I need your help, I really do. I need you to help me convince my editors, brother, sister, staff and Mom that the trip I must take this week is absolutely necessary and a sacrifice that I willing make on behalf of caregiver education. I am going this week to the PacRim (Pacific Rim) Disabilities Conference and to see the Bubel/Aiken Foundation’s “Hawaii Voices For Change” gala. Okay, so it’s in Honolulu, and I am going to be attending a tremendously important conference and a dynamic performance by Clay Aiken. All of these folks still cannot fit in my luggage.
Actually, I have been looking forward to PacRim since my trip to talk with caregivers in the Philippines last year. It is crucial to shine a light on the needs of those living with disabilities in this country, but ever so important across the world. I was excited to see that a political action committee of those living with disabilities had formed last year to help influence the Philippines election and I am cautiously enthusiastic about the strides that they have made since then. We are also honored that Clay Aiken will be the keynote speaker at our Fort Lauderdale Fearless Caregiver conference on April 16 and that we are helping to host the “Florida Voices for Change” conference that evening. The foundation is doing great works across the nation and I look forward to many more years of support for those living with developmental disabilities here and around the world.
Aloha.

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Gary Barg
Editor-in-Chief
gary@caregiver.com