For the past ten years or so, I've been doing lots of volunteer work. Our three children (now grown up) and my husband and I have all been active supporters of and volunteers for the Free Wheelchair Mission. In addition to my trip to India in 2005, I went with two very skilled physical therapists on a wheelchair training and distribution trip to El Salvador in May 2013. 

     Our family has raised three dogs for Canine Companions for Independence, the oldest service dog organization in the U.S. 
     I've been a volunteer board member with the Roxbury Home for Aged Women for over a decade, and was a Reach Out and Read volunteer with the Boston Children's Hospital for a number of years (until I decided it was time to get my own book done!).

     And before all of that, I received a B.A. from Boston College, and and M.B.A. from Simmons College.  I've worked as a Product Manager at a couple of computer companies, and for about 15 years I taught first at Boston College and then at Boston University. 

    I live in the Boston area and I'd love to have the opportunity to share Lotus' story with anyone else who feels it's just not right for people to have to crawl on the ground.  Please contact me for more information, and check out my website at www.megaffney.com.  You can also find out more about The Free Wheelchair Mission at: www.freewheelchairmission.org