Backyard Metropolis fountain turned purple for particular cause

GARDEN CITY, Ga. (WTOC) – Individuals who dwell within the Savannah space are used to seeing the fountain at Forsyth Park flip inexperienced in March.

Now, a fountain off Freeway 21 in Backyard Metropolis is popping purple for a particular cause.

April is Epilepsy Consciousness Month. 8-year-old Malachi Roberts suffers from the situation.

He and his household are continuously out locally elevating consciousness for epilepsy with their group referred to as the Marvelous Children Basis.

This time, with the assistance of Backyard Metropolis, they’ve turned the fountain at Volunteer Park purple. It’s the colour for epilepsy consciousness.

“I hope they suppose it appears to be like cool,” Roberts mentioned.

“I would like them to be like ‘what does that stand for?’ and be capable of attain out to somebody and discover out the data,” Malachi’s grandmother Cheryl Johnson mentioned.

The fountain will keep purple for the whole month of April. For extra info on epilepsy consciousness, discover the Marvelous Children Basis on Fb.

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