Marco DeAngelo's Fundraiser
Raise awareness for Epilepsy and Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy
Join me and help make a difference, please give today.
Robert Pingar
"Proud of your long distance run! Uncle Rob"
$26
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Rachel Sowinski
I donated in support of this campaign.
$50
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Carole Ethridge
"Well done, Marco!"
$25
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Sarah Ethridge
"We love you Marco!!!!!"
$10
A supporter of Marco DeAngelo
I donated in support of this campaign.
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Marisa Sowinski
"Marco, enjoy and have fun running in the Chicago Marathon! We are all so proud of you for bringing awareness to Childhood Epilepsy!"
$100
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Diane & Gary Pagliaro
"Marco~ The best of luck on your first Marathon. We’re rooting for you. Gary & Diane Pags"
$50
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Vincent DeAngelo
"Bruv"
$20
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Erin Rehmann
"hoping it's the full 26.2! so proud!!"
$50
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Maria DeAngelo
"Let’s get to work! "
$50
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Erin Gaffney
"Go Marco, go! "
$25
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Liana Egan
"So proud of you! 💜 Liana "
$100
A supporter of Marco DeAngelo
I donated in support of this campaign.
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Marian McLaughlin
"Good luck Marco!"
$50
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Angela DeAngelo
I donated in support of this campaign.
$50
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Lorraine DeAngelo Samara
"Go Marco! "
$50
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Karen Saydlowski
"You can do it, Marco! We're so proud! And remember... eat the fettuccini alfredo AFTER the race. Love, Aunt Karen & Uncle Karl"
$100
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Alex Peters
"❤️❤️"
$200
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Colin Harkins
I donated in support of this campaign.
$25
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Mark Kelly
I donated in support of this campaign.
$25
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Shaila Green
"Go get ‘em, Marco! Good luck!"
$25
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Chris Buccellato
"Get the heck off my epilepsy ya crusty wiener"
$50
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Nick Moscatelli
"In addition to my donation I’ll make you an Imagine Dragons playlist to run too. Should help big time. "
$50
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Morgan Gass
"Good luck!!"
$25
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Paul DeAngelo
"Love your choice of picture for the donation page. Have fun training!"
$50
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Gia DeAngelo
"Good luck and way to try to be moms favorite! "
$100
I will be running the Chicago Marathon to help raise awareness on Epilepsy through the Danny Did Foundation. This cause has a special connection to me as my Mom, who has lived with Epilepsy for her whole life, got me involved with running at a young age and continues to inspire me to run. Please help me in reaching my fundraising goal and helping support Epilepsy awareness!
Thank you
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Founded by Chicagoans Mike and Mariann Stanton in January 2010 after the death of their four-year-old son Danny, the Danny Did Foundation works toward its mission to prevent deaths caused by seizures with these main goals in mind: advancing public awareness of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), enhancing SUDEP education and disclosure between medical professionals and families afflicted by seizures, and the mainstreaming of seizure detection and prediction devices that may assist in preventing seizure-related deaths.
Epilepsy impacts more than 3.4 million people in the United States - more people than ever before, per the CDC - and 65 million people worldwide. One in 26 Americans will develop epilepsy. Seizures can sometimes be fatal from a range of causes; more people die as a result of seizures than from fires and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) combined. Thousands of U.S. deaths occur annually from SUDEP, and estimated 50,000 deaths occur worldwide each year due to SUDEP, status epilepticus (prolonged seizures), and other seizure-related causes such as drowning and other accidents.
To achieve our goals, the DDF interacts directly with patients and caregivers to provide them resources and immediate support, often related to education or funding for seizure detection devices. We also engage providers and researchers in the field of neurology; we collaborate with medical technology companies; we consult with epilepsy organizations, and anyone else who is affected by Danny’s story. We ask doctors to talk about SUDEP, and we offer ourselves as an outlet to which doctors can steer patients. We create informational pieces about safety in epilepsy in general and SUDEP in particular. We pursue the latest seizure detection and seizure prediction technologies, and once identified as viable and worthwhile instruments, we work to get these products approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and then covered by insurance companies. We view these devices as complimentary to medicinal, surgical, and dietary measures that are used to treat seizures, and –with SUDEP accounting from an estimated 20 percent of seizure-related deaths– we believe that there is no such thing as too much prevention.