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When it comes to outreach and marketing during the pandemic, the best thing we can do for our organizations is drive and promote our unique purposes, the reasons we exist, and the ways we serve.

None of us know how much impact we will have on others – in a moment, an hour or a lifetime. We must use our minutes wisely and take every opportunity to instill the words of great men and women into the hearts and minds of our youth – to encourage their dreams and aspirations.

None of us know when we will find ourselves in the foothills of a mountain we must climb, when we need a shot of confidence. We can find it in the words and examples of others...

Dr. Mel Pender is a decorated war combat veteran and retired military officer. He is also an Olympic gold medalist, entrepreneur, community leader and public speaker who has impacted lives and inspired young people the world over. Including me.

In 1925, Ted Giesel went to Oxford to pursue a Ph.D. in English. Giesel’s biography states that while his notebooks include notes on lectures, they reveal a much greater propensity for doodling. One day a classmate looked over at Giesel’s notebook and said, “You’re crazy to be a professor. What you really want to do is draw. That’s a very fine flying cow!”