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- EIN 46-2281638
- 949-310-0394
- PO BOX 2132 capo beach CA 92624 USA
- carleyeissmanfoundation.com
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Causes: Health, Public Health
Mission: Our foundation is driven purely through the tragic loss of our beautiful daughter Carley. Carley was seizure free for 3 1/2 years because we changed the way she ate. She ate no sugar and only 20 carbs a day. Her adventure in life was just beginning, and it was cut short by epilepsy! We never want a family to go through what we have gone through. We decided simply to show families by feeding them delicious carb-free meals that they could stop or slow down their child's seizures.
Results: The CEF Has been in partnership with the USC Keck School of Medicine Neurology for 2 1/2 years. We have successfully collected data on several of our 'regular' families who attend our monthly classes. When they all started coming to our classes and working with our dietitian, Jessica Lowe, they have all successfully stopped their seizures. They have done this with the support and teamwork of their neurologist, their dietitian, and our Carley's Carb-less Kitchen classes. We call them all our 'ambassadors' of proof that dietary therapy works to end epilepsy. They all range in ages of 2 yrs. old to 20 years old. They are all the CEF's HEROES. We have at least 2 new families at every class, and our AMBASSADORS greet them with a knowledge of information on eating carb-less. The new families don't feel alone anymore! We are here to help them as a community of doctors, dietitians, and families working together to end epilepsy.
Target demographics: All who deal with epilepsy!
Direct beneficiaries per year: We have helped several families end their seizures through changing their diets.
Geographic areas served: any family who deals with epilepsy, doctors, and dietitians who support dietary therapy as an option to end seizures
Programs: We provide community based free, carb-less cooking classes held inside off a hospital for families who deal with epilepsy. Dietary therapy is a proven option to end seizures. We are not about AWARENESS, we are about change. The magic of our classes are that we give families the tools to create delicious carb-less meals in their own kitchen. We counsel, teach, and share incredible carb-less meals together with neurologist, dietitians, and families in search of ending seizures! We also are feeding carb-less meals to future doctors who attend USC. Our goal is to enlighten and inspire them on all the current studies of how successful dietary therapy can be for ending seizures THROUGH feeding them an amazing, easy to make, carb-less meal. They all leave med school with a knowledge of dietary therapy and how it can help end epilepsy.
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