Dan Cirucci: TIAGD: Find Out What It Means Here!

Sunday, June 26, 2022

TIAGD: Find Out What It Means Here!

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Martha Sharkey who, along with he husband, Paul founded a wonderful organization called Today Is A Good Day (TIAGD). I was touched, inspired and uplifted by Martha and Paul's story.

On November 14, 2010, Martha and Paul welcomed identical twins, Claire and Mary, into the world. The girls were born extremely premature at just 23 weeks and 5 days of a 40-week gestation period. Knowing very little about premature birth, the Sharkeys were launched into the overwhelming and isolating world of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). After just 14 days, their daughter, Mary, earned her angel wings. Claire continued to fight and graduated from the NICU after 103 days.

Following their extended NICU stay, the Sharkeys recognized a gap in care for parents and families navigating the NICU journey. Martha and Paul created Today is a Good Day in 2014 to provide personal and financial support for families with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Since then. it's simply amazing what TIAGD has accomplished:

Currently partnering with eight hospitals and the Philadelphia Ronald McDonald House
Provided over 2700 care packages for families through hospital partners and upon request nationally and internationally
Hosted over 50 Listening Sessions for families currently navigating the NICU journey. Currently hosting virtual listening sessions due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Supported over 100 families with financial grants supporting transportation, car seats, cribs, pack-n-plays, funeral expenses, utility bills, baby supplies, and more
Offered the 1st Greater Philadelphia Interfaith Remembrance Service for Miscarriage, Infant, and Child Loss
Delivered over 175 Thanksgiving meals to NICU families last holiday season

They've also partnered with local and national companies to host over 30 Team Building programs to fill care packages and weave bonding squares and have grown their volunteer base from 12 to over 500 supporting the mission of Today is a Good Day.

There are wonderful things happening all around us -- and extraordinary opportunities to get involved and help others!

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About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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