Say what?!?
Whether you are rolling you eyes right now, or are staring at your monitor in open mouth horror, it's okay. I have been dealing with these looks face to face as I ran this idea by friends an family. I'm used to it by now.
I will go into more ofwhat I am doing, and how the project works, today I want to focus on the why of the project. For the start of the story we have to travel way back to the start, with how I grew up. I didn't come from the most well to do family. We lived pay check to pay check, there was no savings for emergencies or retirement funds at the time. But we had enough to eat three square meals a day, take an annual summer vacation (which usually involved camping), At the age of twelve I joined the workforce, starting with a paper route. My savings didn't get to go to a college fund, or toys like a lot of other people. The money I raised went towards things like new beds, the telephone bill, camping trips with the Boy Scouts, new glasses, and new clothes. I had some left over money for my card collection, and movies, and eventually even saved up for our first family PC. Now this PC was VERY important. It ran off of Windows 3.1 but more importantly it still used DOS. This lead to me self teaching myself how to use a computer and being comfortable with it. In turn this led to opportunities in the Grocery field, which was just starting to incorporate computers into a more modern day workforce. One job lead to an opportunity to learn a new system, which lead to a new job and so on. Fast forward to today; I am a Customer Advisor, still in the food industry. I am certified in my field, and working on my four-year degree. This career track helped set up the opportunity for my wife, Sonja, and I to adopt and support our two sons, Felix (age 4), and Leo (almost 1).
For those of you with kids, you know that the moment they are born, it is a time full of raw and powerful emotions. Sonja was the first to hold Felix, and I was the first to hold Leo. Memories and those feelings never leave you, and they linger in the back of your mind. As a Papa I feel a sense of pride, and a sense that I would provide for them at any cost. I will do anything to make sure they don't have to go through the same life style that I had to grow up with. But I also want them to see that in order to make change in this world, sometimes you have to do something a little crazy, and out of the realm of ordinary.
So that is the start of this journey. One of my other major goals for this project is to help the Finnegans Community Fund raise $2,500 to help get wholesome an nutritious food to people ad communities in need. If you would like to donate please click here, every dollar counts!
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