I have a high school class mate who was in a September issue of People Magazine. How cool is that? She is an amazing woman. She adopted the infant daughter of a woman who was dying (and passed) from breast cancer. Just a couple of months later, she herself was diagnosed. She fought her battle and has been cancer free for ten years. She then founded a non-profit organization to offer support to women who are battling any kind of reproductive/gynecological/breast cancer. It has become a national organization, and she is absolutely amazing.
There was also a guy from my high school who appeared as a dancer on Saturday Night Live last month. I was friends with his older brothers in high school, but he is significantly younger and I didn't know him very well. I saw the episode though, and there he was!
I'm amazed by what people from my little town can do. Someone else I know from my high school founded a local non-profit that gives Christmas gifts, Valentines, and back-to-school supplies to children in foster homes each year. It's really grown into something amazing.
I'm in awe of these people who have done so much, and especially the women who are truly making a difference in the lives of others.
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