By Julie Hutchison | President, Co-Founder and Chelsea's Mother
It is time for another update from The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation on this project. We are so grateful for your support of this very important project. Monitors save lives - we hear it every day!!!
To date, we have provided 353 life-saving movement monitors. Our demand is huge as when families learn these are available, they are desperate to get a decent night sleep by having these lines of defense in place. It is hard to keep up with the requests. We work tiredlessly to be able to support these families. The stories we hear and the feedback we receive is amazing.
"The CHF is an amazing foundation!! We are so grateful for their help in getting our daughter a seizure monitor. No family should have to lose their child to SUDEP (Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy) and thanks to CHF, more and more families are decreasing the chances because of the seizure monitors they are purchasing for families. We will forever be grateful to CHF!" Heather L.
"The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation connected my son Connor Doran with support for his Epilepsy. They sponsored him so we could afford a Smart Monitor and have helped him become independent and confident! We have now connected many other people with CHF to get them the support and help they need to live a full and safer life." Dare To Dream, Amy and Connor, America's Got Talent Top 12 Indoor Kite Flier
Enjoy seeing the faces of our 2015-2015 monitor recipients. You will see that epilepsy does not discriminate. One in 26 will be diagnosed with epilepsy in their lifetime. Epilepsy affects over 3 million Americans of all ages - more than multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystropy and Parkinson's disease - combined. Almost 500 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed every day and, like Chelsea, it is estimated that up to 50,000 Americans die from seizures and seizure-related causes every year in the United States.
We have some exciting events coming up. The Epilepsy Awareness Day at Elitches and the Purple Duck Chase, both at Elitch Gardens in Denver, CO is June 4, 2016. This event was inspired by Epilepsy Awareness Day at Disneyland which takes place in November in Anaheim, CA. Our hope is to be able to send families to participate in both events this year. STOMP Out Epilepsy and SUDEP Awareness Walk/Run will take place in 10 locations across the United STates this September. We'd love to see you at any of these events!
Thank you again for your continued support.
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