Bingo is a popular funding mechanism for smaller nonprofits, Julie says, but the organizations often run into roadblocks created by the state's antiquated rules governing bingo in Colorado. The twice-weekly games raise funds for that work and provide an alternative to competing for grant funding with larger nonprofits. The Chelsea Hutchison Foundation now works to educate people about SUDEP and raise funds to provide potentially life-saving monitors and seizure response dogs for people with epilepsy. We knew we had to keep her memory alive by doing something.' She lit up a room when she walked in, and she was always worried about the underdog and people who were sad. 'We knew we needed to do something, because it's really who she was. 'We set out on a mission to raise awareness because we didn't want any other families to be blindsided,' says Julie Hutchison, president of the foundation created after her daughter's death. The Highlands Ranch girl started having seizures when she was eleven her family didn't know about the dangers of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy until Chelsea died in her sleep at the age of sixteen.

Every Thursday and Sunday night, dedicated players show up at Turn of the Century Bingo in Aurora, where the Chelsea Hutchison Foundation hosts games.

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