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LIFEWORK LEADERSHIP GoodNewsFL.org 21 FEBRUARY 2018 $*$3( $,0 $'',&7,21 $1' ,17(*5$7,9( 0(',&,1( 2XU PHQ V UHKDELOLWDWLRQ FHQWHU IRU VXEVWDQFH DEXVH HPEUDFHV D XQLYHUVDO XQFRQGLWLRQDO ORYH WKDW WUDQVFHQGV WKDW VHUYHV UHJDUGOHVV RI FLUFXPVWDQFHV :H SURYLGH PHQ DOO RYHU WKH FRXQWU\ ZLWK WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR DFKLHYH WKH JLIW RI ODVWLQJ VREULHW\ 285 0,66,21 7R SURYLGH H[FHSWLRQDO ORQJ WHUP ZHOOQHVV WR RXU FOLHQWV DV ZHOO DV WKHLU IDPLOLHV ZZZ DJDSHDLP FRP &DOO $JDSH LV /RYH old unused room into a really cool teacher’s lounge for the teachers at Dillard High School. It was a Lifework project, and it was fabulous to have everyone pull together. We did flooring and furniture and cabinets. It was such a blessing to them. But I had never really had my eyes opened to thinking about needs in the community. To think how could we as business owners be blessing our community instead of just our local church. By reaching out to people in the community, its another way to show the love of Christ. GN – Are there other ministries that you support as a business? Susan – The ones we support as a business are 4KIDS, Sheridan House Family Ministries, Heart2Heart and Habitat. Oh, Taylor’s Close too… So, our business is not always booming where we can give kitchens away to people in need, but when we can, we do because I feel like its good to be a blessing. Armand – We also do the Special Olympics Dream Ride. Susan – Armand is a car enthusiast besides a chef extraordinaire. Armand – So Dream Ride is an event that they do in Connecticut once a year. They take exotic cars and classic cars and usually have between 500 and about 1,200 cars altogether. They block off about 18 miles of roadway, and you take a Special Olympic child on a ride – actually most of them are teenagers or young adults. So anybody that’s in Special Olympics can go to this event in Con- necticut once a year. It’s kids from all over the United States, and they get a ride. But it’s a week long event for them. They have all kinds of things that are going on during the week, and it gives their par- ents a break. They usually raise about $3 to 4 million on top of what they spend… So we’ve done that the last couple of years. I drive a car and they ride. Dreamride.org is the organization. GN - Why did you want to go through Lifework and what do you think you got out of it as an individual? Armand – I think probably for me it was to further get in depth with the Bible and giving. We had been giving to one organization for many years; tithing to the local church was always a priority for us, but I think it was more of seeing what else is out there. For me it was being able to help other or- ganizations that we hadn’t been exposed to like Heart2Heart.And I think it impacted us as a company to share Lifework Leadership to our employees and getting them involved. Susan – The whole presentation at Lifework is nonthreatening… It’s business oriented topics, interpersonal relationships, how to handle certain situations, moral dilemmas – all kinds of things that every business goes through – struggles, disappointments, and I found it very encouraging and up- lifting and good advice… It’s really an eye opening experience. And every book that you read you glean something new from it. Every person who does their case study or does their topic, you get something new every time you go. So I love that…. It doesn’t matter if you are someone who is searching, just a regular business person or you’ve been a Christian for a few years or for 30 years, I think there’s something in Lifework for everyone… It was good growth for us I think. It was very in- trospective. All the homework and stuff you do, you are really looking inward at yourself asking how does God want me to change or what should I be doing differently than what I’m doing right now? GN – Why did you decided to be a sponsor of Lifework? Susan -– They’re doing an amazing work here in our city and they need support. It would be so great if Lifework could touch every single business in the city of Fort Lauderdale. It would be trans- formed because look at us. We’re just one little small mom and pop shop with 10 employees and a couple carpenters, but if our little kitchen store and the guy down the street and the construction worker and the roofing guys and every body in town starts to change the way they think … not just focusing on making money… we have to be able to make a profit… but it’s bigger than that… we need to be busy about what God wants us to do and for each of us it’s different. Kitchenworks … (Continued from page 12)