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Volunteer work in my community has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I always did the Y Walkathon every spring and sold raffle tickets and Girl Guide cookies too. When I was raising my children my volunteer work revolved around them and their activities.

I loved it when they were in the Nancy Greene Ski League and when they graduated to the local ski team as teenagers. I was the Race Secretary for the Downhill Event at Spring Break for a number of years, thus earning my "Downhill Junkie" nickname. Ahhhh, I do miss skiing!!

These days my volunteer passion is the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP). I am a Volunteer Program Leader and a Master Trainer and really enjoy working to promote this program.

Last summer I had the opportunity to create a presentation for a conference in September, 2005, the New Perspectives Conference. I created a poster entitled, "Nothing About Me Without Me - The Patient Voice". I've put a link to the pdf document of the poster in the links column if you'd like to read it. It is quite a large document, so be warned, it might take a while to download.