Last night I was watching the Miss America Pageant and took notice as the young women mentioned the causes the support. I started thinking about what I would support if I had a year to travel and speak, or unlimited funds.
I already work to try to help the local children in foster care. I work with a group that provides items for caseworkers to use in emergency situations where a child has nothing at the moment of removal. We stock diapers, clothes, ect. We do other things and also work to plan child abuse prevention activities in April.
Boo and a friend at last year's event.
When Boo gets a chance, she helps out at the local animal shelter. Her dream is to buy land and build a no kill shelter for the animals in our town. Sometimes she goes to the shelter and takes pictures of the pets who need a home.
I’m certainly not bragging about what we do because heaven knows we could do more. I would like to help with the domestic violence center because I see the children who live it daily. I would like to see an after school tutoring program in our area, one that could even be mission based such as our Beach Club meetings on Tuesdays. I would like to see more done for Alzheimers research and care.
If I had one to choose, I know it would be one that involved the safe and appropriate care of children. What would yours be?
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January 15, 2012 at 8:03 am
You are such a good person, Dena. I think your causes are fantastic. As a baby I was fostered, before being adopted by another couple. My mum tells me that the lady who fostered me was really sad to say goodbye to me, and that small bit of information was always so important to me, knowing I’d been loved and wanted. So carry on your good work, in the knowledge that the little things do make a difference! (not that I’m saying what you do is “small”)
My cause is cystic fibrosis. One of Monty’s closest friends, who we met in the hospital when they were newborns, has CF. She is the most beautiful person (inside and out) I have ever met, and it breaks my heart.