POINTS EARNED
Rollie's Charitable Life
CROWDRISE ROYALTY
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HOME: Portland, OR, United States
ROCK PAPER OR SCISSORS: Rock
I grew up in Michigan surrounded by a really close family, and it's that closeness that drives me to give back to families because that's the number one thing that I believe in - family and togetherness. Family roots, experiences, opportunities, respect, communication, and relationships shape us and generations to come.
So, for a career, I became an attorney for children and parents in the foster care system. I also handled other cases that deeply affect a family, like domestic violence cases, juvenile immigration and adoptions. While it sounds like intense conversation or high burn out work, it was a dream job.
After working as an attorney for many years, I constantly tried to think of creative ways to improve the system - that is the spirit behind my first Crowdrise Project!!!
Why? I was getting my hair cut one day. After talking over the usual, she asked me - if you had to give one difference between a foster child and, let's say, (her) child, what would it be? That very day, an eight year old foster child had, again, been asking for a bike. He didn't have one. His caseworker was 'submitting a request' for funding for a bike through different agencies and looking for pots of money to get a bike for him. That's the difference, I said. Three days later, she dropped off one of her son's barely used BMX bikes at my house.
In case you were wondering, I don't like to bike, but love to cook, hike with my dog, read and write, hang out with friends, and go to the beach and the mountain. I also like to travel and am looking for a cooking trip to learn how to make the perfect pizza!
I'm no longer lawyering. I moved on to different dream jobs - wrote my first book about a family that's been affected by the foster care system and working with a fantastic NYC editor / agent to try to get it published - wish me luck! While it's fiction, it's a compelling story about a family struggling to keep their family together while faced with accusations of abuse and I don't think they did it. Do you? Wait for more...
WHY YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR ME:
Because I look fairly decent in my photos and I'm trying hard. That's all we can ask for. And vote for everyone else, too, who has no spelling errors.
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