HOPE4SUDEP

HOPE4SUDEP is an ongoing initiative to honor the life of Cameron Benninghoven who passed away in 2009 from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP). Cameron’s family and friends have partnered with CURE Epilepsy to maximize their fundraising and awareness efforts. Your tax-deductible donation to CURE Epilepsy will be recognized as a contribution in memory of Cameron. Donations will be used for SUDEP and epilepsy research to investigate causes and prevention of seizures. We hope you will consider giving to HOPE4SUDEP.

Cameron's Story

This effort started as a commitment to support a specific multi-year research grant in 2012. Please take a moment to read about this research by Edward Glasscock, PhD (2012) and Kristina Simeone, PhD (2016). These grants take a deeper look into the mechanisms and triggers of SUDEP. We continue to support SUDEP research funded by CURE Epilepsy, and as of year-end 2022, we are fortunate to have raised over $740,000 for HOPE4SUDEP .

All donations in Cameron’s honor will be directed to research for SUDEP. We hope you will help in this lasting legacy to Cameron.

Thank you to all who have given in Cameron’s memory. It is through your generosity and support that CURE Epilepsy will fund the research needed to understand and ultimately prevent SUDEP. Gifts made in loving memory of Cameron Benninghoven support research on SUDEP.

2023 Donor Honor Roll

Current total: $94,199.77

The Estate of Daniel Benninghoven
Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Mary Lou Brous
KC Coats
Wahleah Davis
Kelley Decker and Tim Foufas
Thomas Flood
Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach
Jeffrey Knupp
Joanne P. Miller
Barbara Rinella
Anne and Kyle Rockey
Steve and Patricia Rosencranz
Consider and Lotti Ross
Emily Sachs Wong and Thad Wong

2022 Donor Honor Roll

Grand total: $62,790.00

The Estate of Daniel Benninghoven
Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Marty Buckhart
Ann Cardwell
Barbara Dilley
Mary Harvey
Elizabeth Heisey
Deirdre Henderson
Donald Paul Hodel
Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach
KC Kitchen Coats
Jeff Knupp
Joanne Miller
Erika Ottolini
Burt Petkus
Janet Polacek
Jennifer and Joshua Schafer
Liam Schafer

2021 Donor Honor Roll

Grand total: $84,417

Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Mary and Robert Broeckelman
Mary Lou Brous
Marty Miller Buckhart
Carl David
Sean Flanagan
Sally and Fred Flosi
Deirdre Henderson
Karen and R. Thomas Howell
Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach
KC Kitchen Coats
Jeff Knupp
Jason Lester
Lucia and G.C. Lindh
Joanne P. Miller
Katherine Miller
Kim Vender Moffat
Erika Ottolini
Virgilia Perth
William Riley
Anne and Kyle Rockey
Katherine Rosenthal
Lotti and Sid Ross
Joshua and Jennifer Schafer
Tammy and Eric Steele
Emily Sachs Wong and Thad Wong
Alison Zetterquist

2020 Donor Honor Roll

Grand total: $51,045

Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Mary and Robert Broeckelman
Mary Lou Brous
Joie Ferket
Sally and Fred Flosi
Donald Madia Gianfrancisco
Deirdre Henderson
KC Kitchen Coats
Jeff Knupp
Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach
Donna LaPietra and Bill Kurtis
Allison Malerba
Joanne Miller
Joshua Schafer
Ann and Christopher Stack
Tammy and Eric Steele
Susan and Dit Talley

2019 Donor Honor Roll

Grand total: $54,750

Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Elizabeth Blois
Mary Lou Brous
William Carney
Frederick Damour
Sally and Fred Flosi
Carolyn Gill
Jacqueline Hayes
Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach
KC Kitchen Coats
Jeff Knupp
Diane Nelson
Eugenie Pabst
Patrick Plunkett
Mary Pratt
Lisa Price
Anne Rockey
Alexis Ross
Lotti and Sid Ross
Josh and Jennifer Schafer
Tammy and Eric Steele
Maggie Stineman
Emily Sachs Wong and Thad Wong

2018 Donor Honor Roll

Grand total: $202,684

Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Marty Miller Buckhart
Sally and Fred Flosi
Kelly Decker and Tim Foufas
Deirdre Henderson
Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach
KC Kitchen Coats
Barbara and Richard Rinella
Anne and Kyle Rockey
Catherine and Craig Rockey
Rebecca Ryder
Emily Sachs Wong and Thad Wong

2017 Donor Honor Roll

Grand Total: $34,958

Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Marty Miller Buckhart
ESW Luxury Chicago Real Estate
Kelley Decker and Tim Foufas
Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach
Ann Bates Kittle
Katharine Egan – FJ Zimmerman Foundation
Sally and Fred Flosi
Sally and John Gardner
Jeff Knupp – In memory of John Knupp and son, Timothy
Joanne Miller
Eugenie Pabst
Anne and Kyle Rockey
Rich Rinella, Jr.
Barbara and Richard Rinella
Morgan Schafer
Tammy and Eric Steele

2009-16 DONOR HONOR ROLL

Grand total: $248,755.02

Lorraine Adney
Trisha Alden
Frances and James Allen
Howard Anders
Mary and Paul Anderson
Laurie Andrew
Apartment number 9, LLC
Carolyn Ayres
Janice and Richard Bail
George Bard
Mary Bauhs
Ellen Benninghoven and Michael Schafer
Roma Benninghoven
Kathryn Bergin
John Bitzer
Reid Bitzer
Susanna Block
Mary and Larry Boeder
Amy Brock
Mary and Robert Broeckelman
Mary Brous
Hillary Bruce
John Buck
Kathi Buck
Marty Miller Buckhart
Maureen and Mike Bueltmann
Leigh and Alfred Buettner
Susan Bulley
Laura Caldwell
William Carney
Gloria Chernay
Elizabeth Cittadine
Michelle Clark
KC Kitchen Coats and Family
Mark Colavita
Cathleen Collins
Amy Cox
Terri and Alfred D’Ancona
Thomas Darrah
Jessica Darrow
Christian and Nejla Davenport
Carl Davis
Wahleah Davis
Julie Decker
Kelley Decker and Tim Foufas
Deborah and Allen Dewing
Josh Dolgin
Helene and Donald Donahue
Lynn and Cameron Donaldson
Lindsay and Thomas Doyle
Elvy Draft
Thomas Drennan
Kimberly Duchossois
Carol Duran
Valentine Ecker
Katharine Egan
Egbert Family Foundation
Janet Eltinge
Albert Fay
Barbara and Thomas Filippini
Erin Fitzgerald
Flanagan Family Foundation
Sally and Fred Flosi
Helen Fosdick
Philip Friedmann
Gallery 925
Sally and John Gardner
Patricia and Gregory Gerber
Kathleen Gerdes
Elizabeth Glassman
Rachel Goodstein
Christine and Kyvelos Gorman
Lanette Gustafson
Jason Gutman
Marjorie Habermann
Elizabeth Haines
Dawn Hardies
Janys Harvey and Howard Krane
Jacqueline Hayes
Deirdre Henderson
Celia and David Hilliard
Donald Hodel
Patricia and Christopher Horsch
Karen and R. Thomas Howell
Kevin Huyler
Helmut Jahn
Richard Jaman
Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty
Janis W. Notz Trust
Preston Jansing
The John Buck Company
Rita Justice
Kaim Family Foundation
Heidi and Jim Kargman
Rosalind and Michael Keiser
Ben Kitchen Fund
Katie Kitchen and Paul Kovach
Jeff Knupp
Patricia Kolber
Michelle Laiss
Susan and John Landrum
Willa and Scott Lang
Blair and William Lawlor
Fred Lazarus
Leo Burnett Company, Inc.
Lawrence Levy
Joan Lieb
Mary and Malcolm Lovett
Robin Marks
Louise Marsh
Kevin Martin
Mimi McKay
Aferdita Merkel
Susan and Charles Michod
Joanne Miller
Jennifer Mills
Carol Mitchell
Tyler Mongerson
Susan Moore
Donna and Lloyd Morgan
Lois and Justin Morrison
Shaun Moskalik
Carol and Steve Mullins
Joyce Murphy
Anita and Bob Nagler
Susan Nelson
Joanne Nemerovski
Charlotte Newberger
Thuy Nguyen
Kevin and Christine O’Connor
Marcia Opp
The Oppenheimer Family Foundation
David Ott
Barbara Ottolini
Erika Ottolini
Eugenie Pabst
Betty Palmquist
Andre Parra
Patricia and David Parrish
Jane and John Peterson
Robert Phillips
Patrick Plunkett
Arlin Raedeke
Linda and David Rammelt
Michela Ramos
Uri Ratner
Gale and William Rattner
Barbara and Richard Rinella
Rich Rinella, Jr.
Anne and Kyle Rockey
Keith and Lillie Rockey
Katherine Rosenthal
Lotti and Sid Ross
Helen Roth
Cheryllynn and Philip Roux
Katy Ruscitti
Emily Sachs Wong and Thad Wong
Wendy Sadler
Richard and Barbara Samuels
Stephen Sandler
Joshua Schafer
Kristi Scott
Jo Seagren
Seasons Beverages LLC
Katherine Sherman
Judy Simmons
Deedee Spencer
Square – Square Up
Nevzer Stacey
Ann and Christopher Stack
Laura Stahl
Stacey Steele
Tammy and Eric Steele
Amy and David Stender
B.R. and Kathleen Stephenson
Margaret Stineman
Nancietta Stocking
Marianne and Goran Strokirk
Laura Sudler
Susan and Bascom Talley
Patricia Thomas
Tobey Foundation
Kenneth Tornvall
Susan and M.J. Trees
Kyzysztof Trochim
Edward Tuder
Marsha Urbahns
Walt and Jody Vanderpoel
Lauren Victor
Vincent Huang & Associates, Inc.
Barbara Von Oppen
Charles Wheelan
Rachel Wilder
Lawrence Wilson
Adam Woodward and Josh Woodward
Helen Zell
Robert Ziebarth