January…A Time for New Beginnings!
By Ed Weaver, Jr.
A new year brings a renewed sense of hope, vision, commitment, and strength. It is a time of reassessment and focusing on what is truly important. For many, this comes in the form of resolutions—to stop smoking, to lose weight, to get healthy, etc. For HEA, 2009 brings another opportunity to support the hypospadias and epispadias community.
Hope: HEA wants everyone affected by hypospadias and epispadias to know that there is hope. We have a safe, supportive, and enlightening community—no one needs to feel alone!
Vision: HEA wants to ensure that we can continue to provide a comforting and informative “home” for our members while reaching out to others who have not yet found the value of our organization.
Commitment: HEA is dedicated to its members. In 2009, we will be focusing on growing our membership, exploring options to ensure sufficient funding, and working tirelessly to provide our members with the best conference to date—in Pittsburgh!
Strength: HEA is calling upon its members to help us reach our goals. By working together, we can make great strides in 2009! Please consider helping HEA in any way you can. We are only as strong as our membership!
We are very excited about all of the possibilities that this year will bring and are ready to face the challenges. If you have a skill, talent, service, or donation that you would like to assist HEA with, please contact betty@heainfo.org.
Thanks to all our members! HEA wishes you all a healthy, safe, and comforting 2009!