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LISSA WEIMELT
Hope Chest for Breast Cancer
Sometimes a volunteer will take a cause under her wings and elevate that cause to new heights. Such was the case with Lissa Weimelt, co-chair of the silent and live auction for the Fourth Annual Hope Has No Boundaries Blue Jeans & Black Tie Gala, benefiting Hope Chest for Breast Cancer.
For an entire year, Lissa held meetings at her home to brainstorm ways the event could raise $50,000. She worked tirelessly for the cause, soliciting items, unpacking boxes, pricing and displaying merchandise, running errands, selling tickets, promoting the event, and keeping the evening classy.
In the end, she more than doubled the funds raised in 2005.
“She took the initiative and really took ownership of the event,” says Korie Morgan of Hope Chest for Breast Cancer. “She was the ‘Heart of the Event.’ No doubt.”
Volunteering is nothing new to Lissa. She has helped out at homeless shelters, volunteered for activities at her daughter’s school, and this year chaired a committee for the Minneapolis Institute of Arts “Art in Bloom” annual Friends Fundraiser.
Characteristic of her modest personality, Lissa is quick to divert the attention to Barbara Hensley, founder of Hope Chest for Breast Cancer, rather than take credit herself.
“I volunteer because Barbara and her staff are amazing,” Lissa says. “I totally admire Barbara’s commitment, her passion, and her tireless dedication to those who are affected by breast cancer.”
Taken from Article that appeared In Minnesota Monthly Magazine, August, 2007
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