Purple Pumpkins?

If you’re new to town you may be wondering “What’s up with all the purple pumpkins?” Last year our community unexpectedly lost a friend, AJ Trusty. His family, known for their ongoing generosity and civic mindedness quickly chose to educate others and while remembering AJ is helping to raise awareness about Epilepsy, a neurological condition which affects the nervous system. Epilepsy also known as a seizure disorder is usually diagnosed after a person has had at least two seizures. Seizures are caused by disturbances in the electrical activity in the brain.

65 million people around the world have epilepsy.
Between 2.2 and 3 million people in the United States have epilepsy.
1 in 26 people in the United States will develop epilepsy at some point.
Between 5 and 8 out of 1,000 people in the United States live with epilepsy at any one time.
150,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy in the United States each year
About 1 out of 3 people with epilepsy live with uncontrolled seizures because no available treatment works for them.
For 6 out of 10 people with epilepsy, the cause of epilepsy is unknown.
(Patricia O. Shafer RN, MN on 9/2014)

For more information visit www.epilepsy.com

SO if you haven’t already, go ahead and paint your pumpkin purple, display it with pride, and show your support for the Trusty Family and all those affected by Epilepsy. “Not Another Day or Life Lost To Seizures”