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WHY GIVE?
When
you give through the CFC to the charity of your choice... you empower a person
in need, strenghen your neighborhoods and community for both you and your children,
and not only make a difference but create the foundation for systematic change.
THE
POWER OF YOUR GIFTS: See What it Does
REAL
LIFE STORIES FROM THOSE HELPED
TAKE
A LOOK: WHY GIVE VIDEO
ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY
Together
we can accomplish more than any one of us can do alone, but don't take our word
for it listen to the words of a CFC Donee recipient... Teri Lujan
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU
AND TELL YOU I'M
HONORED TO BE HERE
TO SPEAK ABOUT
MAKE-A-WISH
WHERE I AM A VOLUNTEER
THERE ARE SO MANY
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALL DESERVE THE GLORY,
BUT I'D LIKE TO SHARE
WITH YOU
MY OWN SPECIAL STORY
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK
WHAT VOLUNTEER
WORK MEANS TO ME,
IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN
I'LL GO BACK
A FEW YEARS YOU SEE,
MY HUSBAND AND I
HAD BEEN MARRIED
SEVERAL YEARS,
HAD OUR OWN HOME
AND WERE DOING WELL
IN OUR CAREERS
WE HAD TWO
BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND
WERE EXPECTING OUR THIRD,
AFTER A ROUTINE EYE EXAM
IS WHEN WE GOT THE WORD
OUR WORLD CAME TO A STOP
HOW DO I EXPLAIN THE STILLNESS?
RICKY, OUR FOUR-YEAR-OLD
WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH A DEVASTATING ILLNESS
HOW COULD ALL OF THIS
HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN SO?
A BRAIN TUMOR MEANT
HOSPITALS, DOCTORS, RADIATION AND CHEMO
BUT, OH, HOW OUR SON
HANDLED IT WITH GRACE,
HE AMAZINGLY ADJUSTED
TO HIS LITTLE BALD HEAD
AND A BIG ROUND FACE
OUR NEW SON ARRIVED
IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL
AND THAT'S ABOUT
WHEN RICKY GOT A
VERY SPECIAL CALL
HE'D BEEN GRANTED
A WISH FROM
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION,
BUT LIFE WAS SO CRAZY,
WHAT DO THEY MEAN
A VACATION?
A FULL WEEK AT DISNEY WORLD
FOR OUR LITTLE BOY,
BROUGHT MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME
AND OUR HEARTS SUCH JOY
BUT HERE'S THE BEAUTY
OF WHAT MAKE-A-WISH DID,
IT ALLOWED US TO BE A FAMILY
AND, RICKY,
JUST BE A KID!
WITHIN MONTHS
RICKY GREW WEAK,
BUT HE WAS NEVER ALONE
FOR WE WERE BY HIS SIDE
WHEN GOD CALLED HIM HOME
MY SON HAD A PURPOSE
TO HIS FOUR YEARS
OF LIVING
HE TAUGHT ME TRUE LOVE
AND THE IMPORTANCE
OF GIVING
SO THIS BRINGS ME TO BACK
TO THE QUESTION
AT THE START
I DO MY MAKE-A-WISH WORK
STRAIGHT FROM MY HEART
AND I'VE LEARNED
IT'S NOT WHAT I DO
FOR THESE KIDS, YOU SEE
IT'S IN MEMORY OF RICKY
AND ALL THESE KIDS
DO FOR ME!
SO, IN CLOSING I'D LIKE
TO ASK YOU A FAVOR TODAY
GIVE TO A CHARITY THAT
TOUCHES YOU IN SOME WAY
AND GIVE FROM YOUR HEART
TO THE ONE THAT YOU CHOOSE
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW,
SOMEDAY,
YOU MAY BE IN MY SHOES.
COMMITMENT - FOCUS - CHANGING REALITY
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