Founded in January 2010 by Chicagoans Mike and Mariann Stanton after the Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) of their four-year-old son Danny, the Danny Did Foundation is dedicated in its mission to prevent deaths caused by seizures. With three million people facing the challenges of epilepsy in the U.S. –and 50 million people affected by epilepsy worldwide– the issue of aggressively addressing SUDEP is as urgent as it is logical.

The Danny Did Foundation holds as its main goals:

  1. Advancing awareness of epilepsy and of Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) and enhancing the SUDEP communication model between medical professionals and those afflicted by seizures.
  2. Mainstreaming of seizure detection and seizure prediction devices as well as other technologies that may assist in preventing deaths caused by seizures.

The Danny Did Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation organized in the state of Illinois and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The Danny Did Foundation’s name derives from the last sentence of Danny’s obituary: Please Go And Enjoy Your Life. Danny Did.