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Narcolepsy Scholarship Recipients Graduate College! Kendra’s Update

This week, we are celebrating the college graduation of our very first two Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarships recipients from 2014. Recently, Kendra graduated from the University of St. Thomas and Jacob graduated from The Ohio State! Today, Kendra shares beautiful reflections on college life and studying abroad with narcolepsy and her story on being a narcolepsy scholarship recipient. Read Jacob’s…

Meet Your Legislators to Share Your Story this Summer

Join us for an important webinar to help advance sleep research and awareness.  Friends in the United States: Your Members of Congress will be home this August to hear from their constituents (that’s YOU)! By visiting your legislators at their local offices and sharing your story, you will open your representatives’ eyes to sleep’s insidious…

Project Sleep Announces 2018 Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship Recipients

Project Sleep awards 14 scholarships in 2018, totaling 50 scholarships in five years. Today, Project Sleep is excited to introduce the 14 recipients of the 2018 Jack & Julie Narcolepsy Scholarship program. Recipients are graduating high school seniors who will each receive $1,000 toward their college education. “The 2018 recipients are a diverse group of…

Giving Tuesday features Julie Flygare in #WomenWhoGive Series

Today, Giving Tuesday is featuring our President & CEO, Julie Flygare in their #WomenWhoGive series, which celebrates women who are making a difference in their communities. In this unique post, Julie opens up about what got her started in philanthropy, explaining: “You could say, a low point in my life inspired me to start giving. After…

First-of-Its-Kind Patient-Focused Sleep Apnea Meeting with FDA: Get Involved!

Project Sleep is proud to partner with the American Sleep Apnea Association on the AWAKE Sleep Apnea initiative. People living with sleep apnea have a special role to play in shaping the future of treatment & care. Learn about ways sleep apnea patients, family members, and caregivers can take action now for progress: https://www.awakesleepapnea.org/ REGISTER…

NIH Responds on Narcolepsy Research to Congress!

Project Sleep is thrilled to share that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has officially responded to Congress regarding the narcolepsy research portfolio. Thanks to advocates rallying together in March, 17 Members of Congress requested an update from NIH on the current size, scope, direction and strategic vision of the narcolepsy research portfolio. Consequently, a detailed…

Meet Grisel: Living with Narcolepsy & Becoming a Voice for the Misunderstood

The Story Behind the Smile Grisel Pantoja received her Bachelor of Arts from Florida International University (FIU) in Psychology and with a minor in education in 2017, and is now pursuing her masters degree in Counseling Psychology with a concentration in mental health. Diagnosed with narcolepsy in 2016, Grisel is now raising awareness by sharing her…

Read Rising Voices of Narcolepsy’s Published Essays

Today, we are thrilled to highlight the published work of Rising Voices of Narcolepsy writers, Anna Marr and Timothy Stroud. Check out their essays and please share to raise awareness! Laugh at Me, Not My Narcolepsy Why I take sleep more seriously than I take myself By: Anna Marr “If you pop a home video in my…

Setting Bold Goals to Advance Progress for Narcolepsy

Project Sleep, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about sleep health and sleep disorders, is proud to announce bold organizational goals to improve outcomes for people with narcolepsy. THE ISSUE Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological condition of the sleep-wake cycle estimated to affect about 1 in every 2,000 people — that’s 200,000 Americans and…

Sleep In 2018 Sparks Courage and Connection

On March 9-11, 2018, Project Sleep’s Sleep In 2018 rallied individuals around the world to make peace with sleep. This fourth annual event challenged individuals to stay in bed for 12-48 hours while raising awareness (#SleepIn2018) and critical funding for Project Sleep during Sleep Awareness Week. STARS ALIGN WORLDWIDE: 77 Individuals and 16 Teams registered for…
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