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Join Us: Help Save Lori's House
Age has nothing to do with this post. Being too young or old; or how old you feel or think you are. Nope, not today. This post is about someone I don't know personally, and it's likely neither do you.
It's likely, too, that you can't imagine going through what she's recently had to face.
But first, a little about her: Lori Hall Steele is only 44 years old, and as a writer she's published more than 3,000 (3,000!!) articles for local, regional and national publications. She edited Michael Moore’s book Dude, Where’s My Country? and helped launch his Traverse City Film Festival.
That was then.
Now Lori is fighting for her life. And her home. And to keep life right-side up for her young son. This single mom lives in Michigan. Last September she mysteriously lost the ability to move her feet. The paralysis spread. She was soon diagnosed to ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She's unable to work in the career that allowed her to shine. Fellow freelancer writers over at FreelanceSuccess.com have built a website in order to collect funds to save her home which risks going into foreclosure.
Fellow freelancers have turned into social workers: making endless calls to the ALS society, United Way and state and local government offices. They've drafted wishlists. A silent auction is in the works. And they've set up a site--Save Lori's House--where donations are accepted through PayPal and credit cards. And also where you can learn more about Lori, like I did.
http://www.savelorishouse.com/
Whether you donate or not, please pass this on to others. Martin Luther King said: "Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve."
Perhaps this is the path of service, just for today? Perhaps, in this way, we all get to know one another, and touch another's heart.
Meredith
http://www.savelorishouse.com/
It's likely, too, that you can't imagine going through what she's recently had to face.
But first, a little about her: Lori Hall Steele is only 44 years old, and as a writer she's published more than 3,000 (3,000!!) articles for local, regional and national publications. She edited Michael Moore’s book Dude, Where’s My Country? and helped launch his Traverse City Film Festival.
That was then.
Now Lori is fighting for her life. And her home. And to keep life right-side up for her young son. This single mom lives in Michigan. Last September she mysteriously lost the ability to move her feet. The paralysis spread. She was soon diagnosed to ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). She's unable to work in the career that allowed her to shine. Fellow freelancer writers over at FreelanceSuccess.com have built a website in order to collect funds to save her home which risks going into foreclosure.
Fellow freelancers have turned into social workers: making endless calls to the ALS society, United Way and state and local government offices. They've drafted wishlists. A silent auction is in the works. And they've set up a site--Save Lori's House--where donations are accepted through PayPal and credit cards. And also where you can learn more about Lori, like I did.
http://www.savelorishouse.com/
Whether you donate or not, please pass this on to others. Martin Luther King said: "Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve."
Perhaps this is the path of service, just for today? Perhaps, in this way, we all get to know one another, and touch another's heart.
Meredith
http://www.savelorishouse.com/
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