It is difficult to put into words what a family who has a child with epilepsy goes through each day and each week. Each family has a story to tell. Each family story has similarities, and each has its unique experiences. I have personally witnessed the families and their children who were transformed from being completely dependent into becoming an interdependent teen or young adult.
The Epilepsy Services Foundation is a benchmark organization for the way it assists families to better understand their son or daughter's epilepsy and the struggles the families face. The Foundation's staff and volunteers share an insight that too many people take for granted. That insight is that no family needs to face alone the anxieties, guilt, and bouts of hopelessness that so many families experience. The Foundation provides the kinds of help a family needs to cope with the challenges they face. Getting that kind of help for a family is the key to the children blossoming into mature and thriving young persons.
This is an organization every family with a child, teen, or young adult should go to for compassionate service.
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The Epilepsy Services Foundation is an organization I am willing to contribute to. The have a very small staff and a large number of volunteers who are dedicated to the children and families needing help. The staff and volunteers go out to the community to provide education and awareness programs about epilepsy. They mentor volunteers and encourage them to meet with the newly diagnosed children with epilepsy and their families to give them support and to provide information about epilepsy. They also do fundraising for a number of programs, one of which is the camp program that sends kids with epilepsy to a camp that cares for the needs of kids with a chronic condition. The camp is Camp Boggy Creek.
The Epilepsy Services Foundation is an excellent non-profit organization.
This organization works closely with families who may have a family member with epilepsy. The fundraisers that they sponsor are phenomenal. Anyone on the Board is readily available to give support whether through a meeting or by phone. This organization goes above and beyond with their members
I have been working with the ESF team over five years now, primarily on an annual fundraiser, Septembeerfest, held at my place of business, Southern Brewing & Winemaking. The individuals who represent this organization are extremely passionate about bettering the lives of people with epilepsy! Their passion is reflected in their every action and is contagious to those they touch. They win the hearts and commitment of numerous dedicated volunteers and businesses who donate their time and goods to Septembeerfest.....and, I believe it's their passion that draws the crowds to the event! Out of my 25 plus years of volunteering for various non-profit organizations, the volunteers and staff of ESF are the most dedicated, hard working and reliable group I've ever worked with. I hope to see this event continue on for years to come!
My husband has been living with epilepsy for 20 years. ESF does a wonderful job of bringing awareness and support to the epilepsy community of the Tampa Bay area. Tom and his staff are amazing. They truly care about the people they serve and they continue to bring joy to so many families. We are honored to volunteer at ESF events and help support them in any way we can. We are blessed to have ESF in Tampa.