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Nov / Dec 2013

Newsletter 8

 IN THIS ISSUE

Spiegel Burn

Foundation

Founders Letter

Our NativeLas Vegan

Our Events

Dr. Donna

Business Members

THE SPIEGEL BURN FOUNDATIONIn 1995, after a family visit to Las Vegas, Julie Spiegel’s mother Sal-

ly was the victim of a terrible candle re accident upon returning to the

Chicagoland suburbs. Sally had decorated her breakfast table with amed

pillar candles which had fallen and rolled off the table to ignite her

polyester house coat. She was burned over 60% of her body with 3rd degree

burns. Over the next 2 years life had changed for the 68 year old Sally

spending 9 months in the The University of Loyola Burn Center and an

additional 8 months in rehabilitation. The family realized that otherfamilies face similar questions and concerns when their loved ones

endure, serious burn injuries. It was while attending the Phoenix Society’s

World Burn Congress in 2000, Julie and her mother Sally discovered

an unknown population of others that had severe burn injuries. This

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phenomenal event brought together Burn Survivors, to learn about the psychological and

social development for post burn care. So impacted by this event, Julie realized the pow-

er that this event had on the lives of other Families and Survivors. That year The Spiege

Family Burn Foundation, 501c3 NFP was established with the purpose to help others that

experience severe burn injuries and to provide rst time attendee grants to this inspiring event

As a Massage Therapist, Julie offered free massages at the next World Burn Congress to the

Burn Survivors and introduced the benets of Massage for Scar Management to attend -ees. This was the birth of a 7 year Wellness Program at this annual event. The Spiegel Burn

Foundation provided burn survivor attendees a full 60 minute massage to learn about the

benets of massage as a modality to handle the severe continued pain and itching that many

burn survivors have to deal with post surgeries. In one case, the introduction of massage to a

50 year post burned woman, bafed her doctor and eliminated the need for a Z-plasty surgery

Julie dedicated much of her time and effort in her 10 year massage career to help burn survivors

Seeking private donations, and small fundraisers to maintain the Wellness Program of the

Foundation. In 2006 , Julie learned about Scentsy Wickless Candles, and the synergy just clicked

to FUNdraise with a ameless candle, and eliminate other dangerous candle res everywhere

100% of the commissions earned in FUNdraising with Scentsy goes directly to the Spiegel

Burn Foundations programs. Since FUNdraising and growing her Scentsy business, Julie has

build a team of “Philanthropists” taking Julie in a new direction and expanding the benets of

Julie Spiegel

Founder

 former Midwesterners making

a positive difference in our

adopted home of Nevada

of monthly revenue. “Pay it Forward”

quarterly programs for other team mem-

bers , now moves the Foundation forward

to assist other charitable causes, while still

maintaining the core of helping burn survi-

vors. Creating a profound Spirit of Giving.

If you have a Charitable cause, contact Ju-

lie to learn more how to develop monthly

donor revenue or simply additional pas-

sive income that has a passionate purpose.

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NATIVE LAS VEGANS LOVE US!

OUR EVENTS

SPECIAL LOYALTY MENTION  

GEORGE & ROBERTA HANSON 

G & B FENCE

702-396-9664

 New Ofcial Social Members

Timothy King and Ralph & Dee Dee Sutherland 

Christina Chipman is a native Las Vegan. Christina attends our events

Christina gets it! We rst met Christina when she attended the San Genn -

aro Feast with her friend...a former Chicagoan. A few weeks later we

spotted Christina again when she attended the Blackhawks opening night

ceremony at Brando’s Sports Bar...with a another friend from Chicago

She told us, “People from Chicago are amazingly warm and friendly

I feel like I’m part of the Chicagoans In The Desert/Brando’s family.”

Christina fell in love with the sport of hockey, and the Blackhawksimmediately. A few months later she visited Chicago for the rst time

and is counting down the days until she can get back there for another

visit to our amazing city! Christina was born and raised in Las Vegas

attended Cimarron-Memorial High School, and is a mother of 3 beautiful

girls. Christina has been in the insurance industry for over 10 years. As a

Welcome to win-

ter in Las Vegas and

the 2013 Holiday

Season. I don’t

know about you, but

I always loved send-

ing out the Christ-

mas/Holiday cards.

I’d spend hours

picking out just theright one, then spend more hours

writing sweet little messages in each

one, adding pictures of the kids, and

then addressing them in my neat-

est handwriting using a red mark-

er...and then adding GO BULLS all

over the outside of the envelope!

This year I have met over 500 for-

mer Chicagoans. Please consider this

Newsletter my holiday greeting to you

and your family. GO BULLS!

 

Mary Romano

Founder

native in Las Vegas and being very involved

within her community, she has developed many

contacts with local and newly established resi-

dents. Growing up in Las Vegas has given her

the opportunity to meet so many different peoplefrom different areas, but she knew right away that

people from Chicago are very special and bring

a unique form of culture to our Las Vegas home!

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The rst thing that I noticed when we pulled up on December 17, 2010 was, of course, there

was no snow on the ground, and that everyone was walking around in light jackets! We said

“boy, this is going to take some getting used to.” As we settled into our new home we needed

to decided how we would celebrate our rst Holiday in Las Vegas. Would we combine our

Midwest holiday with our new found warm west coast? The question was - keep our old

traditions or start a new? Putting lights up on the outside of the house while also needing

to wear sun-screen was just too foreign! Putting up a tree and all the works just did no

seem to t either. Plus, we were tired from the 3-day commute. Time was ticking and we

had to decide. We opted for a new tradition. There would be no tree, however we would

decorate the downstairs. With no snow or cold weather we visited the Las Vegas strip after our

RAISING THEM RIGHT

holiday dinner and it was amazing. My daughter was so excited at the amount of people that were out celebrating

the holiday. You see, in Michigan, everything is closed, so we are limited to what you can do beyond having dinne

at home with our families and friends. As we approach our third holiday season we have new traditions, we explore

restaurants and shows that we would never have access to in the Midwest. However, we still make holiday cookies

and decorate them with frosting. We still wear our holiday pajamas and enjoy dinner with family during the season

What we love most about the holiday season is that no matter where you live, when you surround yourself with

family and friends every holiday becomes an amazing event. Trust us, there are some pro’s to spending the winte

months in the west. We used to have to wait until spring to eat my Dad’s famous barbecue...now we only wait for

the grill to warm up. Sure, there are no snowakes, but we take hikes on Red Rock mountain. The palm trees stilhave all of their leaves, but that’s okay, we don’t have to give anyones car a push or a jump. That seems like a fair

trade off to me! I will ALWAYS cherish holiday memories while living in a “changing of the seasons” location of the

Midwest, btut creating our new West Coast traditions has been something that my family and I look forward to now

 Dr. Donna is a former Military Police Ofcer, a Tatical Strategist, the owner of ANSWERS ARE

US and the Author of R.E.A.L Leaders Wear P.I.N.K Contact Dr. Donna at www.answersareus.com

MIDWEST vs WEST: THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Just as our grandparents passed onto to our parents, and just as our parents passed onto us...we pass onto our children

the joy of being a CHICAGO SPORTS FAN. It’s one thing to be raised in the Chicago environment, it’s a whole no

ther thing when you are not. We have events where the kids are welcome. So bring them out! Let them experience

being where EVERYONE is wearing the same team/colors as they are, and watch those faces light up with smiles

Dr. Donna

Thomas-Rodgers

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