{"id":1185,"date":"2020-12-09T11:44:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T16:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2020-12-09T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T16:44:44","slug":"volunteer-spotlight-kevin-gagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/volunteer-spotlight-kevin-gagen\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Spotlight: Kevin Gagen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’re shining\u00a0our\u00a0volunteer spotlight on Kevin Gagen this month. Kevin has volunteered with Dysautonomia International since 2016.\u00a0He was inspired to start volunteering during his daughter Caitlin’s junior year in college. “She was playing soccer at SUNY Plattsburg, her team wanted to bring awareness to POTS by having a fundraiser and game dedicated to POTS awareness. We came up with the phrase Kick it to POTS. Even though Caitlin graduated two years ago, the team still continues to have a Kick it to POTS game every year.\u201d The Gagen family created a logo using their daughter as part of the \u201cK\u201d in Kick it to POTS that is worn at each of the games, and sold to help raise money for Dysautonomia International.<\/p>\n

Kevin has\u00a0enjoyed volunteering for Dysautonomia International o<\/i>ver the years. \u201cEveryone at Dysautonomia International has been very helpful and supportive. We have gone from our first Kick it to POTS games, to arranging local proclamations for Dysautonomia Awareness Month in both Madison and Onondaga Counties in New York State. It is a great feeling to share those moments with my daughter and to meet other people that are fighting the daily battle of dysautonomia. We have made some\u00a0wonderful friendships and we have been able to bring awareness to the community.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe best message I can share with the community is the word ‘support.’ My goal is to make people aware of dysautonomia. Each and every person is different, but we all need the support from family, friends and our community.\u00a0 We will bring understanding, awareness and get closer to a cure each and every day. It has been my privilege to work with Dysautonomia International.”<\/p>\n

Thank you Kevin for everything you do, and for always remaining so positive!<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"youtube\"<\/a>\"vimeo\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"tumblr\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re shining\u00a0our\u00a0volunteer spotlight on Kevin Gagen this month. Kevin has volunteered with Dysautonomia International since 2016.\u00a0He was inspired to start volunteering during his daughter Caitlin’s junior year in college. “She was playing soccer at SUNY Plattsburg, her team wanted to bring awareness to POTS by having a fundraiser and game dedicated to POTS awareness. We … Continue reading Volunteer Spotlight: Kevin Gagen<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1244,"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dysautonomiainternational.org\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}