A Final Plea for Donations and Our Hope for the Future

In 2021 we announced plans to hold our 10^th and final Katie's Run event in 2022. However, after much consideration and with great sadness, we decided that Katie’s Run would come to an end. There were many reasons for this decision including the uncertainty of the pandemic, Katie's ongoing health challenges, and her family’s move outside the province. It was our hope to gather one more time, united in the cause, but that was not to be.

Katie's Run began as an annual event in 2012 with the goal of raising funds for epilepsy research in Canada and to raise awareness about the realities of living with epilepsy. It grew beyond our wildest dreams and was more successful than we ever imagined. Even after our final event, we continue to receive donations and have now raised over $412,000 thanks to the generosity of the incredible Katie's Run community.

A HUGE THANK YOU to all our participants, volunteers, sponsors, special guests and donors over the years. We simply could not have done it without you. We appreciate the partnerships we had with Epilepsy Canada, Eplink/OBI, Toronto General Western Hospital Foundation and moJJa Socks and we thank them for all they do for epilepsy research.

This fight is not over and it is our hope that Katie’s Run will inspire future initiatives and events that will help uncover the brilliance that will end epilepsy forever! Thank you all again for your support and understanding.

Click below to donate to the Toronto General and Western Hospital Foundation (TGWHF). Money raised supports the work of Dr. Valiante and his team at the Krembil Research Institute, Neuron To Brain Laboratory (www.neurontobrainlaboratory.ca).

Katie's Story

Katie was our original inspiration, and you can read her story here. There are so many others living with epilepsy and all its challenges, and our goal is to help uncover the brilliance that will end epilepsy—forever!