Krista Corrado This is Me

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1. 1. Naples Daily News: Eagle

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   Published on: 9/28/2005   Last Visited: 9/28/2005

   Krista Corrado, who owns The Pottery Burn in the Marco Town Center Mall, was named Woman of the Year by the Naples branch of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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   Pottery Burn owner Krista Corrado honored for helping blood cancer patients
   
   By TIFFANY ST. MARTIN, Staff Writer September 28, 2005
   
   When Krista Corrado was asked whether she'd be interested in raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, she thought all she'd have to do was collect donations , you know, put a donation jar on display in her business, The Pottery Burn.
   
   It all sounded simple enough, so she answered yes. But "that isn't what it was all about," she said Sept. 21.
   
   Corrado, 29, then attended a rally, where she heard patients with leukemia, lymphoma and other blood cancers praise the society for helping them.
   
   The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society funds blood cancer research, education and patient services. Its mission , according to its Web site, www.leukemia-lymphoma.org , is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma. Since it was founded in 1949, it has spent more than $360 million on blood cancer research.
   
   After the rally, Corrado knew she wanted to help, to do something more than simply send money.
   
   She must have done something right, because eight weeks after agreeing to support the cause, the society's Naples branch named her its Woman of the Year 2005 during a June 4 gala.
   
   Corrado and her fundraising team , including her mother, Trecy Tekus, and her campaign manager, Coral Aiken-Miller , collected more than $24,000 through a series of events, including an auction of small dolphin sculptures (one of which was auctioned off for $1,400), a winetasting and a Cut-A-Thon that involved the participation of three Marco Island hair salons.
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   "I did it, and I was happy to do it," Corrado said. "After seeing and talking to people who have leukemia and were helped by the society, I knew (the society) was doing well."
   
   Corrado had only one competitor for the title of Woman of the Year, but she didn't do what she did for prestige or a plaque.
   
   The plaque is proudly displayed on a shelf inside The Pottery Burn, a paint-your-own-pottery studio in the Marco Town Center Mall.
   
   Corrado opened the studio in 2000 in a space near Marek's Collier House Restaurant on Bald Eagle Drive, but she made the move to the studio's current location in 2003.
   
   She's lived on Marco Island since 1995, when the allure of "no snow" brought her here from Wisconsin. Corrado and her husband, Charlie, have three dogs.

2. 2. Fire chief leads 'story draw'

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   Last Visited: 6/18/2003

   After Murphy finished the story, Krista Corrado, owner of The Pottery Burn on Bald Eagle Drive, supervised the children as they painted ceramic sorcerer's hats.
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   Stephen asked Corrado.
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   Corrado, who started The Pottery Burn about a year ago, will also host the city's hands-on clay program next month. Because that program will be held at The Pottery Burn, participants will be able to glaze and fire their ceramic pieces. With no kiln at Mackle Park, children in the story draw program take home their pieces after each class.
   
   "This is easier. They don't want to give (the pieces) up," Corrado said, laughing.
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   As the children washed their hands, Corrado placed a piece of foam between each hat's top and bottom half to prevent the halves from sticking together.

3. 3. Naples Daily News: Features

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   Published on: 6/2/2004   Last Visited: 6/2/2004

   Krista Corrado, owner of The Pottery Burn on Marco, lets Riley Davis look at her new face paint on May 28 during the Kid's Summer Daze Celebration held at the Marco Town Center Mall on May 28 and 29.
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   Corrado was on Marco visiting her grandparents, Sandy and Jerry Miller and Shirley Davis.