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Our staff, board of directors and volunteer support team
consist of several caring and loving individuals. Some are
parents of Angels.
We
are blessed to have each one. We encourage anyone who would
like to volunteer to help us by
donations or service to
contact
us.
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Frankie Milley
Texas
Executive National Director
Mother to Heaven Bound Angel Ryan Milley
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Frankie is
married to Bob Milley. They lost their only child Ryan Wayne
Milley, to Meningococcemia/Meningococcal Meningitis on June 22,
1998. Bob and Frankie have been married for 35 years. Frankie
says he is the "Wind beneath her Wings and God is her pilot."
She is a strong advocate for immunizations and children's'
health. She helped to write a law, SB31, in Texas which states
that all school age children and their parents should be
educated on these issues and has testified on many immunization
and meningitis issues including a law passed in Texas in 2005
which requires children to be fully immunized for day care
entry- including Hepatitis A and Pneumococcal meningitis
vaccines. She has participated on the CDC steering committee on
meningitis, the Advisory Board with The Texas Education
Department and dissemination of materials on meningitis and the
vaccines to all schools. She serves as a member of the Texas
Department of Health Immunization Stakeholder Working Group
(TISWG) . She is
the world advocacy team leader of the Confederation of
Meningitis Organizations (CoMO). She is a member of several
immunization coalitions. She teaches effective advocacy
practices and media relations two areas she has experience and
great success in. Her education and career is in clinical
medical assisting, medical lab and
EMS. She has also worked as a freelance journalist and
photographer. Her hobbies include writing, photography, watching
old movies and just sitting by the water chilling.
A note from
Frankie.....
One of my
favorite quotes is, "God Grant me the Serenity to accept the
things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I
can, and the wisdom to know the difference." On June 22,
1998, God decided to call Ryan home. I cannot change that. I
can only praise God for sharing him with us for 18 years.
Read more about
Ryan. What I can change is the amount of education and
public awareness on not only this disease but all vaccine
preventable diseases and the vaccines to prevent them.
Through education we can create protection for other
children, young adults and parents who would suffer from
these diseases. We can change this together. Please help!
Send your donations, find out what you can do. Please speak
to your local health providers about the vaccines to protect
your child or young adult. God bless our children.
To contact
Frankie Milley to speak at your seminars, universities, conferences or
special group functions including Christian youth groups,
schools and daycares, e-mail her at
fmilley@aol.com |
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 Lois
Reiszner
Texas
Vice President
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Lois is a retired banker and the mother of 2 grown children, Terry
and Pat and step mom to 2 more -Destiny and Bo. She has 4
grandchildren. She serves her community in several organizations.
She is a strong advocate for meningitis. She became passionate about
Angels because of her love of Ryan Milley. She is constantly at
Frankie's side to help educate the public on this deadly disease.
She even poses as Beary Wise, when bear mascot when Vaccinator, Lacey
isn't around.
Her hobbies are
caring for her 3 dogs, 2 parrots, her horse and her donkey. |
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Mike Smith
Texas
Vice President |
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Mike is married to Diane and dad to Tara and Jared, both in college.
He is a Farmers Insurance Agent in Porter, Texas. Mike has ran for
Texas Senate and has been courted to run for U.S. Congress. He
serves his community in may areas and was recently named Home Town
Hero. Mike became involved with Angels because of his love of Ryan
and a strong commitment to his community to serve and protect. He
served as a coordinator during a meningitis outbreak.
Mike's hobbies are
aggravating his wife Diane, riding his motor cycle with best friend
, hunting, sports and watching the
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Margaret is a
retired school teacher and reading specialist. She is mom to one
son and grandmother to 2 great kids. Margaret is a strong
advocate for health and immunizations. She has served on the
board of The League of Women Voters, CHIPS, and Women for
Democrats. Margaret serves as a data collector for Angels. She
volunteers at the free clinic. Margaret's hobbies include
reading and having lunch with her friends.
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Theresa Menard
Louisiana
Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
Mother of Heaven Bound Angel, Jane |
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Theresa is married to
Randy and is the mother of Heaven Bound Angel, Jane Menard. Theresa
also celebrates (5) other daughters, including Vaccinator Kylie and
daughter Dawn who serves an Angel Team Leader for Louisiana. She is
also a grandmother. In her home state of Louisiana she works non
-stop on meningitis awareness and legislation to protect kids form
this deadly disease. She is very active in her community and helps
wherever she can. Her career is in taxes and accounting.
Her hobbies are anything to do
with not working.
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Joi Schrette
California
Board Member
Mother to Heaven
Bound Angel Rachael |
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Joi lives in San
Jose, California with her husband of 14 years, Steve. Their
only child, Heaven bound Angel, Rachel, died on December 25,
2003, of meningococcemia. Joi has been a part of the Angel
team since 2004, working as an advocate for immunizations.
She also runs A Gift From Rachel charity (www.agiftfromrachel.org)
which supports the efforts of the Meningitis Angels in the
state of California. Joi attends San Jose State University
and is pursuing a B.S. in Business Management. She is a
Parts Manager and has worked in the automotive industry for
25 years.
Her other interests include: travelling, biking,
going to the beach, and volunteering at the espresso cart at
her church.
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Linda Anderson is the mother of
Phoenix, a beautiful and sparkly
little boy who died of bacterial meningitis on July 7,
2005 at the age
of 7 months and 4 days. In the three years since he went
to be with
God, she and her husband Mike have also been blessed
with another son,
named Gabriel after the angel. Linda is the senior
health editor at
mnsbc.com, where she often writes about grief and loss
under her
maiden/professional name Linda Dahlstrom. Prior to that,
she spent her
career in newspapers and was nominated for a Pulitzer
for her series
"Dori
and me," about a young woman born who was born HIV
positive and
died at the age of 20. She lives in Seattle, Wash.,
where she is also
a doula. |
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Linda Anderson
Washington
Board Member
Mom to Heaven Bound Angel Baby Phoenix |
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Wendy
Meigs
