It has been both hilarious and amazing to watch the phenomenon of the ice bucket challenge that has swept the United States over the past few weeks. It has raised millions of dollars for research, and people are enjoying themselves in the process in an effort to promote a positive difference. Then I began to think that there are probably a lot of people out there that this challenge doesn't resonate with. I am not saying this is a bad thing, because we would be overwhelmed and unable to function if we felt the weight of every disease or tragedy that befell the world.
Most of us though do have a passion about something - a cause. It isn't enough for us to sit on the sidelines and cheer, we get in the game and get involved. It gives me comfort in a way to support a cause, not just for the cause itself, but it allows me to take action where in some places I can't.
My cause is preventing and treating cancer. My mom barely beat breast cancer just after I graduated high school, and I lost both my grandfather and great grandfather to cancer. I volunteer with Susan G. Komen for the Cure and work with the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. I help with promoting support and education groups for those with cancer, and I speak in schools to kids about the cancer dangers associated with smoking.
So what is your cause and why? How did you get involved?
Most of us though do have a passion about something - a cause. It isn't enough for us to sit on the sidelines and cheer, we get in the game and get involved. It gives me comfort in a way to support a cause, not just for the cause itself, but it allows me to take action where in some places I can't.
My cause is preventing and treating cancer. My mom barely beat breast cancer just after I graduated high school, and I lost both my grandfather and great grandfather to cancer. I volunteer with Susan G. Komen for the Cure and work with the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life. I help with promoting support and education groups for those with cancer, and I speak in schools to kids about the cancer dangers associated with smoking.
So what is your cause and why? How did you get involved?