"Life, Love and Betterment For Others" with guest contributors Michelle Cooley & Chuck Trinone,  and guests Executive Director of Michelle's Place Kim Gerrish, Founder of Seeds For Hope Melissa Drake and Creator of Operation Tango Romeo Mark Meincke.

We have three outstanding individuals that will share their vision and experience on how we can make this world a better place and instill that openness regardless of the situation and circumstance.

Purpose of the Show:

  Identify resources to those in need

  Realize that regardless of your situations and circumstances you are not alone

  Learn how we can all contribute to the betterment of others

Michelle is a native of New York City, NY and currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas and Temecula, California. She has been married to James (JC) Cooley for almost 13 years. She has been part of the JC Cooley Foundation since its inception in 2014. Her continued focus is on giving back to the community and finding ways to inspire and help those in need.

Chuck is a professional consultant with proven results, planning, managing, and raising over $230 million dollars for nonprofit organizations. Chuck has a passion for helping people secure financial and leadership support and delivers high quality customer service and client satisfaction. Nonprofit boards and volunteer leaders have relied on Chuck and his consulting services to connect them with people of influence and affluence and assist them with ASKING!

Kim Gerrish is the Executive Director of Michelle's Place Cancer Resource Center. She was their first employee 17 years ago. She was born and raised in San Diego and graduated from San Diego State University with a Journalism degree.

Melissa Drake is the Founder of Seeds of Hope. A 501(c)3 that works with low-income families, but primarily works with legal African refugees in San Diego. She wanted to teach these kids life skills, show and give them opportunities, broaden their horizons, help with education, expose them to things outside their neighborhood. She wants to plant Seeds of Hope in each child and family member to give them vision and hope for their future.

Mark Meincke is a Canadian Infantry Veteran, and the creator of Operation Tango Romeo, the Trauma Recovery Podcast, for Veterans, First Responders, & their families.

Operation Tango Romeo is on a mission to save lives and relieve pain by making help for PTS Injuries easily accessible, with a vision of a world where the path to recovery is clear.

Those wounded with PTS Injuries are often disconnected from society, and even from their own lives. With this disconnection comes pain, loneliness, depression, and anger. All too often, the sense of disconnection results in reduced ability to create an income, homelessness, and even suicide.

Operation Tango Romeo is an easily accessible lifeline for the wounded to RE-CONNECT. By reconnecting, the listeners know that they are not alone. This connection creates a sense of hope that recovery is possible, and the content of OP TR provides the path to recovery.

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