Meet Marisa Barnas, Mokena Patch's Person of the Year
Patch readers voted in December to select Barnas as Patch's Person of the Year. The community organizer sat down recently with Patch to discuss her work coordinating events to benefit Rachel Swallow.
Editor's note: Mokena Patch readers voted in December to select Marisa Barnas as Mokena Patch's Person of the Year. To learn more about Barnas and her local fundraising efforts, read our Person of the Year profile below. When it comes to fundraising, Mokena resident Marisa Barnas is an unstoppable force. In the past year, Barnas has raised more than $100,000 for the Swallow family, whose youngest child, Rachel, spent much of the past year in a paralyzed state. The Barnas and the Swallow families know each other well — they live just one block apart in the Tara Hills subdivision and their children are friends. Last March, Rachel, who would be a sixth grader at Hilda Walker Intermediate School this year, developed a fever that worsened …
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Jen S
8:28 pm on Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Way to go, Marisa! You truly are an inspiration with your tireless efforts, and still finding time to care for your own family. Many blessings to you - you're an angel on this earth more ›