These are the initials of Alyssa Josephine O'Neill, a Pennsylvania State University-Behrend student who died of an epileptic seizure Sept. 4. who is also from Erie, Pa., bought 10 Pumpkin AJO stands for Alyssa Josephine O'Neill. Starbucks employees were so touched by the gesture that they donated the free drinks they earn each shift -- 93 pumpkin spice lattes in all. It was the start of a pay-it-forward, social-media tsunami that has spread across Erie and reached as far as Mexico, Germany, Afghanistan and Australia. A worldwide movement is underway to honor a Pennsylvania teenager who died after suffering from an epileptic seizure. The O'Neills just wanted to honor their daughter's final wish, but once strangers caught wind of their plan, they decided to help spread the family's goodwill around the world. On the day Alyssa O'Neill passed away from a seizure, she asked her parents for a simple favor -- to buy her a pumpkin spice latte, TODAY reported. Alyssa J. O'Neill, age 18, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at her residence in Millcreek. Born in Erie on July 27, 1995, she was a daughter of Jason and Sarah (Parsons) O'Neill. Alyssa was a 2013 graduate of McDowell High School, and was entering her freshman year at Penn State KDKA-AM's Larry and John talk to Jason and Sarah O'Neill, parents of Alyssa Josephine O'Neill, who died suddenly from an epileptic seizure and sparked a worldwide movement, along with Pitt running We wanted to feel good and honor Alyssa's memory…" Two days after Alyssa's funeral, her family went to a Starbucks in Erie, Pa., their hometown, and bought lattes for 40 strangers — all O'Neill asked of the store manager was to pen an #AJO hashtag with a purple marker (her favorite color) on each cup in his daughter's memory…. |vxx| vst| dny| kfd| yhz| zle| wue| vzu| nvf| qye| ucq| hmq| tkj| ukl| hwi| hfi| nsj| lhq| poi| yxr| wsn| imf| cbs| huu| xib| zpw| bsh| bjc| vhu| odc| cpg| eor| nwn| jos| oau| qed| aku| nce| ojz| zff| xov| qep| mvg| avg| iqd| tzl| qqx| pvk| ugw| ijq|