Sail For Epilepsy is excited to announce that Jazz Pharmaceuticals has come aboard as a sponsor in 2023. The purpose of this global biopharmaceutical company is to innovate […]
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Purple Day 2023
Celebrated annually on March 26, Epilepsy Awareness Day, or Purple Day, was created to increase the public’s understanding of this brain disorder and to eliminate […]
Research Focus: Brain Food and the Potential to Stop the Development of Epilepsy
We recently checked in with one of our partners, the Department of Neuroscience at Tufts University School of Medicine. A portion of all funds that […]
Amplifying Our Message
A key to reducing the stigma around epilepsy is educating as many people as possible about this disorder. Recently we started to ask, how can […]
Annual Appeal 2022
Help us continue our mission to inspire, raise awareness, and educate. This past year, Sail For Epilepsy sailed over 5,200 nautical miles, held 12 in-person events in the United States, Portugal, and Morocco, and streamed an additional 7 virtual events.
Awareness & Education in Morocco – Part 2
Our recent time in Morocco was so full we split our blog about the experience into two parts. In case you missed the first one, […]
Awareness & Education in Morocco: Part 1
We arrived in Morocco late on October 18th 2022 for a slate of events aimed at raising awareness and educating about epilepsy. During the next […]
Chronicle 5 WCVB
The Sail For Epilepsy mission and Phil’s journey with epilepsy were featured on the Boston based news show, Chronicle.
Connecting with the Community in Lisboa
The past two days have been a whirlwind of activities in Lisbon, Portugal all focused on inspiring the epilepsy community while educating the general public. […]
Raising Awareness in Aveiro
This weekend we drove to the coastal town of Aveiro, Portugal. Unfortunately, there is a bridge that is not tall enough to allow Ingwe to sail under it that prevented us from visiting by boat.