Make A Difference Minute: The Danny Did Foundation

On today’s Make A Difference Minute, we’re once again highlighting The Danny Did Foundation.

Just over two years after Danny Stanton’s first seizure, on a December morning in 2009, Mike and Mariann entered Danny’s room and found him lifeless. Five EMT personnel attempted to revive him in their home, and he was again rushed to the hospital, but Danny could not be saved. He was a victim of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

Mike Stanton, Danny’s dad, remembers getting home from the hospital that day. “My wife and I were up in our room looking at each other, asking: how could this happen? How could we not know that something like this could happen? We were so involved in his life, in his health, how did we not know this was a possible outcome?” Rather than turn inward, Mike and his family made the decision to take action. They enlisted Mike’s brother, Tom, who had a history of working with non-profits and legal organizations, and together, they formed the Danny Did Foundation — its name a take on the words Mike wrote at the end of Danny’s death notice: “Please go and enjoy your life. Danny did.”

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