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.
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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.
Community Connections Event: Porto
Yesterday afternoon Sail For Epilepsy and the Portuguese League Against Epilepsy (LPCE) hosted a 2 hour event at Douro Marina, across from the city of […]
Presentation at Okeanos Research Centre
On Wednesday June 15th, Phil was invited to give an epilepsy awareness and education presentation at the Okeanos Research Centre, which is part of the […]
Raising Awareness in Horta, Faial (Portugal)
On a foggy afternoon in the Azores, Sail For Epilepsy was hosted at Peter’s Cafe Sport by Rotary Club da Horta and Clube Naval de […]
Send-off Reception
Last night we held a private send-off reception and revealed the Virtual Shipmates would will join us as we sail across the Atlantic Ocean. We […]