Last week, I had the privilege of participating in our National Day of Caring alongside a wonderful group of Newport Beach associates at a local Orange County food bank. Together, we filled 400 boxes of food—well over 1,200 pounds—destined for needy families.
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With 2024 coming to a close, I thought I would step back and reflect on the year. I find this to be a helpful exercise and hope what I communicate in this blog post will inspire you to do the same. I thrive on continuous learning and doing my best to take an objective look at the decisions I have made and actions I have taken to produce better outcomes for me as time goes on.
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Five years ago this week, my late wife Roneet passed away. Since that time, I have written a lot about her and my journey since she left us. From death and despair can also come renewal if we make a concerted effort to grow and evolve and take those who we lost with us deep in our hearts on the next phase of our journey.
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After Roneet’s passing, I wanted to channel my grief in ways that I could honor her memory and help contribute to bettering the world. I chose to back incredibly dynamic, bright, passionate, and innovative people with whom I had great respect that I thought Roneet would be proud of as well.
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I wanted to take this opportunity to dedicate this blog post to Bill Williams, one of the founders of CWS. He just turned 90 and I have had the pleasure, honor, and great privilege of knowing Bill since 1987 when I started working at CWS.
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This was originally written Thanksgiving week 2015 when I thought I would do a little philosophical reflection. So much has happened over the last year and this blog means even more today. Over the weekend I announced the exciting news about The Roneet Carmell Center for Jewish Life,
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Over the past year or so I have watched a number of video lectures from Rabbi Manis Friedman on YouTube. His clarity and insights have been very helpful for me in many different aspects of my life. Given that it was just Thanksgiving and it is a time to reflect on gratitude and giving I thought I would share one of his insights and how it has impacted my life and philanthropic endeavors.
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Gary Carmell
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I was in New York City in 2015 and stayed near Carnegie Hall which is fitting since I wrote about Andrew Carnegie last week and plan to continue with discussing him again this week. Carnegie Hall is one of the great legacies he left behind.
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The following are the remarks I gave at the inaugural lecture that was held at the University of California, Irvine on May 23rd, 2019.
I want to thank you for coming out tonight for this event. It really means a lot to me as this is such a personal cause.
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This will be my last blog post related to Andrew Carnegie. All good things must come to an end. When I started at CWS out of college my first boss asked me what my major was and I told him political science. He had an engineering background and kind of snickered and asked what I planned to do with that degree and if I considered “opening up a political science store.” I laughed it off and gave the standard retort that I thought it would help me be a better writer and think critically.
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