Events & News

Events & News

All year long, the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group promotes epilepsy education for patients, their caregivers, medical treatment staff, and the general public. Team Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group participates in several epilepsy walks and many different fundraising activities that directly benefit the national or local epilepsy foundations and advocacy societies. Check out our upcoming schedule and you may find an activity that interests you.

12th National Epilepsy Walk in Washington, DC

12th National Epilepsy Walk in Washington, DC

April 14, 2018

12th National Epilepsy Walk in Washington, DC

The National Walk for Epilepsy is a fundraising event with inspirational, healthy and fun community celebration of music and entertainment with friends, family, corporations and organizations celebrating their fundraising success and support for the epilepsy community.

The National Walk for Epilepsy registration, donation and volunteer site is now open! Take advantage of the super early bird prices of $30 for adults, $20 for youth under age 12 and $35 for virtual walkers. Register, donate or volunteer at www.walkforepilepsy.org.

Our 2018 National Walk is very special! Epilepsy Foundation will celebrate 50 years of program and services supporting and impacting our epilepsy community and beyond on the National Mall!

Our Wellness Institute partners will be in Walker's Village providing healthy meal demonstrations and tips that can help people living with epilepsy, their family members and all of us improve our overall quality of life.

We challenge all participants to raise a minimum of $350! It's easy as 1-2-3. Click here to learn how to raise $350 in a week. The first 350 individual or virtual walker who registers, create a fundraising page and raise $350 by September 1, 2017 will receive a 50th Anniversary Commemorative gift.

Get excited, involved and rally your supporters to help in your fundraising efforts and let's exceed our $1,000,000 goal! On your mark, get set, GO!!!! See you on the National Mall on Saturday, April 14, 2018!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/12th-annual-national-walk-for-epilepsy-tickets-36692314701



Events that were highlighted in the past

• American Epilepsy Society Annual Convention in Denver Colorado
• November: Epilepsy Awareness month
• Global Online Summit
• Epilepsy Services of New Jersey (ESNJ) is hosting the Jacksonian Epilepsy Summit
• APA 2026 in Washington, DC
• Seventh Annual Purple Day Expo at Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando, FL
• Epilepsy Alliance America Member Organization Meeeting
• International Epilepsy Day
• Webinar offered by the Family Resource Network/Epilepsy Services of NJ
• Epilepsy Book Club
• American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting
• Primer Congreso Latinoamericano sobre Trastornos Neurológicos Funcionales
• November: Epilepsy Awareness month
• Walk for the one 2025
• Epilepsy Book Club
• Managing psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) at school
• Webinar: Inside Specialized Epilepsy Centers
• Fearcast Podcast
• Grand rounds (virtual) British Columbia Neuropsychiatry Program
• Purple Day