Nannies Giving Back! Stephanie Doyle

Here at Regarding Nannies we like to feature people in our profession who are giving back to their community in some way.

Today we shine the spotlight on  Stephanie Doyle of Boston.

This year Stephanie will be walking in the Relay for Life. The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is a life-changing event that gives everyone in communities across the globe a chance to celebrate the lives of people who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against the disease. At Relay, teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Because cancer never sleeps, Relays are overnight events up to 24 hours in length.

Relay began in 1985 when Dr. Gordy Klatt, a colorectal surgeon in Tacoma, Washington, ran and walked around a track for 24 hours to raise money for the American Cancer Society. Since then, Relay has grown from a single man’s passion to fight cancer into the world’s largest movement to end the disease. Each year, more than 3.5 million people in 5,000 communities in the United States, along with additional communities in 20 other countries, gather to take part in this global phenomenon and raise much-needed funds and awareness to save lives from cancer. Thanks to Relay participants, the American Cancer Society continues to save lives.

We asked Stephanie what motivated her to do the Relay for Life this year?

I have been overweight my whole life and I have been really trying to exercise and eat better on a regular basis so I can lose weight and be healthy. Someone I know was willing to train me and brought up the possibility of training for a walk so we have a goal. We were looking into another walk originally and that didn’t work out timing wise for us. Then someone from our church was diagnosed with breast cancer and my mom boss’s mother (nanny lingo for mother of the family you work for)  has been battling lung cancer.

We found the Relay for Life walk and we felt that was the walk for us because it was for the American Cancer society and we could walk for everyone in our lives who has battled or is battling  any form of cancer.

This walk is a team walk for 12 hours overnight. Someone from your team needs to be on the track at all times so we will take turns walking and camp out at the local high school track in Burlington MA.

I have never done this walk before and am excited about it.

Tell us a little bit about your team:
The people I am walking for are Pam Villalta (friend from church) and Robin Glabe (mom boss’s mother) who are both in the battle now and in memory of James Ronan (my grandfather) and Geraldine Chambers (my husbands grandmother).

If someone wants to get involved what do they need to?
The walk is on June 11th at 6pm at the Burlington High School track in Burlington MA. You can either join our team or donate to help us reach our team goal of $1000. You can do either by going clicking on this link.

Walking In Faith Team

To find out about the Relay for Life in your area go to:

•           The American Cancer Society – :

You can search for Relay for Life events in your area.
Kudos to Stephanie and her team for giving back to the community.

Stephanie Doyle is 29 yrs old and lives in Burlington Ma with her husband of almost 4 years (they have been together since they were 13). She has been a nanny for over 7 years and worked in the daycare setting for 7 years before becoming a nanny. Stephanie loves  working with newborns and has a lot of experience with newborns through preschool age children. She is very active in her church and does a lot of volunteer work within the Children’s Ministry there. Stephanie currently works with awonderful family in Arlington MA caring for a 21 month old boy and a soon to be born baby due in August.

If you know a nanny who is “giving back” we would love to feature them on an upcoming Thursday Table Talk.
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