Good News Florida

4KIDS 20th Anniversary Night of Celebration, November 10th Giving Tuesday, November 28th Gift of Hope Toy Drive, December4th to 11th Visit www.4KIDSofSFL.org to learn more Help Children Experience Hope & Home this Holiday Season. A Home for Every Child TM My first paying job was driving a beer truck in Key West at 19 without a chauffeur's license. No wonder they call it the Conch Republic.....it is a shell unto its own. -Omar Aleman, Owner, Aleman & Associates My first real paying job was picking Cotton in South Carolina at the age of five. Picking cotton in the hot sun for less than three dollars per day taught me how to endure life's trials. -Pastor O’Neal Dozier , The Worldwide Christian Center My first real paying job was working on Stage Crew at a large auditorium. I learned a lot about how large productions work, about good public speaking, and about getting along with people who had personality "quirks" (as opposed to myself, who has no quirkiness whatsoever). -Samuel Lamerson, PhD, President, Knox Theological Seminary I worked as a waitress at Pizza Villa in Delray Beach - learning to deal with people, every walk of life - to serve with a good attitude even when the customer wasn't so pleasant - to listen and to have patience. -Sue Trombino, Founder, Women Impacting the Nation My first real paying job was PeoplExpress Airlines. i worked as a customer service manager at the ticket counter and occasionally in the lost luggage de- partment where no one that came to see me was happy. i believe it ought to be mandatory that folks work in the service industry at least once in their lives. unfortunately, i learned that ‘customers’ can be very rude and demanding at times. it taught me to 'act compassionately and treat kindly’ as a consumer/cus- tomer. folks that serve us deserve our care and understanding and manners and patience and love. -Susan Kassing, Community Leader My first real paying job was that of being the school social worker to 2 schools in Denver. I learned that children are precious and so dependent on the deci- sions and love from their parents who in turn needed major guidance & encour- agement to turn the ship. Biblical principles & the Love of God were always the Gold Standard ... wouldn't you know?! -Virlee Stepelton, Community Prayer Leader Karen Granger Nancy McDonald Omar Aleman Pastor O’Neal Dozier Samuel Lamerson Sue Trombino Susan Kassing Virlee Stepelton Wants to Know…