Dad to Dad 252 - Bob West of Colorado Springs, CO Founder of Need Project, Father of Three Including A Son With Cerebral Palsy

Our guest this week is Bob West of Colorado Springs, CO a retired IT professional and founder and president of Need Project, a non-profit serving families impacted by special healthcare needs.Bob and his wife, Sue, have been married for 32 years and are the proud parents of three: Monica (25), Jonathan (27) and Kyle (30) who has Cerebral Palsy. At age seven, Kyle had the good fortune to meet Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus On The Family and from that point forward, Kyle was on a different trajectory. He would eventually go to Patrick Henry College and earn a Bachelors of Arts degree on disability in the ancient world.It's an uplifting story about faith, family and about helping those impacted by disability to reach their full God given potential. It's all on this week's Special Fathers Network Dad to Dad Podcast.Show Notes - Email – [email protected] – 719-930-9036Website – http://www.needproject.org/YouTube - https://youtu.be/clowniPOlGg 3:20 at 3:20 video, conversation with James Dobson. YouTube #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUCTjXZ8mBU&t=32sLinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-hendershot-a802943b/Fox21 News story - https://www.fox21news.com/living-local/need-project-is-connecting-families-to-resources/Special Fathers Network - SFN is a dad to dad mentoring program for fathers raising children with special needs. Many of the 500+ SFN Mentor Fathers, who are raising kids with special needs, have said: "I wish there was something like this when we first received our child's diagnosis. I felt so isolated. There was no one within my family, at work, at church or within my friend group who understood or could relate to what I was going through."SFN Mentor Fathers share their experiences with younger dads closer to the beginning of their journey raising a child with the same or similar special needs. The SFN Mentor Fathers do NOT offer legal or medical advice, that is what lawyers and doctors do. They simply share their experiences and how they have made the most of challenging situations.Check out the 21CD YouTube Channel with dozens of videos on topics relevant to dads raising children with special needs - https://www.youtube.com/channe... Please support the SFN. Click here to donate: https://21stcenturydads.org/do...Find out about Horizon Therapeutics – Science and Compassion Working Together To Transform Lives. https://www.horizontherapeutics.com/Special Fathers Network: https://21stcenturydads.org/Register for the May 20, 2023 SFN Dads Virtual Conference: https://21stcenturydads.org/2023-sfn-dads-virtual-conference/Discover more about the Dads Honor Ride 2023 - https://21stcenturydads.org/2023-dads-honor-ride/