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BLOG: Cheerful Givers Volunteer Meets Dalai Lama

Cheerful Givers volunteer has opportunity to meet Dalai Lama in Rochester.

Tiana Rossow said: “I am always looking for new ways to be charitable, and when I got to the Cheerful Givers website and did a little looking around, I was surprised to find out that this great organization was in fact created right here in Minnesota. I was very inspired by the mission of this charity, as I was always so fortunate to have special birthday gifts growing up, and I believe every child deserves the same. Over the last few days, I have not been able to get Cheerful Givers out of my mind, nor do I want to! I live in Rochester which is a great and giving community, and I would love to begin establishing donations/volunteers in my area.”  

So Tiana is now busy making connections to support the work of Cheerful Givers in the Rochester area.

Meanwhile, in her position in the Administration office at the Rochester International Airport, she finds that with the proximity to Mayo Clinic, high profile individuals are often traveling into and out of the airport.  On this particular trip, time was set aside for Airport Staff to meet and take photos with the Dalai Lama.  While there wasn’t time to speak with him, Tiana said “just being near him was amazing.”

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