Pages of Purple Campaign updates
Update — August 2026

All 66 York County elementary schools have the books. Libraries are next.

We set out to get epilepsy education into the hands of the person a kid goes to first at school, and that part is done: every one of York County's 66 elementary schools now has donated books with its nurse. Now we are bringing the same books and materials into public libraries, pediatric offices, and community spaces, so families can find support without waiting for an appointment.

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66 elementary schoolsSchool nurses and staff are still the heart of the campaign.
LibrariesBooks in libraries help families find support on their own time.
Pediatric officesKids can leave an appointment with something to read and share.
Brooke Shupp holding Pages of Purple materials outside The Paul Smith Library of Southern York County.
Pages of Purple thank-you graphic showing the Epilepsy Walk team in purple shirts, noting the team raised over $500 and EAWCP raised over $30,000.
August 1, 2026

Team Pages of Purple walked in Harrisburg

Pages of Purple had a team at EAWCP's Epilepsy Walk in Harrisburg, PA, walking with families from across the region. Friends, family, and neighbors got us to the starting line, and together they raised over $500 for epilepsy education and support.

The walk raised over $30,000 for EAWCP overall, which pays for the staff trainings, classroom programs, and family support services we send schools and parents to all year long.

$500+Raised by Team Pages of Purple.
$30K+Raised for EAWCP by the walk overall.
Outreach highlights

Recent progress

What the work actually looks like: labeling books, packing envelopes, and getting them out to schools, libraries, and pediatric offices.

Brooke Shupp adding Pages of Purple labels to Room for Friends books.

Labeling every book

Every donated book gets a Pages of Purple label, so whoever picks it up knows where it came from and where to find more help.

Prepared envelopes, labels, and campaign materials for Pages of Purple outreach.

Packing the envelopes

We pack flyers, letters, and resources for the schools, libraries, and community partners who can put them in front of kids and families.

Portrait of Brooke Shupp, founder of Pages of Purple.

Still led by Brooke

Brooke has led the campaign since she pitched the idea in October 2025, with support from several EAWCP staff members and a few friend volunteers. She runs it the way she wishes someone had run one for her: with empathy, with dignity, and with the assumption that no kid should feel alone in a hallway.

It is the same circle of care she started in. A nurse handed her a stuffed Seizure Bear at age three, during her first stay in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, and she has been handing that feeling forward ever since. Read Brooke's story.

Why it matters

No kid should have to explain epilepsy alone

1 in 26 people in the United States will develop epilepsy at some point in their lifetime, and about 456,000 U.S. children are living with it right now. Most of them will spend a school year as the only kid in the room who has seizures—as far as they know.

When a kid has a seizure at school, the people in the room decide what happens next: whether it turns into a story that follows them down the hallway for years, or just a thing that got handled calmly. Getting the right book into the right hands ahead of time is how we try to tip that in their favor.

1 in 26People in the U.S. who will develop epilepsy in their lifetime.
456,000U.S. children living with epilepsy right now.
Next steps

How supporters can help

  • Donate — $20 puts one copy of Room for Friends where a kid can find it.
  • Sponsor a classroom — cover a set of books for one room, one nurse's shelf, or a whole school.
  • Request books or materials — for a specific school, library, or pediatric office.
  • Volunteer — label books, pack envelopes, or help deliver them around York County.
  • Share our mission — send this to a school nurse, teacher, librarian, or pediatric provider.

Help us turn another page.

One bear comforted one three-year-old, and she never forgot it. Pick a way to pass that on, and another child finds out they are not alone.

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