FULL CIRCLE

Today's guests exemplify what it is to give back and pay it forward! These are two of our favorite gentlemen, Nic Snowberger & Ted Swisher. 

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FROM TEEN IN THE DRIVE THROUGH TO COMPASSIONATE BOSS: Nic Snowberger

With a first job at McDonald's, Nic Snowberger started as most teenagers, and he never left. Today he runs the four Roswell McDonald's properties, including the world famous UFO McDonald's.  But it's how he takes care of his employees that makes him an outstanding, compassionate boss.  Nic has a full time Dream Ambassador, whose sole function is to help the employees' dreams come true. Teaching employees to save, and what is required to make their dreams happen, Toni is doing an outstanding job. To date several employees have gone back to school. Someone went to Disneyland. Someone else opened her own tortilla factory!  Listen for what happened when a man sent his wife on a trip to reunite with her family. 

Hear him talk about the Snowberger Children's Foundation, and how he's working towards giving back to graduating seniors in Roswell, and the Ronald McDonald House, 

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BUILDING HOMES AND GIVING HOPE:  Ted Swisher

Alana & Ted

Ted Swisher is an extraordinary man. Fresh out of college, he wanted to make a difference in the world, and he really wanted to enjoy going to work every day. He worked with Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for Humanity before President Jimmy Carter got involved. Hear about the early days of Habitat.  Over the years, Ted has served as the national director for Habitat, as well as working at the international level. Santa Fe is blessed indeed to have Ted serving as the local head of Santa Fe's Habitat for Humanity.  

Hear about the sweat equity time requirement, and how little the mortgage costs (no interest!)   Volunteers from all over the U.S come to NM to help build.  To support this outstanding organization and this exceptional man's life work, click here: Santa Fe Habitat.  Good news - there's still a NM tax credit for residents who donate to Habitat.  

"And the first shall be last....."  


​Ted Swisher was Alana's first interview on Make your House a Home show. Fast-forward over 200 interviews later, and Ted is now the last guest on the KVSF Make Your House a Home  That's truly a full circle moment!

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LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE? Tired of the same old cruise vacation? Consider spending a week in Hawaii, Texas or Vermont and help build a home. Click any photo below for links.   #BetterVacation #MakeaDifference #YourHelpMatters #HabitatforHumanity

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A Home blessing by John O'Donohue. 

For a New Home 

May this house shelter your life.
When you come in home here,
May all the weight of the world
Fall from your shoulders.

May your heart be tranquil here,
Blessed by peace the world cannot give.

May this home be a lucky place,
Where the graces your life desires
Always find the pathway to your door.

May nothing destructive
Ever cross your threshold.

May this be a safe place
Full of understanding and acceptance,
Where you can be as you are,
Without the need of a mask
Of pretense of image.

May this home be a place of discovery.
Where the possibilities that sleep
In the clay of your soul can emerge
To deepen and refine your vision
For all that is yet to come to birth.

May it be a house of courage,
Where healing and growth are loved,
Where dignity and forgiveness prevail;
A home where patience of spirit is prized,
And the sight of the destination is never lost
Though the journey be difficult and slow.
May there be great delight around this hearth.
May it be a house of welcome
For the broken and diminished.

May you have the eyes to see
That no visitor arrives without a gift
And no guest leaves without a blessing.

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That is our prayer for each and every one of you, friends.

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