LauraKennedyLive Keeps the 24-hr Vigil at the Veterans Day Telethon

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(Free-Press-Release.com) October 13, 2010 -- No telethon is complete without a host. While the guests contribute their valuable talent, time and travel, the host is the one who glues all of the individual segments together. He or she dedicates a twenty-four hour vigil to the cause. It’s a hard task that is made bearable only when one knows that the sacrifice is worth it.

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LauraKennedyLive Keeps the 24-hr Vigil at the Veterans Day Telethon

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Laura Kennedy of Talk Show LauraKennedyLive , finds the strength to keep this vigil through an inner fortitude that has gotten her through some very hard times in her life. She believes that there are only four things that you can count on: Family, God, Country, and Yourself.

As a young girl she dreamed of a life bigger than what her small hometown had to offer. She enlisted in the Navy at the age of eighteen in spite of the belief of friends and family that women had no place in the military and that she would surely fail.

Her internal will and determination led her to accomplish much in her twenty-one year career in the service. Each time she faced an obstacle she found it less daunting than the one she encountered before.

She lost a loved one in Beirut, was an eyewitness to the fall of the Berlin wall, and helped train young sailors for the leadership roles they would assume during their Naval careers. Her main support during those times were the love of her family and her pride in her country.

She retired from the military in January of 2001 and began another career as a construction operations officer. On September 11, 2001 she was at a meeting in the World Trade Center when someone came into the room and ordered everyone to evacuate the building. Because of her military training she immediately obeyed the order without stopping to question why. This instinctive response saved her life.

Later she fought a feeling of guilt – guilt for being out of uniform at a time when others were being called to confront America’s enemies. Like many others, she found solace in the flags that were being flown everywhere to symbolize America’s strength and unity.

She threw herself into her occupation, working ceaselessly to do her part to keep America strong. She kept up a punishing schedule until two years ago, without symptoms or warning, she suffered an AVM hemorrhage in her brain. As she lay in the hospital in a coma, her neurologist declared her condition inoperable and gave her permission to die. She struggled back to consciousness and by sheer will regained much of her former health.

Although she still struggles from the fallout from that crisis, she has resumed her punishing schedule both in her work with veterans and the homeless and in her career as a small business consultant. In that job she works with clients teaching them to lower their overhead costs and increase production by using virtual assets.

She also, teaches people how to improve their business relationships through networking and helps them develop leadership skills. In addition she maintains a variety of professional and patriotic blogs, hosts a radio show, develops e-courses and writes books. In her spare time she plans and assembles a yearly telethon to highlight charities that work to help veterans.

Where will she find the strength to keep the vigil through the "The Flag Still Stands for Freedom Veterans Day Telethon ” on Saturday November 6th. In her own words, “The hand that wipes the tears from your eyes will be family. The fire that burns inside you will be stoked by God. The will that keeps you taking one step after another will come from inside you. And the strongest symbol of pride and freedom, to become your successful self will be the flag of our country. “

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