Kazia Hodges is many things. She’s a wife and mother. She suffers from depression. She has put on too much weight. And she’s a Browncoat, something she credits to helping bring her back out of the depression. She’s become involved with the local group, the Austin Browncoats, and also begun working with Kids Need to Read, the children’s literacy program started by author PJ Haarsma and our captain, Nathan Fillion. And being a Browncoat, she decided to make her weight loss efforts also help others.
Kazia has started her Healthy Giving Pledge Drive, a personal weight loss challenge she is undertaking, and all pledges and donations she collects during the drive (Jan 23-May 23) are going to support KNTR.
Besides the fact that you’re encouraging a friend to get healthy and raising money for an excellent cause, you might also win stuff. At the end of the challenge she’s be drawing for prizes donated by the Austin Browncoats, including an autographed Better Days comic, some Browncoat Essentials stuff from www.whedonwares.com and more comics.
More information is available at www.healthygiving.org.
Thank you for posting this and helping my efforts reach more Browncoats!
My weight is slowly but surely coming off. I’ve lost 11 lbs since beginning Healthy Giving and have raised, as of this posting, $412.50 for KNTR.
I’m having a blast and feeling great. It’s very enjoyable using all my newfound energy to help with KNTR and Can’t Stop the Serenity (I’m also the webmistress for CSTS Global!).
Thanks again for posting!