by Rick | Sep 7, 2020 | Blog, Leadership Series
Who is the most compassionate, loving, positive, intuitive and joyful person you know? After spending a few minutes around them, do you find yourself wanting to be like them because of the way they make you feel? That is a person with heart; that is Kathy Hamilton...
by Rick | Sep 2, 2020 | Blog, Leadership Series
When the pandemic hit, the business model of The Outreach Program immediately broke. The model of engaging large numbers of volunteers together to package meals for the hungry was suddenly forbidden by the government. In one day, the 16-year-old method of...
by Rick | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog, Writing Tips
I don’t know that a National Park has ever impacted me the way that Mesa Verde in southwest Colorado recently did. A week later, I’m still trying to understand why my mind goes back to those ancient dwellings carved in the cliffs. The place gave me a message that I’m...
by Rick | Jun 7, 2020 | Blog, Leadership Series
We arrived in the mountain village of Nicaragua with a truck load of food aid for the small village recently decimated by flooding. We began the process of handing out food to desperate families and, as typical, the line was filled with women and children. ...
by Rick | May 6, 2020 | Blog, Leadership Series
While my wife and I watched a Hallmark movie just a week ago, I had the idea to create the Shop Kansas Farms Facebook Group. Here are some lessons I’ve learned: 1. 4,580 people want to buy local. Yep, that’s how many people have joined in seven days. I was...
