As some of you may recall, I submitted an entry for the Alzheimer's Association's Young Adult Advocacy Essay Competition several months back. The time has passed, and the results are in: While I won't be winning a trip to Washington, DC, to testify before congress, I did win an honorable mention. Am I disappointed? A little, though what's intriguing about the results is that I might be the only gentleman on the list. Some of the names are questionable, but I believe they're all female:
Alzheimer's Association Young Adult Essay Competition
First Place:
Kristen Czenszak, PA
Second Place:
Jessica Linberts, WI
Honorable Mention:
Christopher Adams, NY
Emily Balfour, GA
Mary Beeson, NE
Caitlin English, NY
Bobbie Marie Gregg, TN
Allison Mohler, CT
Hashini Seneviratne, MD
Kelley Snead, PA
Kate Tebben, SC
Shira Wender, FL
Just the same, I've been a busy boy in getting ready for this year's Memory Walk. Each year, several clubs at Simon band together to participate in an event called Team MBA. I'm proud to announce that the Memory Walk has been selected as Team MBA's fall volunteerism event. My vision is to get a network of clubs from different universities in the area involved in the event, possibly competing with one another. This seems like a great year to test the power of the Facebook event invitation function in a fundraising capacity...
Friday, February 23, 2007
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Congratulations! While I was disappointed I didn't get to go to DC as well, I was very excited to meet Kate Gordon from the Washington Public Policy office at Tennessee's Alzheimer's Day on the Hill. She assured me they received so many great ideas, many of them grassroot, that they plan on implementing in the future.
Thank you so much for being a fellow young advocate. None of us have a choice when we're affected by this terrible disease, but we do have a choice in how we use our experiences to lend a voice for those who cannot...
God Bless!
Bobbie Marie Gregg
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