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Electronic Newsletter: March 2023
Top O' The Morning to Ya!
Angels in the Air...
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Table of Contents
  1. Luck of the Irish; An Irish Toast
  2. Save the Date: Annual Angel Luncheon April 26, 2023. Angel Membership Renewal Time. Please join us for Friendship, Fashion, Food, and Fun Prizes!
  3. 'Angels in Air' by Jeri Ward, RN; Operation Walk Director Emeritus
  4. Call for volunteers, we are expanding our reach.
  5. How's the New Year's resolutions going? It's never too late to restart
  6. Go GREEN- 4 easy ways!
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A Witty Ditty from Ireland
There are good ships and there are wood ships, & the ships that sail the sea.
But the Best Ships are
FRIENDSHIPS and may they always be.
Save-the-date
April 26, 2023
Annual Angel Luncheon
Annandale Golf Club
Larry's Angels
From Left to Right
Mary Ellen Sieben, Trish Lindsay, Jeri Ward, Yoli Casagrande, & Cindy Gilbert
2017 Founding Angels
Angel Bea

Angel Paula
Angel Susan
Angels in the Air
by Jeri Ward, RN; Operation Walk Director Emeritus
Operation Walk Angels started in 2017, when the late Gayle Garner Rossi went on an Operation Walk mission with Dr. Lawrence Dorr (1941-2020) to Antigua, Guatemala. Gayle went along to learn more about how Operation Walk helped people in underserved countries. Gayle, a renown artist, was taken by the beauty of the country and the stories of the people that came to the Hermano Pedro Hospital hoping to be helped. Every person that came to the screening clinic had been praying for a miracle. Hips and knees that had limited mobility and caused pain for years, had the possibility of being operated, and an operation that was unaffordable to all of them suddenly became possible.

Through the collaboration of Dr. Dorr and Gayle, an idea was conceived to help raise funds for Operation Walk, and to give our supporters at home a closer look of the work we did and the people we were helping. Operation Walk Angels was born! The story can be found in the book “The Crooked Man, His Doctor, and His Angel,” written by Dr. Dorr and illustrated by Gayle Garner Rossi.

Many of you, having suffered from crippling pain, know the feeling of hopelessness. Fortunately, I have not felt this personally, but I feel it through every email, letter and face to face request, pleading for help and the return to a better life. It is heartbreaking. There are so many that need help, but funding and time are limiting the work we can do. 

The Angels are a cornerstone of our fund raising. Each year, each Angel donates $1,000.00 to Operation Walk. Some are able to donate more, but this is the minimum to be listed as an Angel. Over the years some of my neighbors and colleagues have said they wanted to join, but this is a large amount of money to them. I take pride in suggesting to them how to raise money to become an Angel. Yard sales, bake sales, Go Fund Me campaign’s, asking for donation via holiday gifts…the ways are endless. I am proud to say our Angel’s group now stands at 68 ladies. We join together for our Annual Spring Luncheon (this year April 26) to raise a toast to those we have helped, and to our volunteers who make it all happen.

A suggestion I have, as I have gotten older, is to focus on the continuation of philanthropy by introducing our adult children and our grandchildren to the cause of Operation Walk. We encourage our current Angels to bring someone, family, friend or colleague to the luncheon this year with them. They will be motivated to carry the torch of Operation Walk, as Dr. Dorr wished.

On a personal note, many of you know that my husband is blind. My little granddaughter is just realizing that Grandpa is “different” and there are things he can’t do that other people can. There is no “Angel” that will be able to fix his situation. She is learning kindness and patience. I will make her an Angel this year. I believe that it is never too early to learn and care about the plight of others. I will teach her of the 25 years I spent helping develop Operation Walk with Dr. Dorr and she will be part of the future of his legacy.
I hope you can join us too.
MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK
IF YOU ARE IN THE FIELD OF ORTHOPEDICS OR EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT,
OPERATION WALK IS LOOKING TO EXPAND IT'S REACH.
OUR WORLD NEEDS MEDICAL CARE
AND WE HAVE THE SYSTEM IN PLACE TO HELP.
WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER!

  1. FUNDRASING-Help our team secure funds to do the work.
  2. DONATING-Goods and/or services
  3. VOLUNTEERING- Medical or non-medical here or abroad.
IF YOU, OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, WANTS TO BE A PART OF A "DREAM-TEAM' CONTACT AVA@OPERATIONWALK.ORG OR GO TO WWW.OPERATIONWALK.ORG AND FILL OUT THE FORM CLICK ON THE VOLUNTEER TAB.
Stay the Course on those
New Year's Resolutions...
We're just getting warmed up!
BLAKE W. BALDWIN, C2C; BASIC TRAINING 2020...'NEVER QUIT!'
  • Lost your motivation?
  • Too cold, too wet to go outdoors?
  • Not enough hours in the day?
We get it, we've all been there. Today is a new day! The first day of the rest of the year; so let's reset and recommit to our 2023 goals.
How to restart? It's Simple, just start!
  1. Major leaps begin with a small step. Start small.
  2. Today, I will.....
  3. Tomorrow I will....

I recently heard a podcast from Navy Seal, Jocko Willnick, he reminded me that the ONLY thing stopping me from achieving my goals is ME!
So onward we go, knowing that the work we put in today will pay off tomorrow and the next day and the next.
Do something today that your future self will thank you for.

Happy St. Patrick's Day
Go Green!
4 ways to GO GREEN-ER this month

  1. Don't toss your trash, often we use a paper towel when our hands are clean, leave on counter to dry out-- REDUCE-REUSE-RECYCLE
  2. With all this rain water, collect it in buckets to water your garden later. However, use caution-do not lift the buckets, bring a measuring cup to water flowers.
  3. Ditch the plastic water bottles, bring reusable bottle
  4. Donate your greens in your wallet to Operation Walk-- everyone wins!
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