Name: Cindy Spake
Title: Executive Associate to Mary Jean Eisenhower and Director, Global Landmine Initiative
Start Date at PTPI: May, 1983
Cindy Spake
1. What’s your favorite saying or quote:
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” - Martin Luther King
2. Where were you born?
Ft. Worth, Texas
3. If you could pick anywhere in the world to volunteer for a year, where would it be?
At an animal sanctuary in Africa, working with elephants, chimps and other animals in need.
4. Favorite movie?
That’s a hard one… To Kill a Mockingbird and It’s a Wonderful Life are two of my favorites but there are so many.
5. If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
A beautiful ranch in the mountains somewhere, with a lake, pine trees, horses…and of course dogs.
Tags: PTPI Staff
A very big welcome to PTPI from Mukiibi Sperito of Uganda’s Dream Student Chapter in Kampala Uganda.
We are together in promoting peace through friendship and understanding.
If you are to come to Africa,Uganda is the best with your chimps and elephants at Murchision falls national park and Queen Elizabeth national Park.
Did you know that we also have mountain Gorillas at Karuma falls. Yeaa! come to Africa but come to Uganda. I will be a good tourist guide.
A VERY WARM WELCOME TO PTPI FROM UGANDA’S DREAM STUDENT CHAPTER.
Lets promote peace through friendship and understanding.
Mukiibi sperito
Thanks everyone for your sweet comments! Margaret, I was born in Ft. Worth and we lived there just a couple of years. My father was with the railroad at the time so we moved quite a bit until I was in 1st grade. How wonderful that you and Rita were roomies at the WLF. It truly is a small world! Fun Trivia: Walt Disney was an early supporter of PTP and we’ve been told he created “It’s a Small World” because of this experience. Thanks again, everyone, and take care ~
Fort Worth, Texas!!!! Did you grow up in Texas as well? I live in Mansfield, Texas just southeast of Ft. Worth. Those movies are among my favorites, too. Have you ever seen Hoosiers, one of my all time favorites along with The Man from Snowy River. I’m with Rita, on having some of the same dreams you do. As a matter of fact, Rita and I were roomies last fall for a WLF trip and found out that we only live about 15 miles from each other. Small World that PTP is bringing together!!
It sounds like your dream and mine are the same.
I hope you get your trip to Africa!