Elke Ruggaber
2017 VolunSTAR
May Hatteras, NC
I spent the most amazing week volunteering with Little Pink Houses of Hope. Little Pink Houses of Hope gives free vacations to breast cancer patients and their families, all of our families just had the expense to get to Hatteras Islands. We had 11 families who had the opportunity to have a week of fun, relaxation and support. The community of Hatteras was so very generous by donating food, gifts, ice cream, entertainment such as SUP boarding, go karts, mini golf…. The joy and laughter we shared and also the sadness was tremendous. This is the picture of my awesome team – each family had their own VolunSTAR and we all worked together like you would not believe it. I have never seen such a well organized week long event. So grateful to have been part of this. Thank you all, families, VolunStars, amazing leader Kathy Gates (boy, Kathy as an energizer bunny puts me to shame) and Little Pink.