PASADENA >> Thousands of people donned their running shoes and took part in the largest epilepsy awareness and support event in the nation at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday.

The Walk to End Epilepsy 5K walk and run raised funds to benefit the Epilepsy Helpline, teen and family Camps, the Big Brain Exhibit, therapy groups, statewide advocacy, seizure first aid and seizure recognition training,according to organizers at the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles.

Celebrity participants included actors Jane Lynch, Josh Duhamel, Greg Grunberg and Rick Harrison, as well as DJ Hapa.

Epilepsy is spectrum disorder affecting 1 in 26 people, according to the foundation, and November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. About 5.1 million Americans are diagnosed with epilepsy or another seizure disorder, and 150,0000 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed each year.

“More people die of Epilepsy than breast cancer. One in 10 people will have a seizure in their lifetime,” Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles officials said in a written statement. “It’s two (twice) as common as Parkinson’s, cerebral calsy, and multiple sclerosis combined.”

For more information, visit the Epilepsy Foundation of Grater Los Angeles at www.endepilepsy.org.