1st Annual Maine Walk for Epilepsy
Even the weather cooperated on Sunday, May 18th for Maine’s first walk for Epilepsy. The skies in Saco as we all gathered at the Young Elementary School were sunny and the air was blissfully warm. It was…picturesque!
…and take pictures they did! Over 200 people showed up for the walk, raising over $10,000. Channel 6 news followed us around with video cameras, interviewed Kristine Binette (the woman who organized it all!) and met little Delia, the inspiration for the walk.
It was…in a word, amazing. In several words? I was overwhelmed by the amount of people that attended the walk. They ran out of tee-shirts (they ordered 200 I think?) before I even got there, luckily I still managed to get one. My Epi was there with her two sons, along with so many other people I knew from over the telephone because of the support group, or from the EFA, or online 
The amount raised was phenomenal as well. For a first ever walk, $10,000 is nothing to laugh at! Kristine Binette deserves a large round of applause and a day out with the ladies for all her hard work. Maybe in a few years time we can raise $80,000 and $100,000! With every dollar raised we are closer to getting more services available to the residents of Maine.
Soooo, I took some fabulous pictures. My friend Wendy took even more fabulous pictures, so did her daughter and her mum. I’m begging her quite often for copies of said photos. Until then…here are the very few I took (I forgot my camera and had to resort to my camera phone!)
This one was taken by Wendy’s mum. From the left: Me, Wendy, Wendy’s two fabulous teenagers
Me, Oonagh (the doggie) Kristine Binette and Delia Binette
Lisa (Maine Neurology) her puppers, Me and my puppers!
Her awareness shirt reads: “Wag! Supports Maine’s First Walk for Epilepsy” She got stamped on her shirt (humans got stamped on their hands) and the bottom shows this website’s address. Oonagh is an Epilepsy Awareness advocate now 