My wealthiest friend was my dearly departed friend Lisa, from the Philippines. When she first came to America she opened a night club in Los Angeles named "Manila Gardens" and she was very successful, and she got into Real Estate and she had her own Construction Company, and she was a Developer, and she did other stuff, and the whole time she did Charity Work, and then she retired and she did Charity Work full time helping the homeless and the mentally ill. She used to buy 14 room mansions to house the homeless people, etc, and then she cooked wonderful meals for the people in her houses.
And she taught me how to help the homeless, so I was able to teach the Mayor of Laguna Beach and others what Lisa taught me, etc. With Mental Health Associations like the one in Santa Ana, and Wellness Centers like the one in Orange, etc.
I witnessed miracles at Lisa's houses, I saw how the people were when they first came in after being homeless on the streets for years and mentally ill, when they got treatment and care then they totally transformed. Then, after they became well then many of the people went to work helping the homeless, they got help and then they went to work helping other people, so Lisa created this wonderful chain reaction where people would get help and then they would help other people. Lisa got rich, and then she spent the whole rest of her life giving the money away to help the homeless. Lisa was a wonderful woman, and she was my hero. Plus, a funny thing, Lisa was friends with Suzanne Pleshette, and Suzanne Pleshette was one of my heroes too.
Salute,
Tony V.