This creative piece was designed by our Facebook friend, Tim Beck. He transformed a photo I took of Mattie in September of 2008. It is one of my favorite photos!!! What you see was Mattie posing with a plastic dinosaur that he
constructed. It wasn't a simple or fast construction either. It took hours.
Mattie had tools, goggles, and was sitting on the hospital floor..... almost
like an archaeological dig! All the parts of the dinosaur were embedded in
clay. Mattie had to meticulously and carefully excavate each bone from the clay
and then assemble them together to form the dinosaur. After the assembly Mattie
was physically exhausted. He literally put his head on the table, on top of the
dinosaur, and I snapped a photo!!
Peter and I were invited to Dominion Consulting today to see their new offices and to meet a marketing and PR company called Verasolve.
Dominion Consulting is our top corporate sponsor, since 2011. We know the President and co-founder of Dominion Consulting because he used to work with Peter at Arthur Andersen. Dan has been very supportive of our work financially and when I reached out to him about sending out press releases, he responded. Not only responded but got us connected to Dominion's PR firm, who has agreed to work with us pro bono this year. We met with Sara Roa (in red) and Debbi Patton (in yellow) from Verasolve, today. They have agreed to a few things for us, but top on my list is they will send out 4-5 press releases for us a year. Sending out reputable press releases is a costly endeavor..... an expenditure, the Foundation isn't willing to sign up for right now. At the moment, we send out free press releases to announce events or achievements, but it doesn't get the same coverage and exposure as when you pay top dollar for the releases.
What you should know about Dominion is that they are not only a financial sponsor, but they attend the Foundation Walk every year, they have a corporate table at the Walk, and always greet attendees and give out free gifts. Dominion also rings the cow bells, to signal the start of our annual walk! It was wonderful to meet many of the leadership today, to thank them, and to be connected with another set of professionals who can help with Mattie Miracle's community profile and messaging.
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As a big fan and supporter of all the work Mattie Miracle does to further the cause of getting standards of Psychosocial care to equal the medical care, I thank and applaud the generosity of this consulting firm. They obviously know the value of a great Foundation like
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