Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate Foundation

01/17/2026

Happy Surgery Anniversary to Me. It was Twenty Years Ago Today. My Temporal Lobectomy Surgery took place in 2006-(This photo was a month after the surgery)-It has Changed my Life. I have had Epilepsy since birth, but it was discovered when I was nine months old. In December 2005, I was scheduled to have temporal lobectomy surgery to correct my Epilepsy. Sadly, it had to be pushed up to January 17, 2006. The ten-and-one-half-hour surgery was a success. Long after the recovery, people watched what I did, and I came to a turning point in my life in the summer of 2009 and was told: "Why don't you start your own Organization?" I spoke with others, and they agreed and supported that suggestion. Our Organization, the Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate, and its website were launched on November 11, 2009. We are still dedicated to helping people with information, support, and so much more as well as making people Aware About Epilepsy. Now we are making more people than ever before Aware About Epilepsy. I am grateful to God, my wife, and all of my family and friends for their ongoing support. Especially my wife. Thank you everyone.

01/09/2026

National Carpe Diem Day Blood Drive, on Thursday, February 26, 2026, Milford Campus of Bridgeport Hospital (Formerly Milford Hospital), 300 Seaside Avenue, Milford, CT 06460. Auditorium A, B, C. For an appointment, please visit redcrossblood.org. Call (800) RED-CROSS (800) 733-2767

12/04/2025

The Big-Y on 22 Spencer Plains Road, in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, is supporting the Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate Foundation with its Community Bag Program for the entire month of December. Every time you buy the $2.50 Community Bag, we receive a $1.00 donation. Again, for the entire month of December at the Big-Y on 22 Spencer Plains Road, Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

12/03/2025

10/16/2025

Honoring Our Veterans Blood Drive, Tuesday, December 23, 2025
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, Milford Campus of Bridgeport Hospital
(Formerly Milford Hospital), 300 Seaside Avenue, Milford, CT 06460. Auditorium A, B, C. For an appointment, please visit redcrossblood.org. Call (800) RED-CROSS (800) 733-2767)

09/02/2025

The Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate Foundation, a nonprofit partner in the Stop & Shop Community Bag Program, will receive a $1.00 donation for every $2.50 reusable Community Bag sold during September 2025 at the Stop & Shop located at 55 Village Green Drive, Litchfield, Connecticut.

09/02/2025

The Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate Foundation, a nonprofit partner in the Stop & Shop Community Bag Program, will receive a $1.00 donation for every $2.50 reusable Community Bag sold during September 2025 at the Stop & Shop located at 55 Village Green Drive, Litchfield, Connecticut.

09/01/2025

The Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate Foundation invites all to donate at our 400-Gallon Blood Drive. It will take place on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the Milford Blood Donation Center, located at 486 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460. We will achieve the 400-gallon mark of donations today and are honored that it will take place at the Milford Blood Donation Center, AKA Terranova Family Blood Donation Center. For an appointment, please visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) RED-CROSS (800) 733-2767

08/25/2025

The Big-Y on 150 Boston Post Road in Milford is supporting the Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate Foundation with its Community Bag Program throughout the entire month of September. Every time you buy the $2.50 Community Bag, we receive a $1.00 donation. Again, for the whole of September at the Big-Y in Milford on 150 Boston Post Road.

08/25/2025

The Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate Foundation invites all to donate at our 400-Gallon Blood Drive. It will take place on Thursday, October 23, 2025, at the Milford Blood Donation Center, located at 486 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460. We will achieve the 400-gallon mark of donations today and are honored that it will take place at the Milford Blood Donation Center, AKA Terranova Family Blood Donation Center. For an appointment, please visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) RED-CROSS (800) 733-276

08/25/2025

Connecticut Epilepsy Advocate Foundation invites you to our “Bow Tie Blood Drive”. It takes place on Thursday, August 28, 2025, from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, located at 291 Old Gate Lane in Milford. Please lock in all donation times before 5:50 pm. Just call (800) RED-CROSS or online at redcrossblood.org. We need at least 35 donations that day so we can reach the 400—gallon mark at our 400-gallon Blood Drive on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Thank you.