Following a successful 37 year career in Inflight Foodservice Sales and Marketing, John retired in 2008. A year after founding Somebody Cares St. Augustine.
SCSA was formed in 2007 and began to unite the big C church in St. Augustine through CareFest, That first year there were less than a dozen churches who participated. Over the years CareFest grew and blessed the community every year through 2018. In the 12 years that CareFest was an annual event in St. Augustine, over 8,000 volunteers from 34 different churches and denominations completed 929 projects, which accounted for over 40,500 community service hours and over $1,200,000.00 in goods and services. More importantly thousands of lives have been impacted positively, as His people united to serve their community.
In 2011 John was asked to sit on the St. Johns County School Districts Unaccompanied Youth Advisory Board. This Board was formed to find solutions and unite the community to provide for the needs of Homeless Students in the county. John’s task on this board was to unite the Faith Based Community to meet these needs. This was the beginning of Somebody Cares 4 Kids, which annually provides a college scholarship, emergency shelter, food, clothing, shoes, gas cards, school fees, school supplies, field trips, physicals, laptops etc. to the over 600 homeless students in St. Johns County.
John also sits on the Faith Based Advisory Board for the St. Johns County School District.,
“Since the founding of Somebody Cares St. Augustine in 2007 God has taken me on an amazing personal journey, bringing some truly awesome people into my life and showing me what He can do with a few servants who are willing and don’t quit.”
