Hellllloooo Lenoir!

That's right! If you live in or around Lenoir, North Carolina we are coming your way! Team Daniel, LLC is hosting a "Meet & Greet" in your area sometime in September.

Now I know some of you are asking..."What is a Meet & Greet?" Well, members of the Team Daniel staff want to meet YOU! We want to know what going on with you and your family. If you have questions we want to answer them. If you have problems we want to help with solutions!

If you have any questions about The Team Daniel Foundation or when we will have a "Meet and Greet" scheduled in your area please email lrobinson(at)teamdaniel(dot)com.

See you soon!

Up, Up and Away!

This week I learned of an organization that could fulfill my childhood fantasy of riding in a hot air balloon. Serena's Song, led by Gary Waldman, is the world's first wheelchair-accessible hot air balloon ride.

Serena’s song is named after Waldman’s daughter who was born with Cerebral Palsy. As a young girl Serena fell in love with hot air balloon rides….and the idea for Serena’s song was born. Since 1991, Waldman has taken over 20,000 families into the skies for the ride of their lives.

Unfortunately, if you are reading this and hearing of Serena’s Song for the first time, you have missed Waldman’s North Carolina dates for this year. I hope you will forgive me; I couldn’t miss this opportunity to share this information and give you a heads up for next year!

Team Daniel has talked with Gary and he assures us he will be back in 2010. Here is the link to the website…the tour dates are old, but the contact information is current: http://serenassong.com/ .

I will keep you all updated on possible North Carolina dates for next year. Up, Up and Away!

Thank You Charlotte!

This weekend Team Daniel pressed onward with our statewide road trips and burned rubber all the way to Charlotte, North Carolina. Our mission was to meet our families in the Charlotte/Gastonia area, but boy were we surprised! An extra special thanks goes out to everyone that traveled from the Triangle and Asheville. We hope you had as wonderful time as we did.

Thank you all for sharing your stories, anecdote and time with us! We learned more that day than you'll ever know! Please keep watch for some of the information you shared to pop up in a future issue of EMPOWERED and this blog!

Now that we have met face to face, don't be shy! Please stay in touch, if you would like information on future "Meet & Greets" contact Lauren at lrobinson(at)teamdaniel(dot)com.

P.S.-Thank you Mountain Island Library for your beautiful atmosphere and awesome book sale! :)

From One Mother, To Another.

This week a member of Team Daniel family, is featured on "TriangleMom2Mom ", and we couldn't be more exicted. Jess talks about life as a military wife, mother of three children, her families favorite activities and also her more personal reason she loves working with Team Daniel.

Here is the link to the feature: http://www.trianglemom2mom.com/content/meet-jess

We hope you enjoy Jess' story as much as we did! If you don't live in the Triangle and are looking for similar websites they are out there. If you live close to Fayetteville or in one of the surrounding counties 910 Moms (http://www.910moms.com/) is a great place to start.