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The Dimensions of Happiness L ast winter, Rosty Caryk and his MyDavey Bulletin shared an eye- opening experience. Caryk, senior ecologist/project manager with Davey Resource Group, used to serve as a medic in the U.S. Army. He's also had his share of carpentry experience. Now, Caryk wants to "give back to good causes." For more than 15 years, Caryk has been working with Brian Smith of the Cleveland Clinic, performing environmental permitting and consulting on delineations in the Ohio cities of Avon and Twinsburg. Approximately three years ago, Smith approached Caryk about a very unique opportunity: to support the Honduran Children's Rescue Fund. Having met previous volunteers and program coordinators during a presentation, Caryk felt optimistic about getting more involved and was invited to actually participate in a Medical Mission Brigade to Honduras. And now, having traveled there and back, there's no doubt Caryk and his wife, Mary, are committed to returning to the mission in the near future. "We felt very respected—the people were amazing," Caryk says. "They were so nice; they laughed, I could tell they enjoy life and appreciate what they have. That's why we want to go back." Designed to provide health care to rural and mountain villages with no access to regular health care, the mission focused on primary care to evaluate patients and Davey Around the World The Davey Tree Expert Company P.O. Box 5193 Kent, Ohio 44240-5193 prescribe treatment; a dental clinic; and a pharmacy to dispense medications for several ailments, such as pain, colds and ear infections. Caryk also helped rebuild and expand a home in Nuevo Paraiso, the compound in which the mission team stayed, which includes a self-contained village that houses about 125 children, a school and caregivers. "Most of the children were orphans or abandoned," Caryk says, adding the mission team visited between 250 and 300 patients each at four villages. "It was amazing to see the amount of good the mission has accomplished," Caryk says. The lasting impact of Caryk's experience? "The people who visited our clinics value what they have," he says. "They live with energy and take joy where they can, even though they know a potential for a better life exists elsewhere."

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