Many of you may know Lisa Pagano, the Washington Nationals Manager of Communications, or maybe you’ve seen her around Nationals Park. Lisa has always been a good friend to We’ve Got Heart, and we think that she is a good person, too. How good a person is she? Well, Lisa has decided to become a candidate in the 2010 Man & Woman of the Year competition held by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and she will spend her time and effort over the next couple of months attempting to raise $75,000 for this great organization. And Nationals fans (and anyone else out there reading this), I think that we should help her out.
Lisa’s campaign has already kicked off, and in the next few weeks she will be organizing and hosting events aimed at reaching her goal. She will have a happy hour, a Kentucky Derby party, a jewelry party, and more, all leading up to her main event – the “Night Among the Stars” live auction on June 7.
Knowing Lisa, I am sure that she will have some fabulous prizes to auction off, and knowing Nats fans, I am sure that we will be lined up and ready to give generously.
Speaking from experience, being the winning bidder and getting a special prize with a Nationals player can be fun and rewarding. When Chartese Burnett (a cancer survivor and, at that time, a VP with the Nationals organization) competed for LLS Woman of the Year in 2008, we helped her win with our donations. I was one of several winning bidders at her live auction, but I think my prize was the best. I successfully bid on a lunch date with Ryan Zimmerman, and as a huge fan it will always be a fabulous memory for me. Making it even more meaningful to me was the knowledge that I gave to an organization to help find a cure for Leukemia which took the life of my cousin’s 27-year-old daughter just months after my lunch date with Zim.
So come on Nationals fans…check out Lisa’s campaign and open your hearts and wallets. If you are going out tonight anyway, why not go out to The Exchange for Happy Hour and help get Lisa’s campaign off to a great start.
All the info you need for helping Lisa meet her goal can be found online. Check out her Stand Up and Take Notice website or her Facebook page for all the details or to donate.
Stand up and take notice!
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