It would appear that my writing and professional status in the area has taken root, finally. Earlier this semester, I got a phone call from the new Director of the CF Foundation for South Florida, Pat Warbritton. She and the events coordinator, Mary Calvert, met me at the campus Subway between classes one day to discuss what I could do for the foundation to help with social media, fundraising, etc. I offered to write some tips for fundraising using social media and entertain the possibility of doing more after graduation, as the Great Strides is just a week after commencement but there is a bike tour tentatively scheduled around Halloween. They offered me a place on the Cycle for Life committee, which I think I will take them up on in June if the offer stands.
I got another call yesterday from them asking if I would write the Patient’s Perspective piece for the next issue of the chapter’s newsletter. I have free reign over the topic and length, so I’m going to kick around some more ideas I have from my course work this semester in Advanced Composition and see if I can develop one into a two-page piece that both educates and informs in my typical style. I’m not sure if it gets printed or will be distributed on the CFF main website or just the chapter’s site, but look for it in June here, because you can be sure there will be a link in the sidebar. /grin
I have several purposes for this site, though I’ll admit straight off that it began as an accountability device to keep up with my treatments. I’m putting my life, my health, and the related aspects of my relationship with Beautiful out there for everyone to see. In addition to that, I want to educate, build a community, and entertain. I plan to entertain with my writing, which I’ve honed over the last 5 years of blogging and 3 years of intense English courses, culminating in getting my B.A. in English this coming May. Thank you all so far for the tweets to 