Agel Cares Foundation

Double Diamond Billy Looper and the South Florida Leadership Council was inspired by the overwhelming success of the AgelCares Walk of Hope at AgelWorld 2009. Chuck Dinsmore came up with the idea of staging a Walk on Fort Lauderdale Beach and calling it the "Walk on Water." They quickly developed a logo and a website and started contacting friends and business colleagues for pledges.To kick-off the competitive spirit, Triple Diamond Randy Gage offered to match the highest total raised by any single Agel Team Member. Grace Cruz raised over $1,000 USD. David and Heather Sinbella raised over $2,000. But Jerry Volmer (a relatively new Agel enrollee) caught the spirit and started collecting $500 checks from his partners at work. He raised $4,000, which was doubled by Randy Gage. From 38 walkers came a check for $15,754, presented to AgelCares at a special reception with Glen Jensen and Mica Moseley. A silent auction at the reception raised $1,500 more for a grand total of over $17,000 USD.

Corporate Director Ivan Sisco of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, began his career as a teacher specifically trained to work with “at risk” youth. So when he started his Agel business, it was only natural that he would want to be involved with helping children in need through AgelCares. His good friends and fellow team members Debbie and Fred Falconer came to him with an idea for raising money through selling candles. “Perley Beairsto [owner of “Burnt Out Solutions, Inc.,” a candle company] was kind enough to work with me & donate several thousand candles at his cost. Perley’s company branded the boxes with the Agel Cares Logo’s and created an exceptional piece that we could market through our organization to friends, family, colleagues and others,” says Ivan. Ivan’s partner, Elaina Ward, took the lead in working with Debbie Falconer to get hundreds of the special candles out through their network. To date, the team has raised more than $17,700 and contributed all of the proceeds to the AgelCares Foundation. Special thanks go to Triple Diamond Randy Gage for his support of the program and all the members of Ivan’s team that have caught the vision and distributed the candles.

Greg and Leanne Moody were very inspired after watching the AgelCares presentation at the AgelWorld 09 event and seeing the great work that the organization does around the globe. When AgelCares announced the partnership with the Fred Hollows Foundation, and how the money would go towards repairing the eyesight of the Indigenous people in Australia, they decided to host their very first charity event. They started promoting their charity event through the health club they own in Melbourne, so they ran a promotion in which if a person joined the club with a partner, they would donate $12.50 USD to the Fred Hollows Foundation. They also held an AgelCares walk, and received the support of Double Diamond Billy Looper, who offered to match the donation of the first person to donate $500 USD. So far they have raised a total of $3,000 USD, but they are not done yet! Their goal is to raise a total of $5,000 USD for the Fred Hollows Foundation and another $5,000 USD to be donated directly to AgelCares for use around the world. They continue planning fund raising events, and have said that once they reach their first goal of $10,000, they will set the next goal – so we will certainly keep an eye on their great work!

Casey and Marc Edwards were inspired to help AgelCares because they feel that they have been very fortunate with Agel and wanted to do something that was bigger than them. “Giving to AgelCares helps many others. It is also a way of combining both our love of Agel and our commitment to give back to our community,” said the Edwards. They started working with Agel team members who had different ideas for fundraisers. They formed a team and got everyone involved in the effort and decided to reached out to The Fred Hollows Foundation and connect them with AgelCares. They have assisted in the organization of four different events and hosted their very own “Christmas in July” event. Also, they set aside a percentage of each contract that comes in to their construction company, and donate it to AgelCares in a yearly basis. They have been very successful raising a great amount of money through their events, and they have another team event happening in November, so we are sure we will be hearing more about the Edwards soon!