I Saw You… Walking In the Rain…

Nope, I am not post­ing about Oran Juice Jones and his clas­sic hit ref­er­enced in the title of this post. I am talk­ing about the Epilepsy Foun­da­tion of West­ern Ohio fund rais­ing event that was held last week­end at Delco park in Ket­ter­ing, Ohio. It was a very rainy Sat­ur­day, and still 75 peo­ple turned out to show sup­port and raise money for the Epilepsy Foun­da­tion.  The event raised almost $6,000 for the Epilepsy Foun­da­tion of West­ern Ohio.

At the event I got to hear the amaz­ing story of Xan­der Tip­ton, a young boy who was diag­nosed with seizures in 2005.  With the help of the Epilepsy Foun­da­tion he is now seizure free and off of med­i­cine.  His story is amaz­ing and inspir­ing to any­one touched by epilepsy.  His fam­ily spoke about the key role that Janine Poppa and the EFWO played in get­ting them the resources they needed to help Xan­der.  Their story is won­der­ful, and indica­tive of the great work that this orga­ni­za­tion does.

My fam­ily got the dis­tinct honor of lead­ing the walk which cir­cled the park. Although it was cold, wet, and not a very pic­turesque day to walk, we were delighted to be out in the ele­ments show­ing our com­mit­ment to the won­der­ful work of this organization.

I want to thank every­one who turned out for the event, those who made online dona­tions, and those who con­tinue to sup­port the EFWO with their time and finan­cial con­tri­bu­tions. You are mak­ing a real dif­fer­ence in the lives of peo­ple deal­ing with Epilepsy.

Next up… Mud Vol­ley­ball ( more on that later this week.)  If it rains like this for that event, mud will not be a problem.