Mark's Transformative Thoughts: March 2022
The Power of Community
Dear Split Second Family,
I often think about the limitations of government. That might sound strange from someone within government, and someone who advocates for public policy changes. Please hear me out.
We can’t always rely on government services to take care of people--we know this and see this daily--but there is good news. That’s the power of community when it leans in and supports those organizations on the ground doing the work. And there are so many incredible nonprofits doing this kind of work like my friend Sonny, CEO of Son of a Saint, which is filling a critical social gap for fatherless young men. It’s succeeding partially because Son of a Saint is a hardworking nonprofit and not a large bureaucracy.
The Split Second Foundation is filling in gaps in care for people living with disabilities. Before we opened Split Second Fitness, there wasn’t an inclusive fitness facility in Louisiana focused on people living with SCI, other neurological conditions and amputees. Today, our facility is full on a daily basis with people out of their wheelchairs and their houses, working out, meeting others and continuing their personal recoveries.
We’re only able to do work because of people like you and the power of community!
The philanthropic season has started and there will be numerous opportunities--the Crescent City Classic, Give NOLA Day, Split Second’s
Show of Love
gala on October 22, and Giving Tuesday--to support nonprofits like us, and show to others how the power of community can lift us all.
Ps: If you haven’t yet, please
sign up to walk, run, or roll with Split Second Foundation in this year’s Crescent City Classic.
With Gratitude,
Mark
