Many of us work really hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle. We get our exercise, we eat a balanced diet, try to manage our stress, and get plenty of rest. For some of us that's all it takes for us to maintain a pretty healthy lifestyle...but there is a bigger picture than this. As a health prevention & promotion specialist I believe that we also have an obligation to try and do our part to make our community and our world a healthier place to live for everyone. This can be done through many ways and I encourage you to try a take an active role in community health.
Just today I read about Shannon Tavarez, a beautiful 11-year-old actress from "The Lion King" show who lost her battle with leukemia. The Broadway theater where "The Lion King" is playing dimmed its lights Tuesday night in honor of a fallen lion cub. I went on to read her story about trying to find a bone marrow donor match, and unfortunately she was not able to find one in time. Then I thought about my own children and wondered if this happened to them would there be a superhero out there that could swoop in and help save their life? I sure hope there would be.
Her story touched my heart, and I thought..."WOW! What an easy thing for me to do to take one more step in helping my world become a healthier place to live!" So tonight I signed up to become a bone marrow donor to help fight against leukemia.
So I challenge all of you endurance athletes out there (or anyone else) who may read my blog to sign up and do the same. Show your support for living a healthy lifestyle and become an active partner in community health! For information on how to become a bone marrow donor visit http://www.dkmsamericas.org/home. I also have the website posted on my blog site under "Blogs I Read." It just takes a few minutes to fill out the required info and then just a little swab of the cheek...and that's it!
You never know who's life you might save. What an easy way to become a superhero!!! Do it today.
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