JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer is going beyond the badge to help other people succeed throughout the world.
Max Morel is the founder of Reaching the Unreached, a nonprofit that aims to give families locally and in other countries around the world who are living in poverty the tools they need to help them break out of that cycle in a sustainable way.
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“We bought them a television. We bought them a laptop and an HDMI cable along with a webcam,” Morel said. “We’re teaching them English. We’re teaching them about human trafficking because, unfortunately, this happens in a lot of these areas that we go into quite often. And then eventually, what we want to grow that into once we have the English language established is financial literacy.”
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On September 26, the nonprofit is holding its Reviving Hope Fundraising event at Sip Cocktail Bar to help raise money and provide a renewed sense of hope to poverty-stricken families around the world.
“Essentially, it’s us teaching them how to fish, then more than just giving them a fish with Reaching the Unreached,” Morel said.
Reaching the Unreached has six board members, including Morel and Evan Rajta, the owner of Decca and Sip Cocktail Bar. For both Morel and Rajta, the work they are doing is personal to them.
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“I’m a first-generation immigrant here, and we’re living the American dream. But I want to share that with other people in other parts of the world,” Rajta said.
“I’m a first-generation immigrant here as well,” Morel said. “I was there. I grew up that way. And I want to give those kids that glimmer of hope that so many of us want.”
Reviving Hope will be held at Sip Cocktail Bar on September 26 from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. More information on the event below:
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