BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.7.4//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:81@epilepsytoronto.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20200326 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20200327 DTSTAMP:20260109T203334Z URL:https://epilepsytoronto.org/event/purple-day-2-2-2/ SUMMARY:Purple Day 2020 DESCRIPTION:[vc_row css=".vc_custom_1583252431357{margin-top: 2px !importan t\;margin-right: 2px !important\;margin-bottom: 2px !important\;margin-lef t: 2px !important\;border-top-width: 5px !important\;border-right-width: 5 px !important\;border-bottom-width: 5px !important\;border-left-width: 5px !important\;padding-top: 5px !important\;padding-right: 5px !important\;p adding-bottom: 5px !important\;padding-left: 5px !important\;}"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Purple Day\, March 26th\, was started in 2008 by a little girl in Nova Scotia called Cassidy who wanted her friends to know what it really meant for her to live with epilepsy. A child’s dream of sharing her story has turned into a recognized\, global movement to ra ise awareness for epilepsy on March 26th. Visit www.purpleday.org to get m ore information about her initiative. March 26th is now official Purple Da y in Canada thanks to the passage of a federal private members bill suppor ted by all parties in Parliament last year. This year people from all part s of Canada will be wearing purple and working to educate the community ab out epilepsy: a condition that affects 1 in 100 Canadians but is still ver y misunderstood by the public. Individuals and groups in our community are working with Epilepsy Toronto to plan events that will help bring better public awareness about the facts and realities of epilepsy. You can show y our support by wearing purple on March 26th\, and encouraging others to do the same.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_cus tom_1583252346311{margin-top: 2px !important\;margin-right: 2px !important \;margin-bottom: 2px !important\;margin-left: 2px !important\;border-top-w idth: 5px !important\;border-right-width: 5px !important\;border-bottom-wi dth: 5px !important\;border-left-width: 5px !important\;padding-top: 5px ! important\;padding-right: 5px !important\;padding-bottom: 5px !important\; padding-left: 5px !important\;background-color: #a798c7 !important\;border -left-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-left-style: solid !important\;bord er-right-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-right-style: solid !important\; border-top-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-top-style: solid !important\; border-bottom-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-bottom-style: solid !impor tant\;border-radius: 2px !important\;}"][vc_column_text]\n#1in100 Campaign !\n[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="5306" img_size="full"][vc_colu mn_text]\nTo learn how you can be apart of it\, click HERE.\n[/vc_column_t ext][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custo m_1584998870472{margin: 5px !important\;border-width: 5px !important\;padd ing: 5px !important\;background-color: #4f2d89 !important\;}"]\nDue to con cerns related to COVID-19\, all in person Purple Day events have all been cancelled\, including events which had been scheduled at at SickKids\, To ronto Western Hospital\, Scarborough Health Network\, George Brown and acr oss the TDSB.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_singl e_image image="5469" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_li nk" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://www.facebook.com/epilepsytoront o/"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=".vc_custom_1585001303747{margin-top: 3px !important\;margin-right: 3px !important\;margin-bottom: 3px !importa nt\;margin-left: 3px !important\;border-top-width: 3px !important\;border- right-width: 3px !important\;border-bottom-width: 3px !important\;border-l eft-width: 3px !important\;padding-top: 3px !important\;padding-right: 3px !important\;padding-bottom: 3px !important\;padding-left: 3px !important\ ;border-left-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-right-color: #4f2d89 !impor tant\;border-top-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-bottom-color: #4f2d89 ! important\;}"][vc_column width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1585936454978{margin- top: 3px !important\;margin-right: 3px !important\;margin-bottom: 3px !imp ortant\;margin-left: 3px !important\;border-top-width: 3px !important\;bor der-right-width: 3px !important\;border-bottom-width: 3px !important\;bord er-left-width: 3px !important\;padding-top: 3px !important\;padding-right: 3px !important\;padding-bottom: 3px !important\;padding-left: 3px !import ant\;border-left-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-right-color: #4f2d89 !i mportant\;border-top-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-bottom-color: #4f2d 89 !important\;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1585936483988{margin-top : 3px !important\;margin-right: 3px !important\;margin-bottom: 3px !import ant\;margin-left: 3px !important\;border-top-width: 5px !important\;border -right-width: 5px !important\;border-bottom-width: 5px !important\;border- left-width: 5px !important\;padding-top: 5px !important\;padding-right: 5p x !important\;padding-bottom: 5px !important\;padding-left: 5px !important \;border-left-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-left-style: solid !importa nt\;border-right-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-right-style: solid !imp ortant\;border-top-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-top-style: solid !imp ortant\;border-bottom-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-bottom-style: soli d !important\;border-radius: 1px !important\;}"]\nMarch Awareness and Purp le Day 2020\nWith the school closures across Ontario\, as well as cancelle d events by hospitals and public venues\, many plans for Purple Day this y ear did not take place. However\, we encouraged everyone to take their Pur ple Day awareness efforts online. On March 26th\, we filled social media w ith images of people\, dressed in purple and raising awareness. The need for epilepsy awareness / understanding is\, perhaps\, more important in ti mes like these\, than ever before.  Stigma flourishes in times of fear.  Check out #PurpleDayTO\, #PurpleDay2020 and @EpilepsyToronto\, to see som e of these images.\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][v c_column_text css=".vc_custom_1585935918906{margin-top: 5px !important\;ma rgin-right: 5px !important\;margin-bottom: 5px !important\;margin-left: 5p x !important\;border-top-width: 5px !important\;border-right-width: 5px !i mportant\;border-bottom-width: 5px !important\;border-left-width: 5px !imp ortant\;padding-top: 5px !important\;padding-right: 5px !important\;paddin g-bottom: 5px !important\;padding-left: 5px !important\;}"]\n\nThis year w e took our Purple Day celebrations online with Facebook for two LIVE Event s!\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3" css=".vc_custom_15 85081967118{margin: 3px !important\;padding: 3px !important\;border: 3px s olid #4f2d89 !important\;}"][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/0o441sSuac0" align="center"][vc_column_text]Looking for ideas of how to mark Purple Day this year? Why not decorate your front door or windows? Here's a fun 'How To' video from Epilepsy Toronto's Child and Youth Worker Christina and he r dog Bowie.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width ="1/3"][vc_column_text]\nThe first geared towards children\, was hosted by Mackenzie and included Puppets with Teaching Awareness through Puppetry\, storytelling with Christina and music with Liam Faber. Watch it below!\n[ /vc_column_text][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/rqupeahGuGA" align="cente r"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_column_text]\nThe second\, was h osted by media personality and person living with epilepsy\, Meera Estrada with guests Jen Simpson\, Emcee Heavy\, Chaim Katz and Jerry Cataflo\, an d featured music\, personal stories and a head shaving!\n[/vc_column_text] [vc_video link="https://youtu.be/r9sy3ijwR1U"][/vc_column][vc_column width ="1/3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_cu stom_1585229385605{margin-top: 5px !important\;margin-right: 5px !importan t\;margin-bottom: 5px !important\;margin-left: 5px !important\;border-top- width: 5px !important\;border-right-width: 5px !important\;border-bottom-w idth: 5px !important\;border-left-width: 5px !important\;padding-top: 5px !important\;padding-right: 5px !important\;padding-bottom: 5px !important\ ;padding-left: 5px !important\;background-color: #71af36 !important\;}"]\n Thank you to the TD Assistive Technologies team for hosting an enterpris e-wide training session on epilepsy.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc _column_text]To help with awareness efforts\, we encourage you to particip ate in the new #1in100 Campaign launched this month by all members of the Canadian Epilepsy Alliance.  Click HERE to find out more and to downloa d your #Iam1in100 or #1in100 speech bubble signs.[/vc_column_text][vc_empt y_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Click on o ne of the buttons below to download a printable Purple Day Poster to post in you community.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="5300" img_size="medium" alignment="cen ter"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][v c_btn title="8.5``x11`` Children's Purple Day Poster (letter size)" color= "violet" css=".vc_custom_1583248805960{background-color: #4f2d89 !importan t\;border-radius: 1px !important\;}" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fepilepsytoron to.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F03%2FPurple-Day-Schools-8.5x11.pdf| |target:%20_blank|"][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title="11``x17`` Children's Pu rple Day Poster (tabloid size)" color="violet" css=".vc_custom_15832488765 82{background-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-radius: 1px !important\;}" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fepilepsytoronto.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020 %2F03%2FPurple-Day-Schools-11x17.pdf||target:%20_blank|"][/vc_column][vc_c olumn width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="5297" img_size="medium" alignmen t="center"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_sp ace][vc_btn title="8.5``x11`` Adults's Purple Day Poster (letter size)" co lor="violet" css=".vc_custom_1583249025260{background-color: #4f2d89 !impo rtant\;border-radius: 1px !important\;}" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fepilepsyt oronto.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F03%2FPurple-Day-Office-8.5x11.p df||target:%20_blank|"][vc_empty_space][vc_btn title="11``x17`` Adult's Pu rple Day Poster (tabloid size)" color="violet" css=".vc_custom_15832491128 96{background-color: #4f2d89 !important\;border-radius: 1px !important\;}" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fepilepsytoronto.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020 %2F03%2FPurple-Day-Office-11x17.pdf||target:%20_blank|"][/vc_column][/vc_r ow][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_media_grid style="pagination" it ems_per_page="6" element_width="2" grid_id="vc_gid:1585936227297-5c612784- 8f09-10" include="2207\,2206\,2205\,2204\,2203\,2202\,2201\,2200"][/vc_col umn][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_colu mn][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://epilepsytoronto.org/wp-content/uploads/2 014/11/Purple-Day-Quote-_Website-Banner-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR