Melissa Owens
Board Member since: Winter 2011
Melissa has been involved with CJSTUF since the very
beginning. As a friend of the Reynolds’
and a Music Therapist at VCU Health System, she had the opportunity to visit
Charlotte’s room often, bringing music, positive energy, and faithful minions, a.k.a. “interns,” to help make an unbearable situation a little more bearable.
Melissa grew up with music all around her. With a mother who majored in music in college, the norm in her family was attending concerts and musicals, gathering around the piano at home, and singing “99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall” 450,943 times on road trips (ok, that stat is made up).
Melissa grew up with music all around her. With a mother who majored in music in college, the norm in her family was attending concerts and musicals, gathering around the piano at home, and singing “99 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall” 450,943 times on road trips (ok, that stat is made up).
She began college life as a Communications Disorders major
and switched to Music Therapy when she found that she could merge her two loves
into one career.
Melissa became the first official fundraiser to help with
Charlotte’s care when she and one of her "faithful minions," Miriam Smith,
designed and ordered the first pink “Prayers For Charlotte” bracelets. The bracelets were sold for $3 and the money
was given to the Reynolds.
When a group of CJSTUF Board members began to rotate off due to the end of their terms,
Melissa was on the top of the prospectives list and it wasn’t necessary to ask
her twice to join. She officially assumed
her position in winter of 2011.
But little did
she know that she would eventually have to answer:
4 and
1/2 Questions!!!
What was the last earworm (song) to get stuck in your head?
What is your favorite animated character (Disney or otherwise?)
Jiminy
Cricket
On a scale of 1-10, what is your level of expertise at reading
upside down?
10! My
secret skill is reading song lyrics upside down.
Who is your inner superhero??
Xena
What would you do if…
“I had an extra day every week?”
I
would have a technology-free day with my family, and share some time
with my favorite local charitable organization, CJSTUF! : )
Well played Warrior Princess...Well played.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.