LIVESTRONG Leader Spotlight: Kristin

LIVESTRONG  leaders are volunteers who make yearly commitments to helping those affected by cancer in their community. Leaders do this through developing relationships with community leaders, initiating activities (fundraising, hosting events,& more), and sharing LIVESTRONG‘s mission. One of our leaders, Kristin Leung, talks about her involvement with LIVESTRONG and why she decided to join the team.LS: How have you been affected by cancer? Kristin: Over the years, I have watched both friends and family be stricken by cancer. In 2011, I decided to begin working with survivors as part of theLIVESTRONGprogram  at the YMCA in my community. Then, later on in 2015, I furthered my efforts and became aLIVESTRONG Leader.LS: Why did you choose to join Team LIVESTRONG? Kristin: I believe that the work LIVESTRONG does is really important. Not only do I want to help  spread the word about the services available to survivors, but I also to help raise funds so that we can continue to offer those services. Joining Team LIVESTRONG was the perfect way for me to do both.LS: What inspired your fundraising ideas/tactics? Kristin: While I was at the recent LIVESTRONG Leaders meeting, I saw a lot of different  LIVESTRONG event and fundraising T-shirts that my fellow Leaders were wearing.  I really enjoyed seeing the variety of them and even more so, I loved hearing the stories behind the shirts. I wanted to create one as well and started my own T-shirt campaign as a way to get peop...
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