A Message From Bob Eredics 

In the early 1990’s, I spent time working as a pharmacist on a few medical outreach teams in Mexico. While I know the skills I brought to the team ultimately helped to change things, it was what I saw with my eyes and my heart that changed me forever. You see, I had never been to a country outside of the United States before, and as a result, I was overwhelmed with the lack of basic medical care and nutrition. I was changed from that point on, and my heart’s desire was to help. Little did I know at the time that the conditions I observed in Mexico were far better than in many other countries. Sixteen years later, I have had my eyes opened yet again, and this time, I’m seeing the need for nutrition and care for people from all around the world.

 I haven't been to Africa, and I haven’t been to Asia, but I can see the desperate needs when I study the reports of those who have been working to ease the unnecessary suffering, debilitation, and death that occurs daily from preventable diseases and malnutrition. Knowing what I know now, I can’t look the other way and hope someone else can help. So with my eyes wide open, I formed a group of devoted colleagues to help me provide vitamins for the people in the cane fields of the Dominican Republic. Our initial efforts lasted 18 months and have created a new level of awareness to the universal need for vitamins and the lack of a dependable source to make our efforts sustainable. In the past eighteen months , we have provided over 5.5 million tablets, and through this major push, we can now clearly see the impact as well as the need.  

The truth is each of us starts to die the day we are born. But how we live our lives, and what we put into our bodies for nutrition, can ultimately grant us longevity and stamina to do more good in this world. The need for improved nutrition goes way beyond the success of an individual and impacts entire generations.

 Bill Gates, in his reply to the question of giving, once said, “If you believe that every life has equal value, its revolting to learn that some lives are worth saving, others not.” It is our mission to prove our belief that all people have the right to have food and adequate nutrition that allows them to do more than just exist. It is our belief that all people have the right to have their lives valued as much as we value our own.

So I will end with a question of my own: Is our undertaking to provide “Vitamins For The World” an effort that is reachable and worthwhile? If your answer is yes, I hope you will take time to read more about what we are planning and what you can do to help.