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So, I did my first charity event two weeks ago with my husband, Chris. It was the 3 mile Heart Walk for the American Heart Association. We raised $200, not as much as I would have liked but it was something. We were the only ones on our team and we walked the whole way, it felt great. I’m ready to do more.

I also went to the initial volunteer training for the Make-A-Wish foundation. I am so excited to get started with this foundation. I really want to go through training to be a Wish Granter. I would be able to meet kiddos that are terminally ill and their family to find out what it is that would be their greatest wish. Once that wish is established, I would get to help make it happen: the planning, timing, reservations, everything. Oh, I think it would be such a great opportunity and another way to make a difference in the life of the living.

I still need to make phone calls to the Literacy Council and the Boys and Girls Club to set up some volunteer activities with them. This new position is keeping me a lot busier then I ever thought it would. Not that this is a bad thing. I love what I am doing; it is more rewarding then I already knew it would be. I have been going to meetings with the local hospitals, teaching new nurses and nursing students about donation (I really love that part) as well as being on call and being prepared to be at the hospital at any waking moment. This really is the most incredible career I could have ever walked into.

The next team event I am captain of is the March for Babies that I have spoken about in previous posts. I have the support of 5 other walkers and we have raised about 1/5 of our goal. This is a cause that hits very close to home for me; it reaches out to women that fall in the high risk category of pregnancy and those babies that are born premature. I do not have children yet but I am considered high risk and it is great to have a charity out there that would help me if I needed it and I feel I need to give back. Pay it Forward. To help support babies and their mother’s please visit: http://www.marchforbabies.org/team/t1375745.