NICE Testimonial: An Honest Gentleman

Thank you to everyone for your comments on my last post regarding what the future holds for Operation NICE. It means so much to hear what you think! This blog/project only exists because of all of you! Honestly, I was worried when I began it that I would run out of things to post after a few weeks, but you continue to send me your testimonials and interesting links. I have a huge collection of stuff stored up! Who knows what the future holds, but at least a future exists.

I wanted to share a testimonial of my own from my trip to Austin.

On the final evening of the conference, HOW always puts on quite a party. In 2004, it was a "White Party." In 2005, it was a masquerade. In 2006, it was Vintage Vegas. And the theme for the party this year was "Keep Austin Weird." Quite open to interpretation. So I donned my weirdest outfit (see right), and went to boogie down!

Obviously I must have been partying a little bit too hard because I didn't notice that the $60 I had sitting in my pocket had somehow dropped to the floor, mid-dance move, most likely. I felt a tap on my shoulder and there stood Noelle Gonzalez, holding my wad of money. I was incredibly embarrassed and thankful! I tried to scream over the loud music about how much his honesty meant to me, while giving a quick elevator speech about Operation NICE, but I'm pretty sure I was just rambling.

Even though I told him there was no way I'd forget his name, he gave me his card. Turns out he works as a designer for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. So I wanted to publicly thank (and recognize) Noelle Gonzalez for being a truly NICE guy!

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