In conjunction with the 2012 Volunteer
Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida, we held the 8th annual ShareUnion.
ShareUnion, a gathering of ShareYourStory (www.shareyourstory.org)
members from around the U.S. and around the world, had nearly 60 attendees from
20 states, Canada, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.
Staged by the March of Dimes
volunteers who maintain the site and ensure that every new member is welcomed
and every post is answered, ShareUnion is a unique family engagement event. Not
only do participants learn tools to cope with loss, their child’s birth defect,
prematurity, or special need, they also learn new and deeper ways to engage
with the March of Dimes. Eleven members of the ShareYourStory volunteer leadership
committee additionally attended the VLC to gain further knowledge of their
important role within the Foundation.
Our keynote speaker, South
Carolina NICU Family Support Specialist Hope Lienau shared her family’s story
of heartbreak and love. She also spoke of her first contact with the March of
Dimes NICU Family Support program, how she began as a mission volunteer and then
became a NFS Specialist.
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