Welcome to the 97th episode of Giving Back Insights, my Thursday solo show where I talk about how our guests and their charities serve others, to explore actions each of can take to make a difference in people’s lives and to share. Today I’m discussing Catching up with Tim. Listen to today’s episode and don’t forget to give your feedback and valuable comment. Enjoy!
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Tim Combs and a few of his hardworking teammates from Americans For Independent Living grace today’s cover. They’re taking a quick break from restoring, renovating and rehabbing a house near Cedar Rapids, Iowa and making it a HOME for a disabled veteran. Tim’s the older fella in a white t-shirt looking awfully young and refreshed considering the amount of blood, sweat, and tears he’s put into AFIL. That’s what living your purpose will do that for you!
One of the great pleasures that has come into my life as a result of being surrounded by people doing amazing things for others is keeping in touch with them after the show. Sometimes that means I can be of service to them, sometimes they’re helping me out. Mostly it’s catching up which I love because there’s always remarkable events, people and resources coming into their lives, and they’re always doing something special to help others. More often than not, there’s insight and nuggets of wisdom that gets shared, and that was the case when Tim and I had a chat recently.
Tim was a guest a while back. He is hell-bent on serving disabled veterans. You might remember his story about meeting with then candidate Donald Trump when he was fundraising for veterans in Iowa. Now let’s put politics aside — whatever you may feel about President Trump, Tim himself didn’t care where the money came from to help veterans, so long as it went to them. Anyway, I’ll put a link to the show in the notes in case you’re interested.
256: Fulfilling the Needs of Our Disabled Veterans — Tim Combs with Americans for Independent Living
Back to Tim: he’s a carpenter and contractor with over 30 years experience. Just a few years ago, the problems of disabled veterans captured his heart and he started pouring his time, talent and treasure into helping them out. That’s how AFIL got started. He puts in ramps, rehabs houses, renovates them for accessibility. He’s been reaching out to Veterans groups, the VA, individuals, companies and groups in his area to talk about the problem and AFIL’s work.
Like most of our guests, Tim is always looking for new ways to serve. I spoke to him coming back from a trip to Florida, newly trained on installing, operating and maintaining lift equipment. This is for a major manufacturer in the US and the lifts are for homes and cars, giving the veterans he serves a new set of accessibility solutions.
It’s also a new opportunity for Tim, a chance to serve the accessibility needs of Iowans. With his certification and training in universal access design, construction, and the role of dealer-installer of this equipment, he is specialist in a big niche. With the resources and support of the manufacturer, THIS could become his principal business with contracting a means for fulfilling his purpose. Wow, what a fantastic development, and it couldn’t happen to a better person.
Putting others first created this opportunity for Tim. He traveled to Florida to develop what he saw as a need for his AFIL clients, not for business. And he moved fast. When I asked if he could’ve imagined this happening a year ago, he said it never even crossed his mind until a few months ago.
We are both constantly amazed by the cycle of abundance we find ourselves in. The people, the places, the events, the work. It all adds up to connections well beyond where we were years, even just months ago. Wildly mind-blowing and grounded in love. Rock on!
Remember: Always err on the side of love & kindness.
Love & Gratitude,
Rob
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Backstage at the Giving Back PodcastEpisode 267, Insights #97Catching up with Tim Combs – the cycle of AbundanceTim Combs Americans for Independent Living
Posted by Giving Back Podcast on Tuesday, October 23, 2018
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