Overflowing Philanthropy

Jason C. Chandler, President of the Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation

March 2009 marked the beginning of a very rainy season for Georgia. One wet morning I was driving in the drizzle and listening to a story on the radio when I arrived at work. I wanted to listen to rest of the story so I parked the car and turned off the windshield wipers and lights. As I was listening to the rest of the story I watched small drops of rain fall onto the windshield as they began collecting together to create winding streams of water flowing down the glass. As I looked across the completely soaked parking lot, waterfalls rushed off the roof of the building I was preparing to dash into momentarily.

Since Georgia has been in a terrible drought for years it was good news to hear next on the radio from the announcer that Lake Lanier was on its way to being back to full pool again way ahead of schedule. I thought to myself that it would have been impossible for the lake to fill up if it wasn’t for the collective pooling of all those rain drops. One water drop alone might not have made that big of a difference but when they all start linking together, streams start to flow and lakes begin to fill.

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