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Myrdin Thompson

Title Parent, Volunteer, Advocate
Organization Shot@Life

Myrdin Thompson has been a Louisville public school parent, volunteer & advocate since 2002. She was recognized in April 2011 by the White House as a "Champion of Change" (Parents Involved in Education) and was the 2010 Kentucky Delegate for Parenting magazine's Mom Congress, and currently serves as a mentor for the current class of delegates.  She is a monthly contributor to Parent Involvement Matters (about education policy and parent engagement) and also named a United Nations Foundation Shot@Life Champion and is an alumni advocate for KaBOOM! Recently she was named the "Social Mom of the Month" by SocialMoms Network and was also recognized as the "Mom of the Moment", Parenting Magazine, School Years (March 2010) and as a KaBOOM! Playmaker of the Month (June 2008). She is also the 15th District PTA Immediate Past President (2009-2011) and has a MA in Renaissance Drama from CSUF. She is can be found on Twitter (@MyrdinJT) and you can read more at her blog, Roots and Wings.

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A Mom's To-Do List and a (Shot@Life) Cause

April 25, 2012 / Myrdin Thompson

So today, while you are caught up in the middle of your list, pause and realize that by just adding one tweet to a Twitter party about Shot@life, you've made a difference. By posting one link on Facebook or liking one page, by signing a pledge, by sending an action alert, you are a Champion. Not complicated, not time consuming. Just needed and necessary.

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  • "Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward." —Melinda Gates

  • The Global Fund has helped to deliver more than 190 million bed nets to protect families from malaria.

  • "The world faces a clear choice. If we invest relatively small amounts, many more poor farmers will be able to feed their families." —Bill Gates, 2012 Annual Letter

  • "When it come to global health, Bill and I are optimists—but we're impatient optimists. Tremendous progress is being made. But there is still so much we're impatient to see done." —Melinda French Gates

  • In Senegal, 80% of households now have a bed net, helping the number of malaria cases there drop 50% in a single year.

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