I won second place in speech contest!

Woo hoo!!! I placed second in an Area Toastmasters speech contest. Gave my alopecia story and the best thing was afterwards quite a few congratulated me for being to courageous to speak about it and a couple had family members or friends who were dealing with it or had dealt with it in the past. So all in all I feel I managed to get some awareness of alopecia out there and also its affects on our emotional health. Without the support of alopecia world and the inspiration I get from reading others posts I could never have got up in front of 60+ people and bared my soul. Thank you AW :)

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Comment by Tallgirl on October 17, 2010 at 12:52pm
Congrats!
allets Comment by allets on October 17, 2010 at 1:38pm
High five!! Way to go, Pat! :)
Comment by Pat Latina on October 17, 2010 at 7:12pm
I pat you Pat!! Congrats!
Pat
Comment by Roslyn on October 17, 2010 at 8:27pm
Congrats!!!!!!!!
Comment by RobynCS on October 17, 2010 at 9:32pm
Congratulations Pat! What an excellent way to practice public speaking and educate the public. 60 people is not an amateur's group. You made such an impact:)
Comment by Pat on October 17, 2010 at 11:32pm
Thanks to all of you for your congratulations. I recommend Toastmasters if you want to gain confidence..it's been a great organisation to help me step by step.
Comment by Bald and Fabulous AKA Terri on October 18, 2010 at 12:15pm
congratulations Pat!!! that is awesome to hear
Comment by Diana Carter on October 18, 2010 at 8:19pm
Yeah!!! Excellent job Pat!! Way to go!!
Comment by Pat on October 18, 2010 at 8:37pm
Thanks all, you're too kind. I so wish I'd had it taped! I never thought I'd pull of getting placed...if I'd known I was that good I would have for sure :)
Comment by BTB (John) on March 28, 2011 at 12:27am
I was there and it was thoroughly deserved. xoxox

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