Good morning!
I have just spent some time in San Francisco at a national nonprofit fundraising conference and I came away totally jazzed.
I have spent the last two decades of my life with my nose close up against the grindstone of working to raise awareness, develop resources, and provide access to effective treatment for people struggling with trichotillomania. It has been an up-river swim, often against some really strong currents of public denial and minimization.
That said, it is a cause I am willing to fight for. Every day. I deeply believe in the value of this work; I have seen up close and personal the transformative power of education, shame reduction and effective treatment. Yes, we need more – much more – serious research, resources, better access, public awareness… the list goes on and on. But we are moving in the right direction now, and this conference I just attended validated this for me in a lot of ways.
Jen (TLC’s Executive Director) and I sat in rooms surrounded by people working seriously for a wide variety of important causes; from social services to clean rivers to green energy to health issues to animal issues to resource protection issues to family issues – etc. We were all there with one purpose.
How to better serve our organizations in reaching their various goals of service for the Common Good. It was invigorating and rejuvenating for me. Trich was at the table. With the Red Cross, with Fragile X Syndrome, with AIDS organizations, with National Resources Defence Council, the USS Midway Museum, Historical Preservation, Wild Animal Rescue, low-income childcare, on and on and on…
I love working for TLC. I love giving a voice to sufferers who had no voice before. I love working to raise funds for projects that I clearly see will benefit this community profoundly. I love the opportunity to help others learn the extraordinary pleasure of supporting a cause close to their hearts, and seeing real good come out of it.
Over the years I cannot tell you how many times I have heard things like “I can’t make a difference” or “It’s no use getting involved, it won’t work” or the big one “why don’t THEY (whoever on Earth that may be) do more research…”
I am here to tell you - as you read these very words that WE HAVE made a difference, WE WILL reach many if not ALL of our goals, and the world will be a better place as a result.
I hope you join me in supporting this cause – OUR CAUSE – because it is worthy, do-able, and lots of fun to be a part of the unfolding process. So please call me at 831-457-1004 if you want to hear more or get involved!
Okay, gotta get ready to go in to work now -
Love to All,
Christina
