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.
He is a trustee of The Heritage Foundation . 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. All rights reserved. This site is part of the Telling the Truth Project .