Meet Lori Ballard, Volunteer for MarineParents.com

Our volunteers work around the United States in a variety of capacities. Please give a shout out of thanks to one of our Marine Parents Community Network (MPCN) volunteers!

Lori's Positions
Join the Marine Parents Community Network (MPCN) groups at ConnectAndShare.com
And Facebook.com/Groups/MarineParentsCom

Lori Ballard

Lori is a Kindergarten teacher and a mother of three children. She currently lives in the beautiful state of North Carolina. Her middle child (a son) is a Marine. When her Marine was in middle school, he said he wanted to join the military. While in High School, he chose the Marines. She was shocked that he chose the Marines, given they live in a military town for the army. Her son told her he wanted to be “the best of the best” and chose the Marines.

When her son was preparing for boot camp, she had very little information. Her son gave her the website of Recruitparents.com, which he had gotten from his recruiter. This site was her lifeline. She had found a volunteer opportunity, but her son had to graduate from boot camp first. Four weeks after leaving for boot camp, her son ended up in STC-MRP due to an injury. She was directed to the Support BTN page, which helped her through it all. After receiving all the support from Marineparents.com, she was ready to pay it forward and jumped at the chance to help others. It has been six years, and she has enjoyed every minute of it.

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