Wednesday, February 22, 2012

In Memory of…Dianne Main (1940–2009)


On Decem­ber 3, 2009 Rockin’ for Res­cue lost one of their found­ing mem­bers Dianne Main to an 8 year bat­tle with can­cer.  Dianne is Lisa’s mom and was the dri­ving force behind Rockin’ for Res­cue. She was so proud of  HYPERLINK “http://www.rockinforrescue.org” Rockin’ for Res­cue and what it had accom­plished in such a short time; she never missed a board meet­ing no mat­ter how sick she was.  No mat­ter how cold or hot it was, Dianne gave 110% at every event. As the trea­surer, Dianne’s main respon­si­bil­ity was not just keep­ing the papers filed, but she was also respon­si­ble for ship­ping out every CD and t-shirt that was ordered. She kept the meet­ing min­utes at the board meet­ings.  You could say she wore many hats.

Keep­ing impec­ca­ble records, Dianne knew who donated to Rockin’ for Res­cue and how much they donated. Not only did she donate her time but also her hard earned dol­lars to the cause.  She was always think­ing of ways Rockin’ for Res­cue could gen­er­ate rev­enue.  Dianne loved all of Gods’ crea­tures and loved Rockin’ for Res­cue so much that instead of flow­ers at her funeral she asked that peo­ple donate to the Rockin’ for Res­cue Foun­da­tion. In doing so, Rockin’ for Res­cue raised over $600! Thanks to all of you who have donated in Dianne’s memory.

The night before Dianne passed away two huge sup­port­ers and mem­bers of Rockin’ for Res­cue came to visit her.  Susan Car­son and Kim­berly Cas­trel­lon of Band­mates stopped over with nice lit­tle gifts and happy energy for Dianne like they always brought.  We were all sit­ting around talk­ing about Rockin’ for Res­cue and Dianne was telling Susan that she just couldn’t do as much any­more and that Susan WILL be a board mem­ber.  With that being said, Susan has become an exec­u­tive mem­ber of Rockin’ for Res­cue and has brought with her the same spirit and enthu­si­asm that Dianne had.

Although Dianne is gone phys­i­cally she is still here in spirit! We love And miss you!!

- Lisa and the R4R Team