Native Son

I met Brian Sprague (pictured above in Citilife St. Petersburg) at the InterPride world conference and discovered that he was originally from Arkansas (one of five native Arkansans that I met there). Brian currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida but returned home this week for the holiday. Brian serves on the Board for St. Pete Pride and is very active doing PR/Media Relations with AIDSWALK St. Petersburg. Last night, I met up with Brian and Dr. Dean Blevins, Board President of Arkansas AIDS Foundation so Brian could share some ideas of how we can grow our walk (to be held June 2nd—my birthday, the day before pride—mark your calendars :). We had a great meeting and I can not begin to tell you what an honor it was for me to get the chance to get better acquainted with these guys. One of the true perks of volunteering is that you get to associate with some of the most interesting, caring, dedicated and uplifting people (and it doesn’t hurt that both of these guys are VERY easy on the eyes!). I am very motivated to work more with the foundation and I can’t wait to see Brian again at the POSE (Prides of the SouthEast) conference this February.