Winning in Losing

The results are in -  Lawn Life and Tim Arnold heads to Washington D.C. for the National Jefferson Award ceremony.  Thursday's Cincinnati Rotary celebration and announcement of the three finalists - Lawn Life,  Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank, and SVP Cincinnati from the 39 applications was quite an honor.  Ironically both Lawn Life and Sweet Cheeks were winners in SVP Cincinnati's Fast Pitch Contest (2015 and 2018 respectively).   Lawn Life was also selected in our three year investee programs (see Passionate Tie Breaker - Nov. 2013) and SVP Cincinnati sent Lawn Life to Austin Texas for the SVP International Fast Pitch Competition (see Pitching Joy in Giving - Sept. 2015).

So - for SVP Cincinnati and me personally - it was Winning in Losing :)

Thanks to Glenn Bitzenhofer (SVP Partner), and Lauren LaCerda Merten (SVP Cincinnati Executive Director) for their kind words about me in the Channel 12 video.  Now as a competitor, I hate to Lose (even with the Win Win comment above) and especially when SVP Cincinnati was in the race.  But when I reflect on our purpose -  Invest Differently.   What better outcome than to see one of our Investee Non-Profit not only show sustainability - but excellence in growth and delivery to their mission.

Congratulations to Tim - Hard Work Counts!   Thanks to Cincinnati Rotary for recognizing the Non-Profits in Cincinnati.