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Caitlin Macrae —
Parker County
Committee On Aging
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aitlin Macrae has packed a lot of living into
her 27 years. She’s a certified emergency
technician, and has been to nursing school,
until recently, when she decided she wanted
to fight fires instead of nursing people back
to health. At first, she didn’t think she could
handle the rigors of firefighter training school,
but those that knew her said, “If there’s any girl
that can do it, you can.” After she graduates
from fire school, she wants to become a govern-
ment contractor and serve as an EMT and fire-
fighter in the Middle East for a few years.
It won’t be the first time she’s been to that
area of the world. She is also a veteran who
served as a U.S. Marine for four years. Now
she supports veterans by raising money through
body-building competitions benefitting a char-
ity called Make-a-Vet Sweat. It uses the funds it
raises to pay for gym memberships for veterans,
some of whom might be suffering from PTSD,
while helping others get back to the gym and
physical fitness. She raised just under $10,000
and placed second in both categories in the
latest competition.
For the past seven years, she has served as
bar manager at Vintage Grill and Car Museum.
Although she has attended many of our bach-
elor and bachelorette events in the past working
with Vintage, being a bachelorette will be a
new experience for her. “Now I’m on the other
side of things,” said Macrae. “I’m really excited
to see how much Aaron and I can do together.
I want to raise a lot of money and change some
lives,” she added.
Going back to daytime hours after she leaves
Vintage will really be a change for her. “I’m
hoping to read books again and maybe even
buy a TV,” she said. While attending school,
she will be teaching hot yoga classes at Pav
Yoga on the Weatherford Square.
She enjoys the sense of community that
Parker County gives its residents, and one of the
things she really enjoys is reading in the park.
“With so many events and charities, there’s
really a lot of things going on in Parker County,”
she said.
Giving back and serving is something that
was instilled in Macrae from a young age. With
her roots in Northern California, she and her
family found a way to serve around the holidays
by working at soup kitchens or other places for
people in need. “At least one holiday a year we
would go and do that,” she said. She’s look-
ing forward to working with the Parker County
Committee on Aging and maybe meeting other
veterans as she visits the Senior Center.
“They are a special breed for sure.”