Commemorative Speech Example

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Anita,

I would like to introduce myself, I am Amber Grafe the Local Event Chair for SWLA Free to Breathe. We are a partnership of lung cancer survivors, advocates, researchers, healthcare professionals and industry leaders. And we are united in the belief that every person with lung cancer deserves a cure.

I met your son Chad over the summer, he is a very remarkable person. During small talk, I mentioned my passion for being an advocate for lung cancer. He then mentioned your fight with lung cancer and also his dear friend who passed from Lung cancer.

I shared my story about my beloved My stepdad and the man who raised me. He was diagnosed 11/11/2011. My world crumbled that day, it was not until that moment that I ever thought about my dad not seeing me get married or have kids. In March of 2012, we participated in our first SWLA Free to Breath
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We talked about your journey with Lung cancer. I asked if yall needed some information about things currently going on in the fight for a cure. It can be very stressful trying to google and know the facts or not. Even as an advocate it's stressful I couldn't imagine what is like as a patient.

I have attached some info on assistance. I would also encourage you to go to https://healthunlocked.com/freetobreathe - that online community offers so much support and wisdom, it is wonderful. And you can just browse if you want, or participate as much or as little as you want.
I talked with our support line manager, Peggy, and she gave me all of this info for you. She also said to let you know, don’t give up on getting the assistance you need. Keep trying.

I have included our support line number for Peggy, and she can talk over any further questions. Anybody is welcome to call whether they are recently diagnosed, a caregiver, family member, doctor, etc. 608-827-1200. She can also tell you more about our free educational resources we could

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