ALS Charity Event!
I am so excited to be sending you these pictures as it personally relates to me, and my family and is an event I have been passionately pursuing. My Father, John Paine, has ALS, a terminal illness that is under researched due to lack of awareness. I wanted to personally invite you to share in this annual inaugural ALS Charity event where you can learn more about ALS and the event.
Thank you to Margaret Wolf, an amazing photographer!
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Event Name: ALSDallas
Password: ALSDallas
My Speech to introduce my Dad:
My Speech: ALS Evening of Hope Speech
I have the honor of introducing the most important man in my life, my Dad. While my Dad is a success in business as a Dallas-based private investor and President of Providence interactive Capital, he is so much more than his amazing accomplishments professionally. He has worked so hard and has taught me everything I know so I do not want to undermine the amazing businessman and business brilliance he possesses. However, there are many business professionals with brilliant minds, and my Dad is even further set apart.
What I want to tell you about is the respect I have for his character and authenticity.
He embodies inspiration and has touched not only our family but others in this room and outside this room as well. He has a soft spirit and an amazing drive. His integrity, faith and persistence are why I stand before you today. He was once a man completely focused on business success and perfection but has transformed before my very eyes into a man constantly seeking faith and a man focused on restoring relationships. Through his journey he taught me to look for the positive and search for a way to improve upon a situation that may seem hopeless at the time. He always seems to find the diamond in the rough..I know he did with me!
The reason I came in search of a solution for something good to come from this disease was not just because he was inflicted with it, but also because I saw him embrace the change in his body and seek the good that could come from something so horrific. Through this, I learned to that I too could trust that something amazing can come from pain. So I plan for this to be the first of many years to come of events designed to raise awareness and search for the cure for ALS.
This verse is dear to me and encompasses this event today:
“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares The Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plan to give you hope and a future.”
Jeremiah 29:11