The Power of Community: Compassion, Courage, Caring

As I read the weekly edition of my hometown paper, The Item of Millburn and Short Hills, an article titled Community Pulls Together to Help Mom with Leukemia profoundly touched my heart. In an age when we are so often bombarded by negative headlines, this article accentuates the goodness within America.

The story highlights how 445 community members rose to the occasion for a bone marrow screening at the Millburn [NJ] Free Public Library to help their neighbor Lisa Mottesi. Mottesi is the mother of three and has undergone eight weeks of hospitalization and chemotherapy in her battle with Acute Myleogenous Leukemia.

Emily Won, a friend of Lisa, helped organize the bone marrow donor drive in the hopes of finding a donor. Along with volunteers from throughout the community, Won also helped manage the paperwork and assignment of donors for the collection of DNA samples for a potential match.

This event, which also raised $23,000, is a remarkable expression of all that is great about America—the power of community exemplified through compassion, courage and concern for neighbor.

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LISTEN TO THEIR CRIES Now Available!

LISTEN TO THEIR CRIES: Calling the Nation to Renewal from Columbine to Virginia Tech is now available for purchase in softcover or hardcover versions.

REAWAKENING THE
HEART OF AMERICA

Our nation has suffered for too many years a crisis of leadership. We must dedicate ourselves to a renewal of character, courage and compassion and a transformation of America which must begin in our homes and in our schools.

It is time to stand up and be counted as a dedicated member of the community and get involved with our youth through the schools. Failure is not an option for the price is too great.

To inspire a reawakening of moral values in the heart of every American and a commitment to leadership, vigilance and collaboration in schools and communities is the reason for the writing of this book.

I invite you to purchase a copy of LISTEN TO THEIR CRIES by clicking on the book image above or the link below. Thank you for your support and for your dedication to community.

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