A Call to Arms!!

Did that get your attention??  Okay...well I exaggerated a bit.  It's not really a call to arms but rather a call to volunteer.  Many of you may know that I wear a lot of hats in an effort to help CHERUBS.  I am currently the Illinois and Wisconsin State Rep and on the Awareness, Grant, and Welcome Committees.  I am also one of the Co-Chairs of the newly formed Parent Advisory Board.

So how can you help?  We can always use help on the committees I mentioned above.  But where we really need help (and I'm talking about Illinois and Wisconsin specifically here) is in the Hospital Angel role.  What is a Hospital Angel?  It is someone who has knowledge of a specific hospital and is willing (as needed) to speak to members about that hospital or possibly even visit someone with a child currently at that respective hospital.

This is an on-call position, so it does not require a lot of hours.  However, it is an extremely important role.  I think we all can remember all the questions swirling around our heads when we found out we were going to have a child with CDH.

But between Illinois and Wisconsin there are way too many hospitals for one person to cover.  Plus I only have experience with two hospitals with respect to my CDH-er.

I know just from the Chicago Parade of Cherubs on April 19, we had a dozen hospitals represented.  If you are interested in becoming a Hospital Angel or taking on any of the other important volunteer roles, please let me know.  Thanks for taking the time to consider volunteering.  CHERUBS is primarily a volunteer run organization.  So without our volunteers, we wouldn't be able to offer half the services currently being offered.

Here is a direct link to a brief description of the volunteer roles currently available.