07/03/2019
“She’s not gone. She’s just elsewhere.”
Meet the sixth of our Hero Of The Year Finalists, Christine Olson. After learning her daughter was in a serious accident, Christine had to endure six hours of red tape and runaround before finally being told her child was gone.
In shock, just being told her daughter had passed in an accident, Christine Olson turned to her son and said “I have to get gas on the way home.”
Out of extreme misery and grief a message of hope was born, a call to action. TIFF’s Initiative (To Inform Families First), the non-profit Christine started in her daughter’s name, is an emergency contact system that allows first responders to report an accident victim to their chosen next-of-kin immediately, rather than taking hours or even days to track down the family member.
In shock, just being told her daughter had passed in an accident, Christine Olson turned to her son and said “I have to get gas on the way home.” Out of extreme misery and grief a message of hope was born, a call to action. TIFF’s Initiative (To Inform Families First), the non-profit Christine...