The Walk to END EPILEPSY is a nationwide walk series where family, friends and advocates join together to raise awareness and critical funds for the Epilepsy Foundation of America. Whether you're walking in-person or on your own, with a team or striding solo, you can be a part of this one-of-a-kind experience and celebrate alongside fellow members of the epilepsy community! 

For the second year in a row, we are taking it one step further with the 2.6 Million Mile Challenge. Regardless of how you walk - Walk In-Person or Walk Your Way - we'll keep track of each mile we walk to collectively log 2.6 million miles for the 1 in 26 living in the U.S. that will develop epilepsy in their lifetime by Saturday, June 4. 

Join us today to make every mile and every dollar count for the 2022 Walk to END EPILEPSY and the 2.6 Million Mile Challenge!

As a Walk Your Way participant, you won't have just one day dedicated to the walk. You will have the same options to create a team, join a team, or walk on your own, with access to the same resources and support as in-person walkers - you just get to decide how you complete your walk! You can track your miles in your Participant Center by hitting the streets, trails, and treadmills by walking a mile-a-day or 100 a week to help us reach our 2.6 Million Mile Challenge goal. 

Your safety is our priority — and no matter how you choose to participate, your support will be recognized and celebrated! On Saturday, June 4 at 10:30 AM ET/7:30 AM PT, join us for our nationwide virtual Celebration alongside your fellow epilepsy crusaders that are helping those impacted by epilepsy and seizures. 

You can still be a part of this year’s Walk, even if you don’t have a computer or smartphone. Help advance the fight by fundraising and walking on your own or in a small group with friends and family. Together, we’ll prove our resilience by stretching our limits anew and making the event our own! 

Yes, every person, regardless of age, that is planning to walk in-person or on their own must register. Adults should be present to register a minor online, as they will need to sign their participation waiver during the registration process.  

After you complete your event registration, you'll be set up with an Epilepsy Foundation events account with a username and password so that you can come back later and access your Participant Center to customize your Personal and/or Team Fundraising Page, track your progress, and more!

It is free to participate in the Walk to END EPILEPSY!  We want all members of the community with us, but we can’t host these events and provide the resources for the epilepsy community without your help. We ask every participant to make a personal donation and commit to raising funds to help us support the epilepsy community. 

No, there is not a minimum age requirement. Everyone who is interested in joining the Walk to END EPILEPSY is encouraged to do so! Those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult and have had an adult sign the liability waiver during the registration process. And remember, kids can raise funds, too! 

This is easy! Simply click Register Now! on the website and you’ll be taken through the steps to register as a Team Captain, Team Member, or Individual to walk on your own.

Returning participants will be prompted to log in to expedite your registration process. Forgot your username and password? Send an email and we will reset it for you – walkinfo@efa.org.

To form a team: Follow the steps in the previous question above to register for this event as a Team Captain. Make sure to have your team name in mind. Once you've started a new team as a Team Captain, be sure to ask friends, family, and co-workers to join your team and to register on your team during the registration process. 

To join a team: Make sure you know the team name of the team you wish to join. When you register, select register as a Team Member and search for your team name.

If you’ve already registered as an Individual and wish to become a Team Captain or Team Member, you can still form a team! Contact us at walkinfo@efa.org and we can get you all sorted! 

Team Captains are the heart of the Walk to END EPILEPSY, and it’s easy to do! As a Team Captain, you’ll recruit your team of family, friends, and co-workers, help them fundraise, keep them motivated, and have fun fighting for a great cause in the process. You will also have access to a Team Fundraising Page and numerous tools to make your team a success. 

We recommend teams of 10, however there is no required number of people. Tell your friends, family, and co-workers why you are walking and ask them to join you — you’ll have a team in no time!

Yes! We are asking that participants continue to walk, but in small, safe groups in their neighborhoods, rather than at one large gathering. All participants should follow CDC guidelines and local health recommendations when deciding to walk with those outside of their household. 

First, you need to register by clicking the Register Now! button. To re-start a team from last year, you must have been a member of the team in the same event last year and log in with the username and password you used last year. Forgot your username and password? Send an email and we will reset it for you – walkinfo@efa.org. Once logged in, you will be asked if you would like to re-start your team from last year. Choose to re-start your team and continue with the registration flow. 

To register family members, begin your own registration and enter your details. At the end of the registration flow, you will see a Register Another Person button; click this button to add children or other dependents for whom you have the legal authority to sign our liability waiver.

If you've already completed your event registration and want to register someone else for whom you have the authority to sign our liability waiver, simply log out of the website and begin a new registration. You can check to see if you are logged in by viewing the top right-hand side of the event website. If it says Welcome, Name, you are logged in and need to log out before you register another individual. 

Please note: Each participant should register themselves so they can accept the terms of the liability waiver and provide a valid email address so they can receive details about the event. Those under 18 must be accompanied by an adult and have had an adult sign the liability waiver during the registration process.

To get help registering a large team, please contact walkinfo@efa.org or 1-800-332-1000.

Anywhere! Streets, trails, treadmills, or wherever you can safely. Encourage your family, friends, and fellow epilepsy warriors to do the same, or get together with your team to walk while maintaining safe social distancing recommendations.

As always, this year’s walk is a family-friendly event that encourages people of all ages and abilities to take part. We recommend that participants set a goal to walk a total of 26 miles and track their progress as they hit the streets, trails or treadmills in their community from May 1 – June 5, to take part in the 2.6 Million Mile Challenge! 

Yes! The official event T-shirt is reserved for individuals who have raised $50 or more, and the Living with Epilepsy T-shirt is given to those who identify as someone with epilepsy during the registration process, regardless of their fundraising.

If you're registered to Walk Your Way from home, you'll receive your official Walk to END EPILEPSY T-shirt and/or Living With Epilepsy T-shirt via mail after the Saturday, June 4, 2022 livestream event. T-shirts will be mailed directly to you, so it’s important to visit your profile in the Participant Center to confirm that your T-shirt size and mailing address are up to date.

Yes! Those diagnosed with epilepsy receive a Living with Epilepsy T-shirt so they can connect with others who live with epilepsy (the Living with Epilepsy T-shirt is a different shirt from the commemorative event day shirt). As a Walk Your Way participant, you'll receive your Living with Epilepsy T-shirt after June 4, 2022.

The Epilepsy Foundation works to prevent Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and support people bereaved by SUDEP and other epilepsy-related deaths. We will have a SUDEP remembrance wall on event day to commemorate those lost in our community to epilepsy, and there will be a virtual, nationwide SUDEP Remembrance Wall for all Spring Walk to END EPILEPSY events in 2022. If you would like your loved one included on our Remembrance Wall, please fill out our form here.

Individuals that raise $100 or more by March 1, 2022, will receive limited-edition Walk water bottle. Incentives will be mailed directly to you, so it’s important to visit your profile in the Participant Center to confirm that your mailing address is up to date.

Let’s show epilepsy whose boss! Individuals that go above and beyond and raise $1,000 or more will join the Brain Boss Club, and receive special incentives reserved for Brain Boss members only, which includes an invitation to EpiCon: the first-ever annual Stigma-Busting convention hosted by the Epilepsy Foundation May 13 - 15, 2022 in Nashville, TN! More to details to come about EpiCon; learn more about how to achieve Brain Boss status and what you’ll earn here.

Your Participant Center is an online portal for your Walk to END EPILEPSY fundraising efforts. In your Participant Center, you’ll find tools to set up a fundraising web page, send fundraising emails, check your fundraising progress, and more!  

Learn how to master your Participant Center using this How-To Guide.

If you've already registered for the event, you can access your Participant Center by clicking Login in the top right-hand corner of the event website. After logging in using the email and password you used during registration, you'll see more options on the top navigation bar to view and manage:

• Your Page - where you can share why you walk and direct people to donate to your efforts
• Team Page - if you're a Team Captain
• Dashboard - to manage your fundraising efforts, start a Facebook Fundraiser, view Fundraising Tools and more!
• Donations - see who has donated to your efforts so far!
• Messages - send emails to your contact lists and your team
• Resources - find a plethora of tools to help your walk be a success!
• Activity Tracking - set an activity goal and log your activity as you go

If you forgot your password or are having issues logging in, just click Login and click the Forgot Password link and we'll send you an email to reset it.

If this doesn’t work, email us at walkinfo@efa.org.

Review this How-To Guide and start tracking your activity in a few clicks.

The best fundraising efforts start by sharing your personal story about why you're participating in the Walk to END EPILEPSY! By logging into your Participant Center, you can update your story, and so much more. Consider kicking things off with a self-pledge donation, sending emails, creating a Facebook Fundraiser, live streaming your walk(s), and spreading the word to ask for your friends, family and co-workers’ support of the epilepsy community by pledging to donate for each mile you complete or to make a one-time, flat donation. Phone calls, emails, and text messages also go a long way to ask your peers for support. You can learn the easy steps to navigating your Participant Center by reviewing the Resources found in your Participant Center, and access more information about fundraising on the Fundraising & Incentives page on the event website. 

Your friends and family can head to your Personal Page and see what you’ve fundraised and the total miles completed at any time. Consider sharing a custom URL to your page to all those who have pledged to support you per mile your complete, so they can check your progress.

The Walk to END EPILEPSY’s website allows participants registered for the event to log in to their Participant Center and click Create a Facebook Fundraiser so that all donations received through Facebook will credit their fundraising page, and will be deposited directly to the Epilepsy Foundation and their local campaign. Log into your Participant Center on the event website and click Create a Facebook Fundraiser to get started. 

To help you get your Facebook Fundraiser started. review this How-To Guide. 

No. Participants must register on the Walk to END EPILEPSY’s website first, then create the Facebook Fundraiser from their Participant Center. We cannot tie an existing Facebook Fundraiser to a new registration. If you have already created a Fundraiser and selected the Epilepsy Foundation as the beneficiary, donations will be sent to the Epilepsy Foundation as general donations. To begin receiving credit for new donations, please close your existing fundraiser, visit your Participant Center, and set up a new fundraiser. 

More FAQs on Facebook Fundraisers can be found here. 

Many employers offer programs to match charitable contributions made by their employees. These "matching gifts" are an opportunity to double or possibly triple your donation to Walk to END EPILEPSY and increase funding for the care, support, and research efforts of the Epilepsy Foundation. 

See if your employer will match your donation by using this resource here. If you are not sure if you qualify for a matching gift or your company is not on the list, please reach out to your HR department or leadership team to gather more information.  

Login to your Participant Center and check out the Resources section.

Donations can be mailed to our Epilepsy Foundation office at:

Epilepsy Foundation of America
c/o Walk to END EPILEPSY - Walk Your Way
3540 Crain Highway, Ste. 675
Bowie, MD 20716
walkinfo@efa.org

Be sure to include this Pledge Form with your donations. If dividing up a donation amongst Team Members, use this Team Credit Form in addition to the pledge form. 

For checks, please include "Walk to END EPILEPSY" in the memo line along with the participant name.

The funds raised through the Walk to END EPILEPSY support our mission to lead the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and to accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives.  

With a Four Star Charity Navigator Rating, $.83 of every dollar we raise is used both locally and nationwide to fund research into new therapies, education and awareness, and advocacy efforts. See this page for further information or contact your local staff for more details. 

Yes! Your donation to the Epilepsy Foundation is 100% tax deductible since you are not receiving anything in exchange for your donation. You'll be emailed a copy of your receipt for your records.

Tax ID # 52-0856660