{"id":23,"date":"2013-09-01T14:30:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T19:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chiefrickstone.wordpress.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2025-01-04T12:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T18:27:51","slug":"chief-rick-stone-family-charitable-foundation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"Foundation Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-303 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/foundation1_01-21-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The creation of this charitable foundation is a dream that my family and I have had since my tenure as the Chief of Police in Hollywood, Florida. Fortunately, events that occurred as a result of my service\u00a0there made it possible for us to reach that goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I have always felt that the development of ethical leadership principles in individuals and organizations is a significant part of the necessity to improve America. In the long-term, organizations, professions and indeed entire societies adopt and reflect the style of the leaders who guide them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Emerson once wrote, \u201cTo be great is to be misunderstood\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Foundation looks to identify and support unique individuals and organizations that have an inherent ability and satisfaction of doing \u201cthe right thing.&#8221; These very special people and groups are not afraid to be &#8220;misunderstood&#8221;, as Emerson wrote, when the defining moment comes that tests their character and commitment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It takes great courage to leave behind others who falter in the face of challenge.\u00a0 Only the clear perspective of time and history will\u00a0show their errors and validate your own courage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">May God bless you and keep you safe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Copyright (C) 2012-2025 Chief Rick Stone &amp; Family Charitable Foundation. All Rights Reserved.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The creation of this charitable foundation is a dream that my family and I have had since my tenure as the Chief of Police in Hollywood, Florida. Fortunately, events that occurred as a result of my service\u00a0there made it possible for us to reach that goal. I have always felt that the development of ethical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/?page_id=23\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Foundation Message&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":500,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129603,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/129603"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chiefrickstone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}