The Kansas City Seize the Day 5K will be held on September 21, 2025 at 9:00 am at English Landing Park. Registration is now open.
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The St. Louis Seize the Day 5K will be held on October 4th, 2025 at 7:30 am at Kirkwood Park. Registration is now open.
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We wanted to express our deepest appreciation to all of our sponsors, anttendees, supporters, and volunteers for making our Kansas City Unmasking Epilepsy Gala on April 5th so successful!
We were able to raise over $74,000 at this event which will help continue our important programs to help those in our community living with epilepsy.
Special thanks to our corporate sponsors: Children's Mercy Kansas City, Essig Family McDonald's, Fairbanks Crane Law, Home State Health, The University of Kansas Health System, Kutak Rock Attorneys at Law, LivaNova, Max Jantz Excavating, Molle Auto Group, Neurelis, Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, SK Life Science, SWL Injury Lawyers, Van Trust.
Thank you so much to everyone that attended and donated to our Mind Over Matter yoga event on March 22nd! We raised over $17,000. Special thanks to Fox Yoga for donating space at their awesome yoga studio, Emily Hogan for donating her time teaching the class and Amanda Armbruster for making this event such a great success!
THANK YOU to all who supported the St. Louis Beat the Odds Epilepsy Foundation Gala!
We raised almost $53,000 with 125 attendees at the Beat the Odds Epilepsy Foundation Gala in St. Louis. We are extremely grateful for everyone who attended, donated to and sponsored this event!
Special thanks to Kayci Capps for sharing her story about her son Will's journey with Dravet Syndrome (a rare and severe form of epilepsy) and to our Outstanding Clinician awardees: Dr. Glen Fenton, Dr. Brian Keith Day, and Laurin Espy.
Finally, this event wouldn't have been possible without our many sponsors: Platinum Sponsor: Neurelis; Gold Sponsor: UCB; Corporate Sponsors: Medtronic, St. Louis Children's Hospital, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Worldwide Freight Management, SSMHealth, SK Life Science and PNC.
THANK YOU to all who supported the Columbia Beat the Odds Epilepsy Foundation Gala!
We raised almost $50,000 with 175 attendees at the Beat the Odds Epilepsy Foundation Gala in Columbia. We are extremely grateful for everyone who attended, donated to and sponsored this event!
We can't thank Dr. Komal Ashraf enough for her tireless work on this event that made it such a great success.
Finally, this event wouldn't have been possible without our many sponsors: Platinum Sponsors: MU Neurology and UCB; Gold Sponsors: SK Life Science; Corporate Sponsors: Ad-Tech Medical, Advanced Radiology, Flat Branch Home Loans, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Medtronic, MU Health, Neurelis, NeuroPace, Neuro Institute and Xeris.
The Wichita Seize the Day 5K was held on October 12. It was a beautiful day and we loved being together to support the cause of epilepsy. We want to thank all involved who helped us raise almost $7,000 with approximately 50 participants and most importantly supporting those with epilepsy. We so appreciate our top team: Team Beautiful Little Mermaid. This event would not be possible without our sponsors: Catalyst, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, LivaNova, SK Life Science and UCB.
The KC Seize the Day 5K was held on September 22, 2024. We were thankful that the rain cleared just in time for our event. We want to thank everyone who came together to help us raise approximately $40,000 with almost 240 participants and most importantly giving us the opportunity to spend time with those affected by epilepsy. We want to thank our Teams and all of the funds they raised, especially our top five teams: Meg’s Movers-N-Shakers, Nimble Neurons - KU Epilepsy and Wilson’s Warriors. We also want to thank our sponsors: Title Sponsors: Toyota Financial Services and Molle Toyota and Gold Sponsors: Children's Mercy, Neurelis and UCB and Silver Sponsors: PhRMA, and Bronze Sponsors: Catalyst, Certainteed, Grundy Disability Group, Jazz, University of Kansas Health System, LivaNova, Medtronic and SK Life Science.
The St. Louis Seize the Day 5K was held on August 17, 2024. We want to thank all involved who helped us raise $82,000 with 745 participants and most importantly giving us the opportunity to spend time with those affected by epilepsy. We so appreciate our Teams and all of the funds they raised including our top three teams: Team Andrew and Katelyn Johnson ($24,000 raised and 109 members), Carsten's Crusaders (almost $12,000 raised) and Scott's Squad (over $4,000 raised). This event would not be possible without our sponsors: Catalyst, Sumitomo Pharma UCB, St. Louis Children's Hospital (BJC), LivaNova, Medtronic and Neurelis.
The Rolla Seize the Day 5K was held on June 8, 2024. The rain passed through before the 5K started to give us great weather and we had a wonderful time supporting those affected by epilepsy. A HUGE THANK YOU to the Fariole family for organizing the event, to Taylor Fariole for her lemonade stand in honor of her epilepsy warrior brother, Jack, and our SPONSORS: Alex's Pizza, Jack's Warriors, Southard Trucking, Panera Bread, Pediatric Dentistry of the Ozark, Phelps County Bank, Schmidt CPAs & Advisors and Uniquely Wired.
