Seattle Dizzy Group

Take A Step Towards Balance In 2020!

“Every Journey Begins With A Single Step” – Maya Angelou

Seattle Dizzy Group is a respected leader in the vestibular and balance disorders patient support community with increasing national and global reach. (Read about our 2019 Highlights below). We hope you will join us in 2020 and help us continue to grow, provide community, and offer support to people living with chronic dizziness and imbalance–in Seattle and beyond.  With your help, we can continue to expand community outreach and involvement (including hosting professional speakers on various vestibular/balance topics and connecting with local health providers/resources) and also increase our advocacy efforts to raise awareness about vestibular and balance disorders (including participating in Balance Awareness Week with our annual Walk for Balance Event, see Making a Difference for Balance Awareness).

Get Involved!

Seattle Dizzy Group is organized entirely by volunteers (the majority who are personally impacted by chronic dizziness and imbalance). We invite you to take a step towards balance with us in 2020! We would love for you to get involved and contribute to our group however you are able. Spread the word about Seattle Dizzy Group and invite others to join us. Share Seattle Dizzy Group information and resources with others. Participate in online discussions. Help with hosting in-person meetings and activities (be a greeter, assist with room set-up and take-down, bring snacks, provide transportation, etc.). For more info, email: info@seattledizzygroup.org.

We are an independent, self-supporting not-for-profit group funded solely through donations. As we continue to grow and expand our outreach efforts, we are naturally incurring more expenses. Our goal is to continue to offer at no charge support and resources to those in need in the vestibular community–in Seattle and beyond. Please consider supporting Seattle Dizzy Group with a financial gift to help us keep growing and thriving in 2020!  (Any donation amount is greatly appreciated!).

Ways your financial gift helps Seattle Dizzy Group:

• Provides materials, supplies, and hosting for monthly support group meetings.  (Each meeting costs about $25, or about $300 annually).
• Provides thank you gifts for guest speakers. (As funds allow, we strive to honor speakers with about $25 value gift, or about $100 annually).
• Provides administrative support, online services/resources, and website hosting, etc.  (Administrative costs are about $500 annually).
• Provides funding for Balance Awareness Week event(s) and other group activities.  (Costs may be about $50-$100 or more per activity).

To give Seattle Dizzy Group a donation of any amount by credit card or PayPal, click the “Donate” button below.

(Gifts to Seattle Dizzy Group are not tax deductible at this time)

THANK YOU for your support!

2019 Highlights

• In 2019, we had guest speakers on the topics of “Cervicogenic Dizziness” and “Functional Neurology & Neuroplasticity” as well as “Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD)“

• In September, we hosted our Ninth Annual Walk for Balance Event in celebration of Balance Awareness Week and Falls Prevention Awareness Day/Week with a goal of raising awareness for vestibular and balance disorders and showing our support for people living with chronic dizziness and imbalance. We started the event with a yoga warm-up activity and then invited others to “Walk a Mile in Dizzy Shoes” with us at Green Lake.  We increased our impact during our walk by wearing blue, Seattle Dizzy Group gear, balance awareness t-shirts, and Walk for Balance badge stickers as well as carrying balloons, flamingos (balance “mascots”) and balance awareness signs. After walking together, we honored event participants with our fifth annual Dizzy Spirit Awards. As a part of the celebration, we enjoyed food and giveaways. We also had a balance awareness Information Fair throughout the event. It was a fun day that hopefully helped lift spirits and build momentum for the cause. We received wonderfully positive feedback from participants, and we are excited to continue to grow the event in 2020!

• In October, we celebrated 13 years together as a support group!

• In 2019, we continued to expand the Seattle Dizzy Group website/blog and online services/resources and reached thousands of people around the globe. (For example, our website/blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2019 by visitors from over 100 different countries worldwide!). Additionally, we gained followers on Facebook and  Twitter, and increased membership of our MeetUp Group.  We appreciate everyone who connected online with Seattle Dizzy Group in 2019 and are especially grateful for all those who helped get the word out about our group and shared our posts/resources with others.