When they first met, Linda Murphy and Myrna Porter learned they were born on the same day, March 29, and possessed the same quote by Emerson: “If you’ve made a difference in one person’s life, you have succeeded.” These founders of Wellness Place, the area’s largest people-to-people cancer resource center, maintain different personal styles and visions of the future as they decidedly work to the fringe of the organization they founded. One had to step out of her shoes to fulfill the mission, while the other stepped into hers to get the job done. Most agree that it is their passion, a willingness to serve others, and showing appreciation to volunteers and donors that lay at the foundation of their success in transforming an idea into reality. That reality has changed their lives for the better.

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