear something purple on jeans day Friday. November 22 Give “Thanks” and think of other’s who are living with epilepsy. November 23 Post a large purple ribbon on your office door or cube wall and encourage people to ask you what it means. November 24 Ask your local pizza place to put a seizure first aid pamphlet on every outgoing pizza box. November 25 Post the GetSeizureSmart.org link on your social media sites telling your friends how you are helping America Get Seizure Smart. November 26 Ask your child’s teacher to give the Get Seizure Smart quiz in class and review seizure first aid and recognition. November 27 Distribute the quiz and seizure first aid pamphlet to school nurses and health teachers in your school system. November 28 Ask your doctor’s office to place copies of the Get Seizure Smart quiz in their waiting room. November 29 Ask your child’s school to put the quiz in in every student’s backpack. November 30 Let us know on LIFE’s Facebook page how you helped support National Epilepsy Awareness Month. Dear Ms. Teacher, I would like to encourage you and _________Elementary to support National Epilepsy Awareness Month. One way you can do this is by providing a copy of the Seizure Smart quiz and flyer in each students back pack during the month of November. Did you know that student’s who participated in educational trainings to recognize, treat and understand seizures and epilepsy had an average 12 point increase in safety knowledge compared to non-participants.. Additionally, education promotes tolerance and encourages positive attitudes towards people with epilepsy that sticks with them through high school and on through life. Thank you for all you do to help children learn and succeed. I hope that you make this an annual event which leads to stigma busting of this chronic condition that affects students at this school, throughout Nebraska and the World. Sincerely, Your Name Here
Posted on: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:12:25 +0000
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