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Image of families around a large table creating posters for Purple Day.

Purple Day Prep – A Family Event

We invite you to join us on Saturday, March 23 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm at the Epilepsy Toronto office for a special family event. You can meet other families in the Epilepsy Toronto community and get ready for Purple Day. Learn about its history and explore why it is important to you!

This event is organized by the Children and Youth Services Department.  It is geared to children with epilepsy ages 6-13 and their families. Breakout activities and discussion groups for children, siblings, and parents will be led by Epilepsy Toronto staff and volunteers.

To sign up for this event, please complete this registration form.

Music and Movement for Babies and Tots

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Elana Ellison, Epilepsy Toronto’s Child & Youth Services Co-ordinator,  leads a playful new program of Music and Movement for Babies and Tots.

Join Elana in Christie Pits Park for a virtual song circle and parent chat! Enjoy songs, rhymes, and stories with your little one. Connect with other parents of young children who experience seizures. Siblings are welcome!

For more information or to register, please email Elana at elana@epilepsytoronto.org.

Health precautions and COVID-19 screening will be followed. In the event of inclement weather or changes to provincial health regulations, the program will be held online via Zoom. 

Puppet Lily and her little dog Lulu

Live with Lily!

Lily (a puppet) dressed for winter weather

Hi! my name is Lily Park and I am a part of an amazing organization called Teaching Awareness through Puppetry, otherwise known as TAP. I am so excited to tell you about something that I have been working on with my friends at Epilepsy Toronto!! It’s called ‘Live with Lily!

Each month we will have a brand new episode of Live with Lily where we’ll do something fun and learn something new together. I’ll invite my friends to join me and we’ll play games, read stories, answer questions, do activities together and more! Also, because I am a person living with epilepsy, we will definitely be talking about that too.

This month, Lily will be visited by many friends from Epilepsy Toronto with a very special winter fun story and some December magic!

Make sure you tune in to ‘Live with Lily!’ on Epilepsy Toronto’s Facebook page. I’ll be there with my super awesome friends from Epilepsy Toronto, and I hope you will be there too!
You can watch all the episodes of Live with Lily on our Facebook page.

Live with Lily! is a fun and interactive segment that offers information, support, and community for children who are living with or impacted by Epilepsy. If your child would like to be a guest on Live with Lily, please send an email to Katie: katie@epilepsytoronto.org.

Live with Lily! is made possible thanks to the support from Mackenzie Investments Canada.

Puppet Lily and her little dog Lulu

Live with Lily!

Puppet Lily and her dog

Hi! my name is Lily Park and I am a part of an amazing organization called Teaching Awareness through Puppetry, otherwise known as TAP. I am so excited to tell you about something that I have been working on with my friends at Epilepsy Toronto!! It’s called ‘Live with Lily!

Each month we will have a brand new episode of Live with Lily where we’ll do something fun and learn something new together. I’ll invite my friends to join me and we’ll play games, read stories, answer questions, do activities together and more! Also, because I am a person living with epilepsy, we will definitely be talking about that too.

This month, Lily will be learning about empathy a seizure response dogs (with special guests you won’t want to miss!). 

Make sure you tune in to ‘Live with Lily!’ on Epilepsy Toronto’s Facebook page. I’ll be there with my super awesome friends from Epilepsy Toronto, and I hope you will be there too!
You can watch all the episodes of Live with Lily on our Facebook page.

Live with Lily! is a fun and interactive segment that offers information, support, and community for children who are living with or impacted by Epilepsy. If your child would like to be a guest on Live with Lily, please send an email to Katie: katie@epilepsytoronto.org.

Live with Lily! is made possible thanks to the support from Mackenzie Investments Canada.

Puppet Lily and her little dog Lulu

Live with Lily!

Hi! my name is Lily Park and I am a part of an amazing organization called Teaching Awareness through Puppetry, otherwise known as TAP. I am so excited to tell you about something that I have been working on with my friends at Epilepsy Toronto!! It’s called ‘Live with Lily!

Each month we will have a brand new episode of Live with Lily where we’ll do something fun and learn something new together. I’ll invite my friends to join me and we’ll play games, read stories, answer questions, do activities together and more! Also, because I am a person living with epilepsy, we will definitely be talking about that too.

This month, Lily will be learning about the Purple Pumpkin Project, and her friend Jaky will be teaching Lily how to make her favourite cookie recipe. Yum! 

Make sure you tune in to ‘Live with Lily!’ on Epilepsy Toronto’s Facebook page. I’ll be there with my super awesome friends from Epilepsy Toronto, and I hope you will be there too!
You can watch all the episodes of Live with Lily on our Facebook page.

Live with Lily! is a fun and interactive segment that offers information, support, and community for children who are living with or impacted by Epilepsy. If your child would like to be a guest on Live with Lily, please send an email to Katie: katie@epilepsytoronto.org.

Live with Lily! is made possible thanks to the support from Mackenzie Investments Canada.

Puppet Lily and her little dog Lulu

Live with Lily!

Puppet Lily and her toy dog

“Hi! my name is Lily Park and I am a part of an amazing organization called Teaching Awareness through Puppetry, otherwise known as TAP. I am so excited to tell you about something that I have been working on with my friends at Epilepsy Toronto!! It’s called Live with Lily!“

Each month we will have a brand new episode of Live with Lily where we’ll do something fun and learn something new together. I’ll invite my friends to join me and we’ll play games, read stories, answer questions, do activities together and more! Also, because I am a person living with epilepsy, we will definitely be talking about that too.

This month, join Lily in looking toward the future by learning how to set new goals and address any worries.

Make sure you tune in to ‘Live with Lily!’ on Epilepsy Toronto’s Facebook page. I’ll be there with my super awesome friends from Epilepsy Toronto, and I hope you will be there too!
You can watch all the episodes of Live with Lily on our Facebook page.

Live with Lily! is a fun and interactive segment that offers information, support, and community for children who are living with or impacted by Epilepsy. If your child would like to be a guest on Live with Lily, please send an email to Katie: katie@epilepsytoronto.org.

Live with Lily! is made possible thanks to the support from Mackenzie Investments Canada.