WHERE GOEST THOU, MY A.L. DREAM BONUS?

The Youngevity Dream Bonus given to double Diamond Associates was created to provide funding for "non-essentials", more for upscale cars, grand vacations, and educational expenses, than for food, shelter, and clothing.


My Dream Bonus will be split three ways. First, I have a great affection for history, especially the history of the old west. To that end, I will use my first Dream Bonus check to "sponsor" a buffalo. There is a program here in Texas, similar to the one in Montana, that will allow me to underwrite the restoration of a herd of America's native animal, the buffalo. Knowing that my business plan would allow me to reach the Double Diamond level, I made a trip to see the buffalo herd and I selected my personal buffalo which I will underwrite.
I have named my buffalo "REAGAN" in honor of America's longest living President.
Secondly, my Dream Bonus will be invested in the future college educations of my grandchildren. A mutual fund account for each of the three grandchildren that I have now has been established with a local stockbroker and regular contributions from the Dream Bonus will be made to each account.
Thirdly, a 2002 Mitsubishi Montero SUV has been purchased for use as my personal vehicle, but also to carry the Youngevity products to the meetings that Judy and I hold in various cities in Texas and Louisiana.


Bob Bell
June 13, 2002


Maintaining Cemeterys pays

Respect to the Dead

It's an old Southern tradition that may be conducted in many parts of America, but as a child I remember going with my Grandparents to spend a day working in the cemetery by their local church. Tombstones were straightened, weeds were pulled, tree limbs were trimmed, grass was mowed and raked, stories were told about the people in the graves, and, in general, it was a time when the community history and the people who made it, was shared by the living.

I remember helping my Granddaddy Bell paint part of the white fence around the cemetery while other members of my family would work on the family plots.
Now, nearly half a century later, I chose to do my volunteer service by returning to that old family tradition of participating in cleaning up cemeteries. The work was done at tow cemeteries: the Bryan City Cemetery where my parents are buried, and the Bright Light Bapt6ist church Cemetery, a small plot of land beside this country church in the rural area of our county.


The Bryan City Cemetery is maintained by the municipal government, but the annual community workday involved picking up trash in and around the graves and the acreage dedicated: for future use". Several tombstones in the older section were washed and mild was removed from many of them. I was a part of a group of about sixty people who turned out to volunteer their time and energy.
On Sunday, May 19th, Judy and I worked at the Bright Light Cemetery in much the same way that I worked with my Grandparents many decades ago. We picked up trash, pulled weeds, washed tombstones, and read many interesting headstones while we worked.


Too few people take time to visit cemeteries, I suspect. The history of an era, or of a community is to found there. It was almost like taking a trip back in time for me to spend my hours there. Thinking about hose days as a child when I would go with my Grandparents and spend a workday, as well as seeing the markers of many people whom I had known during their lifetimes, flooded me with memories.


For me, perhaps the greatest value of becoming a Double Diamond was the required opportunity to volunteer myself for a trip to the past.