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A message from our CEO, Mr. Joe O'Neill:
Mission Work to Appalachia?
This place has grown larger through the years. Some might argue that it has lost its “small company” appeal. One would be compelled to agree. We all know all things change. To even write the statement reeks of platitude.

But change doesn’t have to be for the worse.

For losing one’s youth does not demand losing one’s sense of identity, always a bad idea to forget where you came from.

And with nothing but an endless stream of depressing (even frightening) news coming from every one of the seemingly thousands of media outlets - TVs, Radios, Internet, IPods, Cell Phones, magazines, newspapers, even posters on the bathroom wall – one might come to believe the entire world has lost its heart and soul.

And then there is you: yes you, the person who now reads this letter. Not me, not the person in the next room, not anyone else on the planet, just you.

What does your heart and soul inform you about the state of the world these days? Do you find joy in the simple things, as we all are supposed to do? Have you lost hope? Do you even look for hope anymore, would you consider such a quest a perfectly lost cause?

In 1991 a movie came out: Grand Canyon. The movie had absolutely nothing to do with a big ditch in Arizona. Rather the movie focused its energy on one singular notion: that none of us can control the world, but all of us can make a difference in the world. Not a big difference, not a world –changing difference, not a life-altering difference. Nothing so grandiose; nothing so ego-centric.

All one has to do is engage in behavior that makes a small difference, that offers a little hope to another. To the best of my remembrance, there were no religious overtones in this movie, just a reminder that perhaps the true measure of us all is how we have helped, in oh so many small ways, enhance the life of another.

So comes the question.

Of the 1,800 people who work with G&D Integrated, we seek out 18 who would give a bit of their time and energy to make a little difference to the life of another.

A mission trip of sorts, to Appalachia, to help the rural poor with lives that have been beaten down by the loss of jobs. Whose economic lives have never prospered, but whose joy has always grown.

You’d be gone about a week to ten days. Chances are you’d help build something, dig something, paint something, plant something or fix something. No experience required, only a voice in your heart that tells you this is something you should do. Do for someone else, to make a small difference in their life, someone you will likely never see again.