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>>> THE BEST THING ABOUT MY JOB IS GETTING TO MEET AMAZING PEOPLE.
USUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
MOST IMPRESSIVE ARE PEOPLE YOU
NEVER HEARD OF4@ LIKE THE YOUNG
WOMAN YOU ARE ABOUT TO MEET
THAT HAS BEEN MAKING A 4@
DIFFERENCE SINCE SHE WAS A
LITTLE GIRL.
>> HELLO MY NAME IS MADALYN AND
I AM 18,4@ RIGHT NOW I AM A FIR-
YEAR STUDENT AT MARYVILLE
UNIVERSITY IN ST. 4@LOUIS.
>> MADALYN HAS NEVER BEEN
AFRAID TO SHARE HER STORY.
>> I AM STUDYING4@ PSYCHOLOGY.
I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO SEE
WHERE THIS YEAR 4@TAKES ME.
>> YOU CAN OFTEN FIND HER HERE
SUPPORTING4@ KIDS AT SHRINERS
HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN.
>> A BRIGHT SHINING LIGHT ANY
WONDERFUL CARING YET HARD-
WORKING AND DETERMINED YOUNG
WOMAN.
>> ARE YOU PLANNING ON 4@PLAYIN
SPORTS?4@
NICE.
SPORTS?4@ NICE. >>4@ SHE SEEMS TO BE ONE OF THO
PEOPLE BORN TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
>> IT IS A HOME AWAY FROM HOME.
>> SO YOU QUICKLY FORGET SHE
WAS BORN DIFFERENT.
SHE CAME INTO THIS WORLD 10
WEEKS EARLY WITHOUT HER LEFT
ARM.
HER PARENTS WERE BOTH JOYFUL 4@
AND FEARFUL.4@
>> LOTS OF QUESTIONS OF WHAT
HAPPENED AND WHY 4@AND WHERE DO
WE GO FROM HERE.
>> WHILE MADALYN MAY HAVE BEEN
MISSING A ARM, FROM THE
BEGINNING SHE HAD PLENTY OF
HEART.
THE ONE WORD SHE NEVER LEARNED
WAS CAN'T.4@
YOU KNOW THE SAYING ABOUT
GETTING BACK ON4@ 4@THE HORSE,
MADALYN DID LITERALLY, NO
MATTER HOW MANY TIMES HER 4@
PARENTS 4@SAW HER FALL OFF.
>> HOW DO YOU FIND THAT BALANCE
BECAUSE INSIDE AS A PARENT YOU
WA4@NT HER TO GET 4@BACK ON THA
HORSE AGAIN BUT THEN THE FEAR
OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
>> TO THIS 19-YEAR-OLD,
DISABILITY NEVER MET AND
ABILITY.4@
WHICH IS WHY ON A WEEKDAY
AFTERNOON YOU MIGHT FIND HER
RIDING HER BIKE IN FOREST PARK.
OR PLAYING THE UKULELE4@ WITH
HELP FROM HER FEET.4@
>> I THINK THE BIGGEST
MI4@SCONCEPTION AROUND THOSE WH
HAVE DISABILITIES IS THAT WE 4@
CANNOT DO THINGS IN OUR
COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE LESS OF A
DRIVE TO GO OUT THERE BUT IN MY
OPINION, I HAVE MORE OF A DRIVE
TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY TO BE
BETTER IF NOT THE BEST OF
ANYTHING THAT I DO.
>> IN OTHER 4@WORDS, NEVER GIVE
UP.4@
AND ALWAYS GIVE BACK. 4@
>> WOULD YOU LIKE IT WAY?
>>4@ EVERY CHRISTMAS INSTEAD OF
GETTING PRESENT, SHE AND HER
BROTHER GIVE THEM TO THE KIDS
AT SHRINERS, 300 GIFTS LAST
YEAR BUT MULTIPLY 4@THAT BY 10
BECAUSE THIS STARTED IN 2008
WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
IT WAS HER4@ A THANK YOU TO THE
HOSPITAL THAT TOOK CARE OF HER
WHEN SHE WAS 4@LITTLE.
>> THEY ARE HERE TO WELCOME YOU
WITH OPEN ARMS, IT IS NOT A
TYPICAL HOSPITAL.
EVERYBODY IS NICE HERE, IT IS
LIKE A SECOND FAMILY. 4@
>> AS MADALYN STARTS HER
SOPHOMORE YEAR, SHE IS ALSO
STARTING A NEW JOURNEY. 4@
>> PLEASE 4@WELCOME MADALYN.
>> SHE WAS RECENTLY NAMED THE
NATIONAL PATIENT AMBASSADOR FOR
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR
CHILDREN.
>>4@4@ TO ME YOU ARE THE AMAZIN
MEN AND LADIES THAT DEDICATE
YOUR TIME TO MAKE SURE 4@OUR
HOSPITAL SYSTEM RUNS TO THE
BEST OF ITS ABILITY.
>> SHE WILL TRAVEL THE NATION
AND POTENTIALLY THE WORLD
SPEAKING TO SHRINERS AND
TALKING HOW SHRINERS HOSPITAL
CHANGED HER LIFE.
>> THE FIRST TRIP IS TO 4@TAMPA
FLORIDA.
>> THE COMING4@ NATIONAL 4@GOOD
AMBASSADOR, CHECK.4@ 4@
LEARNING THE UKULELE, CHECK.
PLANNING THE ACTUAL ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS 4@PROJECT, CHECK.
AND THERE IS4@ HER SOPHOMORE 4@
IN SCHOOL.
>> I WANT TO BECOME 4@A
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND HELP
OTHER KIDS THAT ARE JUST LIKE
ME.
>> FROM MY HAND TO YOUR HAND,
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
>> MADALYN,4@ A YOUNG WOMAN WHO
WAS NOT PUT ON THIS EARTH TO BE
ORDINARY.4@4@
>> SHE IS A INSPIRATION TO SO
MANY PEOPLE. 4@
>> MADALYN WAS BULLIED WHEN SHE
WAS A LITTLE GIRL SO SHE 4@HAS
DEVELOPED A ANTI-BULLYING 4@
TOOLKIT FOR KIDS AND PARENTS,4@
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