Good News Florida

worked at Sears in different departments, including the Manager’s office, who allowed me to be part of Junior Achievement, to learn business ethics, strategic planning, marketing and management, which I have used all my life. -Dolores King-St. George, Station Manager, WRMB 89.3 Moody Radio My first paying job was bagging groceries at an Albertson’s food store. I made $3.04 an hour. I learned how to serve people with a smile, no matter how bad their attitude. It was great practice for pastoring a church. :) -Pastor Doug Sauder, Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale My first real paying job was working as a “cattle hand” in a small town sale barn in SW Iowa. My father owned the sale barn and had weekly auctions of livestock and farm equipment. I learned the value of hard work and of being responsible! Low pay and long hours as they say!! -Fred Scarbrough, DVM, Founder, Scarbrough Animal Hospital and Hope South Florida My first real paying job was a "teaching" gig at a child care center where my mother worked part time. I was in middle school and had a class of 5 elemen- tary students providing summer learning on the back porch of the child care center. I even had a makeshift chalk board and I was paid in cash at the end of the week. I learned that regardless of the circumstance, give it your ALL and God will multiply the rest. -Germaine Smith Baugh, Ed.D., President/CEO, Urban League of Broward County Even though I had a fear of flying, I heard Pan American Airlines was inter- viewing for flight attendants and I applied not thinking I would be hired. To my surprise, at the age of 20, I was sent to NYC as my base and started flying all over the world. Back then we were called "hostesses in the sky." Years later that training helped me to "practice hospitality" in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ in my home, community, mission field and sometimes "in the sky." -Gita Santangelo , Community Prayer Leader My first job was working at Winn Dixie as a bagger and in the dairy department. It taught me how to work with others, the importance of honesty and integrity and the ability to learn from experience. - Representative George Moraitis , Florida House of Representatives, District 93 My first real paying job was as a busboy at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Interna- tional Airport. I developed a new respect for the hard working people who labor in the restaurant business. -Gregg Sjoquist, President/CEO, The Wasie Foundation My first “real job” was working in the summer for a pool company digging pools, which inspired me to go to college. - Gregg Wallick, President/CEO, Best Roofing My first paying job was at Richards' Dept. Store. I worked in the ladies depart- ment, and I was in my early teen years. I learned fast that beauty is very sub- jective and if we ladies want something we turn a deaf ear. So I quickly learned to read body language when asked for my opinion! -Ileana M. Gil, Chief Operating Officer, Trinity International University I worked in the corporate advertising department of a department store chain in Philadelphia and New Jersey. It was a creative environment where I worked alongside of seasoned professionals who brought napkin ideas to life in tele- vision, print and radio. It showed me that if you can think it, you can do it. Just put your head in the game, feel it in your heart, and go. -Joyce Feldman, Founder, Big Children’s Foundation “My first real job was working for Burdines department store at the old Palm Beach Mall. I learned the valuable lesson, not to open a credit card at the store that you go to every day. Even with my employee discount I realized quickly that my minimum wage job would not allow me to purchase all of the shoes I wanted and with the hefty finance charge I quickly found myself in debt. "The borrower is a slave to the lender" Proverbs 22:7.” -Julie Mullins , Pastor, Christ Fellowship One of my first paying jobs was selling gas and worms for fishing at a boat marina. I learned sometimes you have to get your hands dirty! -Karen Granger, Delray Beach Publicist, Speaker, Writer My first real paying job was in a ladies clothing store as a sales clerk. The most valuable lessons I learned were that "the customer is always right" and that you MUST learn to "do the math" - CORRECTLY....in those days, we had to add our own sales tickets and any mistakes were deducted from our pay! After my first $60 error, I started to pay serious attention! -Nancy McDonald, CEO, Hope Women’s Center Chip LaMarca Chris Lane Pastor Daryl Nelson Deborah Cusick Dennis DeMarois Don Campion Dolores King-St. George Pastor Doug Sauder Fred Scarbrough Germaine Smith Baugh Gita Santangelo George Moraitis Gregg Sjoquist Gregg Wallick Ileana M. Gil Joyce Feldman Pastor Julie Mullins