Frankie Milley, Founder and National Executive Director of Meningitis Angels as well as a mother whose only child, Ryan, died from Meningococcal Meningitis/Sepsis will share her personal story at the Brownwood High School Auditorium tonight, May 16th at 7:00pm.
Milley will share her personal story and the facts and prevention of bacterial meningitis.
Milley lead the advocacy in Texas for mandates which now require meningococcal vaccine for middle school entry. Milley is spreading awareness across America and around the world by bringing real faces, real lives, real diseases, real preventions and educating people to get immunized.
“Frankie speaks all over the United States, and we worked very hard to get her to come to our community,” stated Jodie Hohertz, Immunization Coalition Coordinator of the Brownwood-Brown County Health Department. “The real faces of Brown County are what is most important to us and we want them to have the opportunity to learn about prevention from the very best”.
Meningitis Angels is a national non-profit organization founded in memory of Ryan Wayne Milley, the only child of Bob and Frankie Milley. Ryan’s life was taken at age 18, as a result of meningococcal meningitis/meningococcemia.
Hundreds of families from across America and around the world make Angels one of the largest meningitis organizations in the world. They are dedicated to the support of victims of vaccine preventable bacterial meningitis and their families. While helping families cope with the loss or care of a family member they also offer some hands on support for those children affected with bacterial meningitis. Sadly, Meningitis Angels continues to grow in honor and memory of those whose lives were affected or taken by these deadly, preventable diseases.
Meningitis Angels educates the public, health professionals, child care facilities, schools and universities on not only meningitis but other vaccine preventable diseases and the preventions including vaccines, though personal stories, our educational brochures, posters and videos.