I decided to do a foundation after a history lesson in life; where I had met kings and queens and jelly beans. It was an uncanny scot named Andrew Carnegie that set the corner stone of looking past myself and inspired me to give. I grew up in Scotland in a place called Wick where the population was only 3,000 people. Thanks to Andrew Carnegie we had a library and a museum. Andrew Carnegie had given as a gift to every town a library, museum and a bursary that still exists to help the poor go to college. We all believe we had it hard and perhaps in some cases we really did but once I started to travel and see the world I realized that it is all relative. I read about Andrew Carnegie and saw the world as one people. From all my travels I learned that no matter where you go one thing remains true, the rich are rich and the poor are poor.

I traveled to Manila about 5 years ago; while I was there I read in the newspaper about three kids that were the same age and all of them had cancer. In the article they were looking for anyone to help them. I had always given to charities but never to that extent that I did in Manila. I decided to help and keep it private. Naturally, the families of the children stricken with cancer wanted to repay me and I informed them that the way they can repay me is that if someone asks for help that they help them.

Around the same time that I had gone to Manila, it was my birthday and I planned to show off and hold a birthday party with my guest of honor being the great, Imelda Marcos. On the day of the party one of my staff members said they could not come because he had to look after his parents and a nephew, in which I replied “ bring them along.” My staff person replied, “I can’t bring them, my nephew is blind” and I said “So?” That night my employee brought his ten year old nephew named Mac Mac who was blind and had a learning disability. As the night progressed and my guest enjoyed listening to and watching Imelda Marcos, I looked over at Mac and remembered what Andrew Carnegie had done his fellow man. I saw Mac as my opportunity to do something for my fellow man. When Mac was twelve, I decided to adopt him. Mac is now 17 years old and his problem is not longer his blindness but his girlfriends.

Being a part of Macs life meant that I would work with his schools. My experience with the schools gave me the idea to build a new school where it is a safe environment for them to learn and taught how to live an independent life. I am also working on building a resort that can facilitate the disabled and their families so everyone can be together and be a family. In my life, nothing has come easy yet I have lived a full life and have been all over the world. Through all of my experience, nothing struck me until I saw the poor and the afflicted. It was in that moment I decided God gave me a gift to have good life and it is only right that I give back. This foundation is for all people of this world. There is no better feeling than when you can save a life, change a life and bring joy and hope to an individual. In the real world of business, we lose sight of the fact that it is our duty to help. I myself, am very proud to be a Scotsman, and to be a part of mankind. In my small way this foundation is my thank you to God for my life's journey.