DANNY DID FOUNDATION
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Mission Statement
The Danny Did Foundation is a Chicago-based nonprofit created in honor of a boy named Danny Stanton who died from a seizure, just before his fifth birthday. To carry on his legacy of joy and love, Danny's cause provides families who face epilepsy with practical information and resources that help to keep their loved one safe.
About This Cause
Founded by Chicago parents Mike and Mariann Stanton in 2010 after the sudden death of their four-year-old son Danny, the Danny Did Foundation’s primary mission is to prevent deaths caused by seizures. The Foundation is dedicated to advancing public awareness of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), enhancing the SUDEP communication model between medical professionals and families impacted by seizures, and gaining mainstream acceptance and use of seizure detection and prediction devices that may assist in preventing seizure-related deaths. We view these devices as complimentary to medicinal, surgical and dietary measures that are used to treat seizures. Epilepsy impacts nearly three million people in the United States and 65 million people worldwide. One in 26 Americans will develop epilepsy over their lifetime. 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 deaths occur annually from SUDEP, status epilepticus (prolonged seizures), and other seizure-related causes such as drowning and other accidents. From grammar school students to nationally recognized epilepsy experts, Danny Did Foundation believes that a global problem such as epilepsy deserves the attention of all of the globe’s inhabitants. Danny Did is a partner member of The SUDEP Institute, the North American SUDEP Registry, and the Partners Against Mortality in Epilepsy conference. Danny Did Foundation was proud to be the 2013 Charity Partner of the Northwestern University Dance Marathon (www.nudm.org), one of the largest student-run philanthropic programs in the U.S. Danny Did is a non-profit corporation organized in Illinois and recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Find more information at www.dannydid.org, www.facebook.com/DannyDid and www.twitter.com/dannydidorg. The name of the Danny Did Foundation originates from the last line of Danny Stanton’s obituary, written by his dad: “Please go and enjoy your life. Danny did.”