While most children his age are busy playing sports or electronic video games, 14-year old David Levitt has been busy caring for the needy. On his 12th birthday, he made his case before the Pinellas County School Board and won approval for his idea. For months, David fought a Goliath of bureaucratic red tape and government regulations. Today, more than 80 of the 92 schools in Pinellas County donate their food to the needy. To change the course of our culture, we do not each have to run out and start a social program or adopt an orphaned child.
Building character starts at kitchen tables and in front yards of neighbors.
Jeb Bush , a Miami businessman and the chairman of the Foundation for Florida's Future, was the 1994 GOP nominee for governor of Florida. He is a trustee of Hoover Institution . Brian Yablonski , a Miami attorney, is the director of communications for the Foundation for Florida's Future. Their Profiles in Character will be published this winter by the foundation.