TRAVEL FOR GOOD AWARD WINNER
Charyn Pffeufer
Seattle, WA
Nominated by Erica George:
Charyn is dedicated to improving the lives of others in any way that she can. In 3 months, she raised enough money from independent donors to fund her volunteer project titled The Global Citizen Project, where she will serve in 12 different community projects in 12 countries over 12 months. This was her own idea that she conjured up and made happen! She just returned from Honduras where she served in the Building a Future organization.
Charyn’s Story:
As a travel writer, 37-year-old Pfeuffer has visited luxury destinations around the world. On many of her trips, she was upset by the extreme poverty just outside the gates of the resorts. “It’s hard to rationalize the fact that some women who live in these countries would need to work an eight-hour shift to afford a single fruity cocktail,” says Pfeuffer. “It makes you rethink what it means to lead a ‘rich’ life.” Inspired by her travels,…..
Read more of her story at Ladies’ Home Journal:
http://www.lhj.com/volunteering/we-do-good-award-winners-2010/
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WOMEN ON THEIR WAY AWARD WINNER
Theresa Lucase
Anderson, IN
Nominated by Maggie Howell:
Theresa Lucas (http://www.theresalucas.com/) is an amazing woman that has devoted her life to her art and helping children with arthrogryposis see that they can live a normal life just like anyone else. She is an outstanding advocate for people with “diff” abilites and travels the US to share her love of art with school children. She is a very gifted artist who holds her brush in her mouth. She serves as President of AMCSI which is a support group for arthrogryposis multiplex congenital (AMC). AMC’s mission is to help others affected by AMC and spread awareness of AMC so that children, parents, medical professionals, and adults can find support and information regarding arthrogryposis.
Theresa is an amazing advocate and outstanding example of what it means to give of herself to help others. She has even filmed an entire day of how she does things with limited arm use so that parents and children can have hope and see that it will be okay in doing things differently.
Theresa’s Story:
Though she was born with Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC), a rare disorder that affects the joints and severely impedes her mobility, 45-year-old Lucas is a watercolor artist whose paintings have won local awards. But she never wanted to paint in front of people because she was self-conscious about her unique way of holding a paintbrush. That changed five years ago…
Read more of her story at Ladies’ Home Journal:
http://www.lhj.com/volunteering/we-do-good-award-winners-2010/
Watch Theresa’s inspiring story
WE DO GOOD AWARD WINNER
Hilari Scarl
Los Angeles, CA
Nominated by David Mumpower:
Hilari’s interest in the deaf community began in 1992 when she started working in deaf theatre (she’s not deaf). She has spent the past 18 years working with the deaf community as a director, performer and educator with the Tony Award winning National Theatre of the Deaf (NTD), the Deaf Arts Council, New York Deaf Theatre and Deaf West. She brings her intimate knowledge of deaf culture, personal friendships within the deaf community and signing skills to this documentary. She’s currently touring the county promoting her film “See What I’m Saying”.
Hilari’s Story:
Scarl, an independent filmmaker, was inspired to work and volunteer in the deaf community after seeing a performance at the New York Deaf Theater in the ’90s. “It completely changed my life,” says Scarl, age 44, who is not deaf herself. “It showed me a whole new dimension of communication and art.” She started to learn sign language…
Read more of her story at Ladies’ Home Journal:
http://www.lhj.com/volunteering/we-do-good-award-winners-2010/
