Trudy Meyer was recently awarded the United Way/CHC-NE Lincoln Speaker’s Impact Award at United Way’s annual meeting. Two years ago, she lost her husband, Brad, to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). She describes her husband as a “glass half-full” kind of guy. He was a true family man who would trade a night out with the guys for a night with his family anytime. And, even until the very end, before ALS took his life at the age of 40, Brad kept his strong sense of humor and was cracking jokes.
It is these qualities that have Trudy on a mission to not let her husband be forgotten. She wants to make sure their twin 9-year old sons remember their dad. And she wants other Nebraska families fighting this devastating disease to know that with the help of a hospice team and a local ALS Association, they don’t have to fight it alone.
“Brad was too good of a man and he suffered too much and fought too hard for everything to be forgotten. If I can help somebody else and make bizarre sense of why it happened, then it wasn’t all for nothing,” said Trudy.
Thank You Omaha and Lincoln Area United Way Donors!
A special thanks to workplace donors who contributed to the United Way of the Midlands and United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County campaigns. Community Health Charities of Nebraska is a fundraising partner with these two United Way federations, and our health agency members benefit from United Way contributions made to the United Way Fund. Thanks to all who participated in their workplace campaigns.
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