Archive for May, 2010

I just returned from a week-long trip to Haiti to ensure that our shoe distributions are progressing the way they should. And I have to say that I’m completely overwhelmed, disgusted and angry at what I found. It’s not about the shoes — they are being delivered just fine: safely, (Continue reading…)

Yesterday I spent the day with Dan Pallotta, author of the New York Best Seller – UNCHARITABLE. He is a remarkable guy that is waking up the world on several fronts as it relates to non profits. Candidly, much of his book mirrors my philosophy of “ a nonprofit is (Continue reading…)

There are a lot of people that would say that tornados only affect people in “trailer parks,” same with Hurricanes, floods, etc. That is so far from the truth. I remember back to Katrina a lady showing me her tile on the floor at the beachfront home she and her (Continue reading…)

A week after the 1000 year Flood in Nashville we all are drying out. Emotions are running very high with the people affected by the flood, as the reality of their world being wrecked is very apparent. Yesterday, we helped several people that needed shoes and hearing their stories, seeing (Continue reading…)

I returned around midnight on Saturday from Sacramento with my publicist Elizabeth. The journey began around noon with a flight to LV then a layover. We arrived in LC and Elizabeth was checking Twitter for the developing situation in Nashville. We decided to have a back up and get to (Continue reading…)