Josh is sixteen and like most boys his age he likes to hang out with his friends.
One afternoon this past summer Josh and several of his friends decided to build a barn fire in their back yard as they have done, with parental supervision, on many occasions.
But this time would be different and have a lasting impact on them all. While standing close to the fire one of his friends spotted a gas can in the yard and without much thought, as common to boys his age, threw the gas can into the fire.
There was a flash and Josh was covered with flames. Everyone scrambled to put out the fire on his head, arms and body. 911 was called and in a short time he was care-flighted to the nearest hospital. Subsequently, he was transferred to the Burn Center in Cincinnati.
After a lot of pain, operations and therapy he was finally able to make it back home. There will be many, many more operations and therapy for a full recovery, both physically and mentally.
His grandfather had an idea. He and his son, Josh’s dad, bought this old log cabin farmhouse and were going to slowly rehab it anyway. Maybe Josh would be able to do some work on a limited basis on weekends as a motivational tool to get his spirit back.
His dad belongs to our BNI group and when we heard about the project we felt that we wanted to help. Since the family would not take any cash contributions we decided to contribute with our hands on this project.
Yes, we got our hands dirty and felt sore the day after but there is a certain satisfaction you get out of helping others and there is a time that work doesn’t seem like work.
http://www.bni-referrals.com/JoshWorkProject.htm
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