Purple Day

This Purple Day Take On Our 3-Month Challenge For Keto!

Patients starting on a medically managed Ketogenic Therapy for drug resistant epilepsy are generally advised to commit to 3 months as a trial period – that’s a quarter of a year, around 90 days, 2160 hours… Not, in the scheme of things, a massively long time but if the diet works for you or your family member, those 3 months can be hugely impactful and truly life changing!

Taking On The Challenge

We are hoping that some of you, our fabulous Matthew’s Friends families and followers, will also be willing to take on a worthwhile challenge, to do something, take something on or give something up for a 3-month period and, while doing it, raise much needed funds for Ketogenic Therapies Charity.

It could be any challenge; maybe swear off chocolate or all things sweet, steer clear of carbs for a quarter, promise to walk a mile every day for 90 days or perhaps start off with a nine-minute walk working up to a 90-minute stroll on the 90th day, lovely for spring-time! How about a press-up or star-jump challenge, starting with 1 on day 1 working up to 90 on day 90 (not necessarily all in one session). If you’re a golfer maybe 90 holes over 90 days sounds good to you (preferably not the 19th 90 times!).

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Another choice could be a savings challenge over 90 days, adding a penny to the pot on the first day 2p on day 2, 3p on day 3 etc until finally adding 90p on the last day, over the 90-day period that adds up to £40.95 that Matthew’s Friends would put to very good use!

Letting Us Know

Whatever challenge you choose to tackle to support people starting their 3-month ketogenic trial please don’t forget to let us know all about it, that way we can share your fundraising feats on our website and social media accounts as well as in our newsletter.

Thank you for your support!

Tell us about your 3-month challenge here and receive a Keto-Hero t-shirt for your challenge!

Purple Day – 26th March

Purple Day was founded in 2008, by nine-year-old Cassidy Megan of Nova Scotia, Canada, to raise awareness of Epilepsy and to help dispel some of the myths and stigma associated with the condition. Cassidy chose the colour purple after the international colour for epilepsy, lavender.

Why get involved?

Epilepsy affects over 50 million people worldwide or approximately 1 in 100 people. That’s more than multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson’s disease combined!

How can you help?

We would love everyone to do something for Purple Day. Here are a few ideas to get you started;

Wear something purple on March 26th and encourage others to do the same.
Host a Purple Day party or fundraising event at your home, school or workplace.
Paint yourself purple, paint your face, colour your hair for the day
Have a purple coffee morning or picnic. Ask friends, family, colleagues for a donation for a cuppa and a cake (purple of course!)
Hold a purple cake sale
Hold a purple themed sponsored event or quiz
Anything you can think of to raise funds and AWARENESS of Epilepsy!

Would you like to hold your own Purple Day event?

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Let us know what you’re planning so we can feature you here on our website, some pictures for our newsletter would be great too!

Don’t fancy going purple? That’s not a problem, you can still help us to support people affected by epilepsy and their families by making a donation to Matthew’s Friends or by making a regular donation to Matthew’s Friends from your bank – just ask us how!

Join our Purple Day campaign, please click here to raise funds or to donate