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Speaker 2: Well, hi, How'm i Christian. I'm the chairman of someone
Speaker 2: Else's Child, and I'm also the chairman of a risk
Speaker 2: strategies company, which I founded many years ago. Well's actually
Speaker 2: my wife, Diane's idea. She came up with the Ideash
Speaker 2: came up with the name someone Else's Child, which has
Speaker 2: resonated down through the years. The theme really is that
Speaker 2: we're all responsible for the children in our communities. The
Speaker 2: money goes to various organizations that we work with. We
Speaker 2: work through other nonprofit organizations that focus in on children,
Speaker 2: and it might be education, it might be the arts,
Speaker 2: it could be children living with disabilities, economic justice. There's
Speaker 2: a wide gamut of areas that we work with, but
Speaker 2: we generally work through other organizations. We've been fortunate in
Speaker 2: our lives and we've been able to we're in a
Speaker 2: position where we can give back to some extent, and
Speaker 2: we're now at a time in our lives when we're
Speaker 2: not in our for profit careers anymore. Our kids have
Speaker 2: all grown and we have the time to be able
Speaker 2: to do it too, which is an important part. My
Speaker 2: advice would be to focus in on something you're passionate about.
Speaker 2: Think about how you're going to do it, and how
Speaker 2: are you going to involve and how are you going
Speaker 2: to add value beyond writing a check.
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