Every Once In A While You Got To Give Back

So, one of the good things about being a partner at Moran and Heim is that for some odd reason Mike and I are seen as "community leaders". Occasionally we get to give back to Colorado Springs. Today was one of those days! I had a great time raising money for MDA--here's a little flavor of the day:

A very big THANKS to all of you who donated!! To those who pledged, but haven't paid-up yet (and you know who you are), get on it!!! Together, we raised over $2100 in less than three days--how cool is that?!

So, honor roll first and then an anecdote to warm your heart (or to shame you into giving if you haven't yet--there's still time as they are accepting donations for the next 45 days--go to my link: https://www.joinmda.org/coloradospringstelu09/geoff )

Roll of Honor:

Jon Reiter of FindLaw
Mimi Heim—thanks mom!!
Kristen Hoffecker—bleeding heart extraodinaire (hey forward this to your brother!!)
Jennifer Heinicke (highschool friends are the best!!)
Chuck Garfinkle
Sean “Seanny River” Price (highschool friends are the best!!)
Paul Nielsen (highschool friends are the best!!)
Drew Lawrence of In-Shape Fitness and the Fight Factory
Dr. Annette Seagraves
Rachel Buller of Manitou Springs Realty
Douglas Cohen
Nathan Nicholas of Nicholas Hill Insurance
Michael Moran
Jen and Will Bain
Beth Kosley
Ted Heim (thanks baby brother)
Nan Scranton (who said D.D.A.'s have no heart?)
Laura Muir of Momentum Advertising and Public Relations
Norm Thom of Daniel, Thom, and Katzman
Tim Bussey of Bussey and Associates
Dawn Beagle of the Broadmoor Hotel
Donna Billek (who said D.D.A.'s have no heart?)
Tom Brantley, Sarpy County Nebraska Public Defender!!!
Michael Benavidez--if you need your hair cut by the BEST
And a certain anonymous person!!

Again, if you want to be added to that honor roll--it's easy https://www.joinmda.org/coloradospringstelu09/geoff

So, back to the anecdote, the MDA police arrest me and take me down to the "Jail." As I'm processed, I go before the "Judge" Zoey (who has MD) and her friend (whose name I didn't get) and they asked me how I plead. To which, I can't deny that I'm guilty, they slam the gavel, and they sentence me to $2000 bail. I then learn that our donations have paid for two kids to go to Summer Camp next year--and Zoey is really excited that she and some other local MDA assisted kids get to go to camp AND their parents can get a little R & R time from 24/7 parenting. All is lightness and laughter and since all of you had already donated my bail, they ring a bell, salute me and I get to smugly sit back and eat pizza while the other schmucks who didn't send out harassing e-mails are making phone calls begging for dollars. At which point Zoey's mom comes over to our table and sits down. She thanks us for making her kid's dream come true, let's us know she couldn't get by with out the assistance she gets from MDA, and then starts choking back tears and excuses herself.

That's a pretty good reminder of how damn lucky we all are, so if you get a little down about the AMEX bill, or the clutch slipping, or it raining EVERYDAY in Colorado Springs for the ENTIRE summer it might be good to remember Zoey and her mom. And then to remember that you helped them, if just a little bit. Winston Churchill said it pretty well: "We make a living by what we get, we make a LIFE by what we give."

Thank you all so much for making my day much easier than it could have been!


Geoff Heim
Attorney at Law
Moran and Heim PC, LLC
220 E. Costilla Ave.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Ph. 719.636.9250 Fx. 719.389.0089
geoff@moranandheim.com
www.moranandheim.com