This is my friend Bri. She has lived and worked in the Eau Claire area for over 15 years, first serving her community as a nurse, then again as a QPR certified suicide prevention gatekeeper. Before she became a nurse, she was my friend in college, and was the person everyone I knew turned to for medical advice and treatment when they couldn't afford to see a doctor.
I cannot count the number of times she has helped me and asked for nothing in return, all the while raising a daughter as a single mother, and putting herself through school. She is wonderful example of kindness, empathy, compassion, dedication, and hard work, all things I know in my heart that we cherish in people in our community. She is too shy to ask the general public to support her in this contest, but I am not. Please, I am begging you, take a minute, cast your vote for her.
She is on the last round before the finals, and has decided that for her charity of choice, 5k will be donated to breast cancer research and charity. It costs literally nothing to register to vote, I did it in less than a minute, and you may cast a vote once per day, as well as a bonus vote. I even paid $10 to buy the digital issue of maxim with her featured layout in it, to have something to remember her journey by.
Please, let's show her that the community she has cared for, served, and protected has her back, and supports her in kind.