By Deron Hamel Iris Amaya says her decision to send her son Jeremy to Summerfest Camp for the first time six years ago was largely to provide her with a sense of well-being. Jeremy, who is living with epilepsy, was six at the time. Iris says she made the decision to send her son to…
By Deron Hamel Adam Prashaw went through life facing many challenges but always persevered. On Jan. 24, Adam, 22, tragically died after suffering a seizure in his hot tub at his Ottawa home. But his story doesn’t stop there. One day later and more than 500 kilometres away, in Welland, Ont., a 53-year-old man was…
By Deron Hamel Epilepsy Halton Peel Hamilton communications manager Trevor Gordon was scanning online news stories in May when he came across a Global News article about a Mississauga family who was trying to find supports for the 5-year-old boy they had adopted who is living with epilepsy. In May, Rosy Garcia and Andres Sosa…
By Deron Hamel When Rick McGraw set out to climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) to buy state-of-the-art laser surgery equipment, he had a goal of raising $300,000. Since completing the climb Aug. 1, he has raised $332,000, and the money is still coming in. Proceeds from McGraw’s…
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