Lisa Weeks, former Wrightsville Beach Alderwoman and
a medical representative for Merck pharmaceutical, is no stranger to
sharing her free time with others. Lisa has spent several years on the
North Carolina Holiday Flotilla board of directors and has chaired
several area runs. Last year, she took charge of the inaugural Taste
of Wrightsville Beach event and the FOR Masonboro fundraiser
for the third consecutive year. Her current project is chairing the
Lower Cape Fear Hospice “Last Chance to Wear White Pants” Gala,
planned for the Friday night of Labor Day weekend at the Hilton
Wilmington Riverside.
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them and they rally around me.
“Your passion will guide you when it comes to volunteering,” she
says. “Passion motivates you to volunteer, serve, sponsor and attend
events. As chair, you organize and motivate others to work for the
common good of what you are trying to accomplish, and most of all
raise money for the cause.”
Lisa is excited to help and lead the hospice event and has no
problem recruiting volunteers.
“Just about everyone has been touched by hospice; we have a
diverse group of people helping with the event,” Lisa says. “Of course
I have a core group of friends and my family helping me. I rally
around them and they rally around me.”
The hospice event is particularly personal for her; hospice was
called in before her husband passed away ten years ago. Has she ever
met any disappointments while chairing an event?
“I am pretty good when it comes to stressful situations, but I
can be hard on myself. When it comes to volunteers, you count on
people to do what they say they will do. When they don’t, it can be
frustrating,” she says.
Good participation, a good time and knowing their contribution
went to something of value are the hallmarks of a successful
event, Lisa says. The rains from Hurricane Sandy threatened last
year’s outdoor Taste of Wrightsville Beach until the Blockade
Runner Beach Resort saved the day by inviting the event into
its ballroom.
After any gala, Lisa says she wants her work to be sustaining.
“I want the work of the organization to carry on and be fulfilling,”
she says.
Lisa loves the interaction of people and rallying around a cause, so
there are probably many more events in her future, as long as she can
fit in some tennis and walks with her dog, Allie.
“I love the “White Pants” party. I think it is fresh changeup to
the usual party scene; dress consists of bright tops and white pants.”
— Ashley Miller
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