EC Community: Students Promote Epilepsy Awareness by Wearing Purple

Posted March 24, 2011 by Suzy Kenny.

Epilepsy affects over 50 million people worldwide or approximately 1 in 100 people.

EC Academy Students get a break from their all black dress code on March 25th and 26th: Promote Epilepsy awareness by wearing purple colored accesories to support the Global day of Epilepsy on March 26, 2011.

Purple Day was founded in 2008, by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada, with the help of the Epilepsy Association of Nova Scotia (EANS). Cassidy chose the colour purple after the international colour for epilepsy, lavender. The lavender flower is also often associated with solitude, which is representative of the feelings of isolation many people affected by epilepsy and seizure disorders often feel. Cassidy's goal is for people with epilepsy everywhere to know they are not alone.

You can make a donation to the Epilepsy Association here.