CURE drew an amazing sold-out crowd at the Chicago Field Museum for their annual benefit on April.  More than 800 guests were in attendance with guest speaker Katie Couric, Chair Susan Axelrod and others to raise money for cutting-edge epilepsy research.

They were also joined together to celebrate a fantastic year for CURE, which raised record-breaking fundraising dollars for CURE’s research programs.  Certainly board members such as Connie Milstein, LeeAnn Brigido, Gardiner Lapham, Jeanne H. Donalty and others help to make these successes possible.

As Susamn Axelrod said, “Never before has epilepsy received attention of this magnitude. We know this has and will continue to make a huge difference for epilepsy patients and their families.”

Couric, as the keynote speaker, added her insights and experiences as a disease advocate, for the work that she has done for colon cancer awareness and research.  She commended the work that CURE has done to raise awareness and research dollars.