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JOIN US FOR OUR MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP! Every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm in the Greater Naples YMCA 5450 YMCA Rd, #100, Naples, FL 34109 A NEW EPILEPSY RESOURCE CENTER TO OPEN IN NAPLES! Living with epilepsy can be challenging. The center will provide a comfortable environment for people with epilepsy and their caretakers to find the necessary resources and guidance to help manage their everyday life. The epilepsy resource center will include: Wednesday, Dec. 14th, 2016 • 7 pm WITH GUEST SPEAKER Heidi Roderick Health Community Manager TOPIC: How Exercising helps the Mind Wednesday, Jan. 11th, 2017 • 7 pm WITH GUEST SPEAKER Ramzy Medaa, MD • A resource library • A caregiver assistant • Computer work stations for research or education • Monthly epilepsy support group/ educational series program • Healthcare navigation guidance With the greater Naples YMCA partnership, we will be able to reach out to many more people in our local community to provide much needed care and resources. Our goal is to raise $30,000 to build the epilepsy resource center. We are reaching out to our generous community for their help in this important effort and to raise these crucial dollars. TOPIC: Social Stigma Wednesday, Feb. 8th, 2017 • 7 pm WITH GUEST SPEAKER Wendy Bond, MD TOPIC: Tragedy of SUDEP Wednesday, Mar. 8th, 2017 • 7 pm WITH GUEST SPEAKER Igor Levy-Reis, MD TOPIC: Epilepsy and Elderly FOR MORE INFO CONTACT DANNY ROSENFELD AT [email protected] EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA 1-8777-553-7453 WWW.EFOF.ORG MARK YOUR CALENDAR!