The Foundation was establish in 1983. Rick Crites has an artist degree from college before becoming an illustrator for defense contractors. He joined The Jackson Foundation for Military Medical Research 18 years ago as their only illustrator and now has 9 employees. He has produced graphic illustrations of research in cancer, prostrate, breast care, combat casualties, and HIV. The Foundation supports preventative medicine for over seas deployment health. Rick Crites’s office is on Rockledge Dr. and Ron has suggested that Rick join our Rotary club.

Our friend and frequent Rotary visitor and Executive Director of Migration and Refugee Services for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Johnny Young, talked about the role of faith based organizations. They serve and
advocate for refugees, migrants, unaccompanied children, and victims of human trafficking. He talked about the plight of the children escaping the violence in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, and their getting do process and resettlement services. Johnny Young served as US Ambassador to Bahrain, Republic of Togo, and Republic of Sierra Leone.

Heath said that command and control barking of orders may work in the military but it doesn’t work in for profit companies or volunteer organizations. Heath talked about his Toast Masters training experience. He used M&Ms to reward productivity at Toast Masters. He talked about going to Chile to straiten out a large engineering project that was in the ditch. He used leadership training to get five executives to work as a team and the project was finished successfully. Positive attitude is important.. “Changing the course of a river is done one stick at a time.”