“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” – A quote from every successful self-employed person, ever.

One of the greatest traits of successful entrepreneurs is the ability to say one word. For much of his life, Lucas Rodrigues struggled with that word, and early on in his opportunity at USHEALTH Advisors, Lucas’s inability to express that word almost cost him his career.

That one word? Let’s let Lucas explain.

“What I struggled the most with at the beginning of my career at USHA was learning how to tell people NO,” says Lucas, “how to put myself first and be able to tell people no and what I should focus on in my business and in my career to be able to get to the next level. I’m much better with that now. After being at USHEALTH Advisors for three years, I think that’s the main reason why I was able to finally find success here, working as an agent, kind of being average for three years – and then I realized I needed to change things around and learn how to tell people no.”

Lucas knew his desire to always be available was derailing his ability to grow exponentially at USHA. Saying no to the things that don’t serve you, don’t serve your goals, or your mission – opens the door to saying yes to the things that truly matter.

“I was being a people pleaser,” says Lucas. “I was always trying to please everyone around me but I needed to create financial stability for me and my family. I’m born and was raised until my teen years, in Brazil. In Brazil we have a culture that we kind of just work to live – instead of the culture that we have here in America – that we have to do more in order to be able to find true financial stability. I had to tell other people no. I cannot go to a birthday party because I have to work. I cannot go to a barbecue because I have to stay in and put some action into my business. I have to say no to a lot of things – and say yes to work.”

But saying yes to work wasn’t easy either. Lucas was introduced to USHEALTH Advisors by his cousin who worked out of the Orlando, Florida office, but Lucas and his family were living in Tampa. So while he traveled to Orlando for training, he worked remotely from his home in Tampa. For Lucas, being remote wasn’t making him more productive, it was stifling his growth.

“My whole life was in Tampa, my kids were here, my kids from my previous marriage, so I just went to Orlando, did the training and then for the first few years at USHA I worked remotely out of my Tampa home. And I was still living paycheck to paycheck. I was not doing the most I could possibly do. I got very complacent working, sitting there in my boxers, I felt like I was self-employed, with too much freedom. It was me not taking accountability – and not trying to go to Orlando more often to learn a new system and learn to be more. So I got to a point that I felt like, what am I doing here? I’m three years in, and I see all these people that work in the office making more money, being able to provide for their families – buying cars and houses and some of them becoming leaders. And that’s when, three years in, I called my cousin and I said, “Hey listen, I’m either going to quit and go back to hospitality, or I’m actually going to decide to go in the office and go all out because at first I was not fully bought in.”

The gift of a transfer from Orlando to the Tampa USHA office opened the door for Lucas to work closer to home, albeit, still an hour drive to and from work each day. But now, Lucas was driven to succeed.

“I think I lacked a little bit of confidence,” says Lucas. “I lacked on training because I didn’t get all the training that I see my agents get now. I think another thing was I my accent at first kind of got in the way. I thought that I was a little bit behind because my English is not perfect. But that’s one thing that, once I got in the office here in Tampa and I surrounded myself with people like Max Willett and Brian Fuller and the other power associations I developed, changed me. They taught me you have to try to be the very best version of yourself and push yourself to live that uncomfortable life – and the challenging life – that’s the only way you’re going to grow. Once I started doing better as far as selling, then I started building more confidence and I was able to kind of turn around my whole career.”

“But that only happened after the first three years at USHA, because for the first three years I didn’t work as many hours as I should have. I was taking way too many breaks. I was not working weekends much. I was not learning anything new. I didn’t have the good competition that we have in the office, the healthy competition that sales gives you. When I finally came into the office, I put my pride aside. And then, and I’ll never forget this, I set my wife and my kids down, back then my son was 14, my middle son was 11 and my daughter was a newborn, and I said to both of my boys and my wife, “I know you guys are used to seeing me around, I’m always here, I’m always going to all the birthday parties, all the outings, but it’s time for me to be selfish with my time, but not for me in a selfish way, I’m doing this for you.”

“It was time for us to make something happen here because I wanted to provide my family with a better future. I wanted to be able to put the kids in private school, I wanted them to feel proud of their dad and I didn’t want to go back to hospitality industry. I did that for 12 years. I worked in fine dining places. I ran a kitchen for a couple of years, but I didn’t want to go back to that kind of life and work for someone and be a W-2 employee – I knew there was more to get out of USHA. I saw my cousin and family members being successful here and other people that came with me into this opportunity, but I’m like, it’s time for me to kind of lock in, kind of silence all the noise outside and go all in. And that’s what I did. I came into the office in 2022 and I really, that year, I put everything else aside. It’s kind of weird to say this, but even with my kids, I put everything before them and I locked in and that year and I was able to triple my annual volume in sales and triple my income that year. And then I was asked to become a leader.”

Lucas resisted leadership at first, only wanting to focus on his new personal production levels, having written nearly $1.5 million in personal volume that year when he went all-in. But his leaders persuaded Lucas that he could be the one to set the example for others, to show them the way, and teach them how to be successful.

Lucas finally agreed to give leadership a shot. But just like he found with starting in the insurance business, you have to embrace the suck to get going. Stepping in to teach others has its rewards, but it also comes with a laundry list of new challenges.

For every level, there’s another devil.

“The first six months was a huge challenge,” says Lucas. “I’m not going to lie, many, many times I thought about just walking into Max Willett’s office and tell him, “Hey, I’m ready to step down. It’s not for me.” I was going to just throw in the towel. But I stuck to it. And then after the third quarter that year, and then the fourth quarter, I had a good team – 20 agents, and a couple of agents doing really well – and so I got excited about the small wins for my agents. I saw agents able to leave their parents’ house to get their own apartments, agents buying their new first new car, paying off their credit card debt, and making real money. And my first newbie I ever hired became a top producer, she did $250,000 AV in her first 13 weeks, then $250,00 AV again in her second 13 weeks.”

“So then I’m like, you know what, I can do this. I can help people. And then my team started doing really and that first year we finished number five in the nation, we did almost $10 million AV. And then I ran it back for the second year as a Field Training Agent, which was last year in 2024. That team, we finished number one as an FTA team, we did $18 million plus and we broke the regional FTA record and I was promoted to a Field Sales Leader role and so here we are. A lot has changed for the better.”

Change is inevitable, growth is optional. Lucas grabbed the reigns on growth and he has transformed life for himself and his family, even for his Mom, who, after bringing her children to Brazil many years before, moved back there to live.

“My mom had a cousin that moved to the U.S.  – and this is 40 years ago we’re talking about – and she kept telling my mom, you should come to the U.S. with your kids and bring them here so they can learn a second language. In Brazil, they’re really big into learning English. People have that mentality that once you go experience America and learn the language, it’s going to help you get better jobs in Brazil. So we were like 15 or 16 years old and my mom was basically raising us as a single parent because my dad was kind of in and out of the picture.”

“My dad was a big gambler, actually had a gambling addiction. He’s a good person, a great person, but gambling took the best of him. So, my mom said, “Let’s go to the U.S., let’s go for about a year. You guys can learn a different culture, learn English and we’ll come back and then you guys can think about college and all that.” So when I left Brazil, I never imagined we were going to actually stay here and live here in the United States – and make our lives here. I remember the last time I was saying bye to my dad and I was like, “Oh, I’ll see you next year. I’ll see you in a few months.” But the next thing you know we moved here, for good.”

“I have a twin brother and I have an older brother, about a year older. It was the three boys and my mom and when we moved here we stayed at my aunt’s house, since she was already living here in America. She helped us get on our feet. My mom started working as a nanny. We had no papers at first. My older brother started working at a restaurant as a busboy. My twin brother and I went to high school, it was, I think our freshman year of high school. Then, we eventually got our papers. My mom married an American guy and got her green card. We became citizens four or five years later. So, we moved here with the intent to stay here for a year – and I didn’t go back to Brazil until 2014. So we stayed here for 14 years. I didn’t see my dad for 14 years. I didn’t see a lot of my family members for 14 years.”

“Looking back, it’s crazy how life goes. I never thought we’d end up here in the U.S. Then I had kids and my whole life is here now. I am 40 years old, so I lived 15 years of my life in Brazil and 25 years of my life here in the U.S. So I’m more Americanized now than Brazilian at this point. I have lived here longer than I lived in Brazil.”

And now Lucas knows it wasn’t just coming to America, it’s also finding USHEALTH Advisors. For Lucas, as it is is for many others, it’s the right environment, the right people, the right support, the right heartfelt mission – all adding up to build a foundation and the right mental attitude for Lucas to succeed.

In the right surroundings, with the right people, all that’s left then to be successful, is taking action, massive action.

“I look at myself three or four years ago, and I’m a whole different person now,” Lucas says. “It’s not because of the money, because now I am financially stable. It’s all the struggles. They’re the learning curves. The confidence that I have now learning how to talk to people and learning how to communicate better. That’s one thing that I always struggled with because as I mentioned, I think in the back of my mind, I thought people wouldn’t understand my English. I have kind of a thick accent. But at the end of the day, if I know what I’m talking about, I can talk to anyone on the phone about health insurance and I’m super confident that I’m the specialist, I’m going to lead the call and I’m going to put the person in a better position than I found them – and if I can’t, then I’m going to send them to someone who can help them get what they need.”

But there are not only clients who need health insurance, and need him to lead the way, there’s Lucas’s family, who need him to be someone they can count on as well.

“I think the main thing is be able to provide for my kids,” says Lucas. “To make sure that they’re proud of me. They can look at me and think – my daddy is an immigrant that came to this country with nothing – and he made something help of himself. The main thing is I always like to make sure my kids are proud of me and they can look back at what I have done and say, my dad did it. He went all out and found a way to become successful. He didn’t have much growing up, moved to a whole different country, learned how to speak the language and provided well for us.”

As Lucas has learned, life’s greatest rewards come from giving and giving back. Givers gain. But you have to make sure you are in a place to give, which means working on you so you feel your cup is full, almost overflowing, because you can’t give what you don’t have. Lucas says he has a lot… especially when it comes to doing things right.

“I like to think that I have great integrity,” says Lucas. “I think it goes a long way. Just do the right thing. I always try to lift people up and point them in the right direction. I think that’s the main thing. I think that’s how I would like to be remembered. I tell my agents that I would love to be at your weddings and be able to see your kids grow up and be able to take this relationship that we have and still be in your lives 10, 20, 30 years from now. Right now we live this fast paced life and time goes by super quick, but it’ll be nice in 10 years from now, for us to look back and all be sitting at the table and we’re like, man, we had a good run.”

“But right now I tell my agents this is our time of sacrifice in our lives. This is the time that we have to put things on the back burner and focus on our career and making the money now and then eventually be able to collect the fruits of our labor. I know I’m not there. I tell my agents, some of you guys have been here one year, two years. I’m going on six years and I work more now than I worked at first, because I know that this is still my time of sacrifice and eventually I’m going to be able to slow down and work fewer hours and be able to spend more time with my kids. My daughter’s getting older now, she’s four years old, and she kind of understands I’m not home as much. I don’t get to spend as much time as I want with her.”

“But at the same time, I do live my life on a calendar and when I’m with her, I’m with her and I’m all in. Sunday is my family day. I have Saturday nights which is my time with my wife. Whenever I’m with my wife and my family, I’m present. I’m there spending time with them because I know a lot of people who work less than I do, but whenever they hang out with their kids, they’re on their phones. They’re not really paying attention to their kids. I feel like because I spend a good amount of time away from home, so when I’m with my daughter, I just tell my agents, “Hey guys, you have your other leaders to help you. If I don’t answer the phone, it’s not because I don’t want to help, but it’s because I need to be present with my family. I need to be able to be there for my daughter and be able to give her my time and be all in. And she knows that. “So I’m very intentional with my time now. I don’t waste time doing stuff that doesn’t matter basically. I value my time.”

“The bottom line is right now, I’m still building myself and others. My team is made up of winners, we’re financially stable, we’re good people. We develop, we grow, we’re more mature. I think that’s the main thing. And I think I realized with this job, this career, it’s very much a copy and paste career. I think that at first I looked around and thought all these other people are doing well, they’re successful, but not me, I’m not at their level, so how can I do as well as they do? And then when I came into the office every day, I realized, all I have to do is sit behind someone that’s doing better than I am, and copy and paste whatever they do, make myself better and eventually I’m going to be as successful and earning the money the same we they are. It’s a copy and paste career. You don’t have to be extremely smart, you just have to be adaptable. You have to learn, you have to change. If it’s not working, you have to pivot and execute. I think that’s kind of the main thing, copy and paste and you can be a winner too.”

Until next time, thanks for taking the time.

Your Storyteller,
Mark Brodinsky

USHA – East Texas
Our leaders in Tyler Texas partnered with the East Texas Food Bank for their Season of HOPE Project to provide essential food items for over 450 families in their East Texas Communities. This marks the Empier Satellite Team’s 5th consecutive year of volunteering with the food bank, and over that time, they have been able to help more than 4,000 households stock their pantries with essentials during the holiday season. Incredible work ladies and gentlemen!

USHA – North Texas Region
Divisional Teams came together to not only celebrate an excellent 2024 but also to take the opportunity to embrace the Season of HOPE. For this event, they had every attendee bring a toy for donation to the Toys for Tots of Dallas and ended up collecting over 175 toys. An excellent way to give back and make some Christmas wishes come true for kids in their community!

USHA – Houston, TX
The Houston Hurricanes were fortunate to work with Katy Christian Church this year to help some folks get a very special Christmas. We sponsored a few families, kids, and seniors this year as they put together a wish list for Santa, and our elves went to work. I am so proud of our team here in Houston, Texas, for coming together after Thanksgiving getting all these gifts, and dropping them off at the foundation for wrapping and delivery. Thanks for fulfilling HOPE HOUSTON HURRICANES!

USHA – West Palm, FL
This year, USHA’s West Palm Beach office decided to give back to children in need. In the spirit of the holidays, each agent donated an unwrapped toy for the Marine Corps Reserve program, Toys for Tots. No child should go without a smile on Christmas and to help make some Christmas wishes come true the elves in Palm Beach came together to collect and donate around 300 toys! Way to make Santa Proud and live the mission of HOPE!

USHA – Atlanta, GA
The Giannotti Division participated in the Homeless Heroes Day again this year where we raised $5,425 for backpacks and supplies for the homeless around Atlanta. Along with three other companies, we raised a total of $34,000. As always, a very gratifying experience for everyone involved going 7 years strong.

USHA – Sarasota, FL
I couldn’t be more proud of our incredible team! This month, our team united to donate *three large boxes of toys* to a local holiday toy drive for children in need. On top of that, we raised *over $7,500* for Manatee Children’s Services, an amazing local program supporting abused and neglected children. We are beyond grateful to represent the best company and opportunity in America, bar none. Living out our mission of **HOPE: Helping Other People Every Day** is what drives us.

USHA – West Palm Beach, FL
$7K worth of toys collected to give back to children in need of a little joy. The holidays are for giving back!

USHA – Houston, TX
The Kahil Division Christmas HOPE Project was able to provide gifts and clothing to 24 underprivileged Children that might not have had any gifts this year. Thank you to everyone on our team that contributed, you each will help these children feel special this Christmas.

USHA – Lake Worth Beach, FL
Fabricant Division members wanted to give back to the community during this holiday season. “One of the main components of HOPE is making sure we help all others no matter if we personally know them or not.” They rounded up $2,000 as a group and bought a ton of canned and boxed food for less fortunate families during Thanksgiving to donate to the Palm Beach County Food Drive in Lake Worth Beach, FL. “Bringing the mission of HOPE to others across South Florida is the most important thing for us as an office.”

USHA – Tampa, FL
Recently, the Jason Greif Senior Region has been actively engaged in fundraising efforts to support children and their families in the Tampa Bay area. They organized two major fundraisers, one of which was a collaboration with End 68 Hours of Hunger. Max Willett’s team achieved an impressive milestone, raising $14,000! End 68 Hours of Hunger is a community-driven, non-profit initiative dedicated to tackling the approximately 68 hours of hunger that some students experience from the time they receive free lunch at school on Friday until they have free breakfast at school on Monday.

The Greif Senior Region also united in a remarkable effort to raise funds for the Children’s Cancer Center, a dedicated non-profit organization supporting children and their families affected by pediatric cancer and chronic blood disorders. This Center provides critical emotional, financial, and educational assistance to help families navigate the overwhelming challenges posed by these life-threatening illnesses. During their Regional Open Enrollment Summit, they successfully raised $30,000 to aid children facing these difficult battles. Additionally, members of their team volunteered at the Center, serving dinner to the children and engaging them in fun games, making a meaningful difference in their lives.

USHA – College Station, TX
For their month of HOPE project, the Kevin Ferrell Senior Region chose Samaritans Purse, an organization that provides spiritual and physical aid to people around the world and helping meet the needs of those who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters and disease. The Ferrell Region chose to partner with Samaritans Purse in effort to provide hurricane relief for Hurricanes Helene and Milton. They asked everyone in the Region to donate $5 per submitted app during the month of October and together they were able to raise $13,353! Excellent work and thank you for living our Mission of HOPE!

USHA – Las Vegas, NV
The members of the Moore Division and Schaeffer Satellite Teams recently came together to donate items and $8,180 to Ayden’s Army Of Angels which helps support families that have children undergoing cancer treatment. The items donated were part of coolers that go to the families to have in their hospital room and the money donated helps give grants to families to help them pay their bills while their kids are in treatment. Some of our agents also went to volunteer with Ayden’s Army at the Ronald Mcdonald House to prepare a meal for the families to give them support as their children were under treatment. Excellent work and a noble cause!

USHA – Houston, TX
We would like to recognize the members of the Kahil Division for their recent HOPE Project and collaboration with the H-Town Dream Center. Their recent partnership was focused on this years back to school event, Operation Backpack. 17 of our agents in the Kahil Division collected supplies for the backpack giveaways and managed to collect 300 binders, tissue boxes and notecards. The day of the event, our agents assisted in handing out school supplies, new shoes, socks, haircuts, cotton candy and other fun to over 500 kids. Excellent effort in making sure these kids have what they need for the school year!

USHA – Buffalo, NY
We would like to recognize the friends, family and leaders of The Tyler Smith Satellite Team, who organized a Charity Golf Event to raise money towards the Rachael Warrior Foundation, a foundation dedicated to providing aid and support to those in crisis situations due to domestic violence. With the help of many, they were able to donate an incredible total of $5,634.00. Following the event, Tyler wanted to say, “Thank you to our amazing leadership, agents, and community who supported our first ever event, and we’re excited to host another next year to another good cause! #HOPE”. Always great to see our leaders and agents living the mission of HOPE, well done!

USHA – Tampa, FL
We would like to recognize the members of the Sanquetta Taylor Division for their recent participation in a blood drive for LifeSouth Community Blood Centers. With 18 registered participants, they were able to collect 11 whole blood donations, which can save 3 lives each! 5 double red donations, which are essential in the care of trauma patients and 1 platelet donation, which goes straight to cancer patients! Lifesouth states that all together the Taylor Division was able to save an incredible 39 lives! Impactful work from our friends in Tampa, well done!

USHA – Boca Raton, FL
For the past 8 years, employees, Agents and Leaders of USHA have come together annually to celebrate and honor, Connor McQuagge. Affectionately know as Conner’s Crew, this group sets out to help change and impact the lives of financially disadvantaged youth in Southwest Florida, Arizona and Texas.

In early June, over 20 kids (age 16 and younger) were sponsored to participate in the Boca Grande Tarpon Tournament for a once in a lifetime fishing experience. Many of these boys and girls would never have this opportunity and some even made their first catch!

In addition to the fishing tournament, Conner’s Crew donated over $30,000 to Kids’ Needs of Greater Englewood. Since it’s inception, they have donated over $300,000 in memory of Conner through Conner’s Crew.

USHA – North Austin, TX
We want to recognize the members of the Rebecca Privette Division for their recent work with Hill Country Christian Ministries, a non-profit that they have partnered with for over 4 years. For the past 2 weeks they challenged each other to empty out their closets, pulling together and donating 40 bags of clothing, weighing in at over 500lbs! Hill Country Community Ministries is dedicated to supporting individuals and families facing tough times and financial challenges. Their goal is simple: to restore dignity and empower self-sufficiency. They are always there for those impacted by job loss, poverty, aging, disability, chronic illness, or family emergencies. “We love supporting this organization that does so much for our community!” Well done!

USHA – Trinity, FL
Marcos Figueroa and Leaders are sponsoring several Central American children through the World Vision programs. Monthly donations provide and help feed, educate, shelter and clothing. Thank you!

USHA – Tampa Division, FL
Drive #1 – Clothing – Taylor Office held a 60-day clothing drive. The Salvation Army picked up the items and said it was one of their largest donations to date. We were able to donate nice suits, dresses, ties, etc.
Drive #2 – Life Saving Blood – Taylor Office conducted a blood drive and the oucome was wonderful based on on LifeSouth Community Blood Centers stats… Thank you!

USHA – Chattanooga, TN
We would like to recognize the members of the Caleb Montague Field Sales Leader Team! In honor of National Volunteer Week, the Chattanooga office organized a donation drive to support the ElderCare program, which is run by the Net Resource Foundation, which provides essential supplies for sustainable living to approximately 60 seniors each month. This initiative aims to contribute to the well-being and comfort of seniors in our community by gathering much-needed resources. That was all possible thanks to the Montague Team’s generous donations. Great Job guys!

USHA – Tampa Bay Region, FL
We would like to recognize the members of the Jason Greif Region, who decided to do something a little different for their Quarterly Donation. Continuing with the focus of supporting foundations that they connect with and causes that they feel are close to home, and with how much their team has grown, they made the decision to distribute their support among four different Charities. As a region, they successfully raised a total of $13,380 and are proud to have been able to help the following by donating $3,345 each: the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay, The Spring of Tampa Bay, EmpowHERment Foundation, and the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation. “We feel sincerely honored to have contributed to such worthy causes, and the genuine smiles on their faces say it all!” Truly an inspiring effort, well done!

USHA – HomeOffice – Fort Worth, TX
We would like to recognize the amazing employees of our very own USHEALTH Group in Fort Worth, Texas for their recent efforts in a canned food drive for the Fort Worth Hope Center. Together they donated 114 cleaning/household items, 164 personal hygiene items, 302 paper towels and toilet paper rolls, 1,915 non-perishable pantry items, and 2,533 diapers. Totaling to an impressive 5,050 items donated to the Fort Worth Hope Center who distributes food and other basic essentials twice a week to families who live in Tarrant County. Whether it be our field leaders across the nation or the incredible men and women here at USHEALTH Group, helping other people everyday provides each of us with a powerful purpose. Well done!

USHA – Tampa, FL
We would like to recognize the ladies and gentlemen of the Jason Greif Region in Tampa Florida. During their recent Regional meeting, they raised an outstanding $46,000 to support Hands Across the Bay, a charity dedicated to assisting Tampa Bay Area families in need. Hands Across the Bay provides essential services such as back-to-school supplies for children, holiday assistance programs, and crucial support for individuals facing crises like domestic violence or unexpected hardships. This generous donation reflects their community’s commitment to making a meaningful impact and supporting those facing challenging circumstances. Every dollar raised is an investment in the well-being and resilience of families in crisis. An excellent donation to an excellent cause!

USHA – Miami, FL
We would also like to recognize the members of the Eric Horstmeyer Division and Leah Tewell Satellite teams for their recent efforts on the recent Clean Miami Beach Initiative where collected garbage was weighed, catalogued and analyzed to be sent to Tallahassee where data is kept to monitor the current state of our oceans and beaches. Clean Miami Beach is dedicated to keeping the community and natural habitats free of garbage and harmful pollutants with a focus on single-use plastics. Great work for a great cause!

USHA – Dallas, TX
Our FTA team (Aspen Escamilla FTA – Dallas, TX) took a trip to the Feed My Starving Children non-profit organization today in Richardson to package meals to be sent over to Honduras for children in need of food! The FMSC organization relies on donations to fund the cost of meals and meal production, and also volunteers to package the meals. These meals are shipped around the globe to malnourished children in need. We were joined by other people at the event, and in total we packaged up 24,840 meals feeding 68 children for a year. It was an awesome experience, and one we will be doing again!

USHA – Tampa, FL
Thank you to the members of the Austin Baker Division in Tampa, Florida for their donations to Metropolitan Ministries. Metropolitan Ministries care for the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless in our community through services that alleviate suffering, promote dignity and instill self-sufficiency. The Baker Division was proud to be able to donate food for Thanksgiving, raising over 2,500 canned food goods to help families in need during the holiday. Incredible job ladies and gentlemen!

USHA – Houston, TX
The Kahil Division served in the Kids’ Meals warehouse packing over 7 pallets worth of lunches to be delivered to kids in need all over Houston. Kids’ Meals delivers free healthy meals to children in over 57 zip codes in the Houston area. They hand deliver to apartments, trailer parks and home while building relationships with these families in need. In the school year, they deliver about 7,500 meals a day to children 5 years and under. During holiday breaks, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and summer break, they will deliver meals to everyone in the household under 18 years of age which creates a greater need in donations and packaging.

USHA – Tampa, FL
We would also like to take the opportunity to give a shout out to the leaders in the Jason Greif Region for their donations to Wheelchairs 4 Kids, a non-profit organization focusing on enhancing the quality of life for children with physical disabilities. During their Regional Quarterly Meeting, the Greif Region came together to donate an incredible $12,374 to Wheelchairs 4 Kids’ “Let’s Roll Program”. This program provides wheelchairs, assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications to these children and their families in need! A great donation to a great cause!