:: Give Joyfully ::

I would like to extend a special thank you for taking the time to visit our website.
Your enthusiasm, expertise, time, and dollars are always welcome with us.

Give Joyfully Inc. is a non-profit organization created for the purpose of providing
air and ground transportation to specialty hospitals for children and their parents,
who under normal circumstances would be unable to provide air and ground
transportation for themselves. No child will get left behind on our watch!

As you move through the pages of our very basic and simple website there is
awareness I want you to take with you from your experience here today.

These days it's difficult to filter out the white noise in our busy lives. Believe me, when I finally discovered the "bigger
picture", an awareness that life is extremely short, too short be consumed in "self", it was an uplifting experience. My
need to grow mentally and spiritually depended on my ability to step away from self and look outward to where I could
take my skills and abilities to drive change, change that pulls communities and families together, change that
replenishes our compassion for humanity. This is my mission, to drive change and bring the helping spirit back to life.

The name Give Joyfully seemed fitting. Billy Tan said it best in his white paper Giving Connects Joyfully. Billy wrote "It is
my belief that it is not how much we give that really matters. It is not who we give to that matters. What really matters
are two things".

1. Give from the heart, give selflessly, give joyfully - this is the true essence of compassion and benevolence.
2. Make the giving meaningful and purposeful - so that the giving does not end there and may create new opportunities
for others.

I couldn't have said it better. Today our mission is clearly to take care of our kids, kids of all walks of life, shapes and
sizes, colors, and religious beliefs. "They are our future". With our collective dollars we can make huge improvements
on the quality of life for many of the less fortunate.

My dream for the future as we grow to a level of self sufficiency is to expand our scope beyond fulfilling transportation
needs for our kids. I envision long term care for our parents and grand parents, as well as a plan to provide medical
assistance for anyone and everyone who needs it. However for now, it's baby steps.

If you would like more details, want to get actively involved, or simply want to say hello. I can be reached any time by
calling me at 586-904-6711, or you can always e-mail me at rhookano@cox.net

Thanks for your help,