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Hometown: Asheboro, North
Carolina
Degree Objective: Corporate Communications
Expected Graduation: December
2005 |
Current employment: I
am a paralegal with Richter & Haller, LLC
in Mt. Pleasant. |
Current volunteer activities: I
am a volunteer with Hospice of Charleston and
I also volunteer every year on my mom’s Relay 4 Life team in Randolph
County, North Carolina.
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What are you most proud of contributing
to your organization? Unfortunately,
like so many families, cancer has affected my family in more ways than
one. My mom is a breast cancer survivor
and my
grandmother passed away in October 2001 after being diagnosed with
cancer. The American Cancer Society works
so
hard to find
a cure for cancer. Hospice goes above
and beyond by providing palliative care to people who are terminally
ill and
their families. In my mind, both of
these organizations have done and given a tremendous amount for me and
my
family, so I am proud of being able to give back, even in the smallest
of ways.
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Previous volunteer activities: ASCEND
Foundation (Anne Scandalios Cancer Ends Now Directive) and Hospice of
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County. |
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What do you enjoy about community
service? I enjoy getting to
meet new people and hearing
the many stories they want to share. But
most of all I enjoy the opportunities of helping others. Even in
the most difficult of situations,
being able to help someone and seeing the smile on their face is pretty
amazing. |
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Most
memorable volunteer experience? My
mom has been cancer free for seven years.
Every year at Relay 4 Life is a memorable experience for me.
Getting to see her walk that first survivor’s
lap along with all the other survivors still makes me cry. |
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What
have you learned about yourself
through volunteering? I’ve learned that
when you are so passionate about
something, it almost becomes second nature to be able to support and
promote it
and to be able to talk to others about it. |
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How do you think your friends and/or
co-workers would describe you?
I
think my friends and co-workers would
describe me as being strong, hard-working and caring. |
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What
would you tell someone who is
thinking about volunteering? Don’t volunteer for
the wrong reasons. If you are going to volunteer and become
involved with an organization, do it because you feel strongly about it
and
truly want to help. There are so many
organizations that desperately need volunteers, but not if you aren’t
going to
be committed. |
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Websites
for Jeannie's organizations: www.cancer.org www.hospiceofcharleston.org
www.ascendfoundation.org
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