I was groomed to be a leader, here is another example... When I worked for the Burbank YMCA at Camp Earl Anna, it was a small village, we had 25 cabins and a cafeteria and kitchen and beds for the workers, etc, and we used to have 350 children at a time staying there. They taught me everything, I washed dishes and learned the restaurant business while there as we cooked for the campers, and I cleaned toilets and I learned how to do plumbing to fix the toilets, etc. I was also in charge of the water system. And we put in a new electrical system. Then, when the parents came they put me in charge of Public Relations and I had to dress up nice and give the Parents a tour of the camp, etc. So that was like doing diplomacy and public relations. I volunteered for 2 summers at the camp, it was great. Anyhow, I did not make any money, I was a volunteer, but I learned a lot and they were grooming me to be a leader.
If you can go into Paradise Valley, Nevada, and build a village there for Farm Workers to plant Olive Orchards, then you can create a safe spot for the refugees to work in orchards and live in peace, etc. The United Farm Workers can help. Listen to the Bocelli song where he asks for a safe spot for the vulnerable, Paradise Valley can be that spot. And they need a water system, and an electrical system, and cable television, and fiber optics for the internet, etc. They can elect a Mayor for the town, and they can create a town council, etc. Right now the town has very few people, but it is safe, and safety is what the people want, they want to get away from violence and be safe. They can have schools for the children, and churches, and Kiwanis International, and Scouting, etc.
The streets of Los Angeles are not a good place for the homeless, they would be better off in gardens and in orchards, etc, they can play music while they work in the orchard, etc, and Nevada is a great place to grow orchards. They can have peaceful lives to raise their children without worrying about war or missiles or bombs or terrorism, etc.
And Universal Studios has their own city here in Hollywood with their own police force, etc, it is a great place.
We will see what happens. A beautiful woman told me to keep doing charity, and she said that everything else can come from that. And one can do great things as long as they do not care who gets the credit.
As we get older our most valuable asset is time. Also, we need to make the trains safer for the Senior Citizens, we need to have security on the trains.
Salute,
Tony V.
