In 2009, Hunter, who loved to fish and was a proud
Cub Scout, lost his life due to an undiagnosed rare heart disease called viral myocarditis. Hunt- er’s dad, Steve Vincent, explains how heavy
sadness turned into gratitude and an outlet for helping others: When something like this happens to you, everything in your world is going to change. You try to make sense out of something that doesn’t. I shed many tears asking God why He did this, without any answers. What I did know was that I was not walking this path alone and that was one thing God wanted me to understand. Over the next year, I quit counting when I met the 68th person who had lost a child or grandchild. These people would come to me out of nowhere so I started to keep track. My 68th encounter was on a lake I had never been to while I was ice fishing. A man approached me from his ice shack while watching me setting up a new spot to fish. With tears in his eyes, he said, “Hello, young man, having any luck?” My response was without hesitation, “No, is everything alright?” He shared with me how he and his son used to spend so much time together on the water but cancer had taken him last summer and he was recalling the wonderful memories. Of course, this triggered me to similar thoughts with my son and we shared a couple of stories before parting ways. He left me with a message I had heard many times but this time it had a different meaning in my heart. “Don’t ever take life for granted,
every day is a gift,” he said.
In the past, I would have felt a heavy sadness for the loss we both
had experienced but this time there was gratitude in my heart for the wonderful times I was allowed to experience. Those times were the gifts the man was talking about. The countless memories of the wonderful experiences we were allowed to share with one another had become my new focus. I could do something positive with this tragedy by helping others. That is when “Hunter’s Fishing Extravaganza” was created.
We held a kids fishing event on Shawano Lake every August. When we started this event, the money we raised went to help families that had a child with cancer. Over the years we decided to make it for anyone who was experiencing a medical crisis that left them in financial ruins. Then my friend Joe, who was so instrumental in helping with this event, lost his life to cancer and we formed the “Vincent Hannon Bass Jamboree.” Although we helped many people with our efforts, the event had become too much work for the time required with the number of volunteers we had so we decided to end it in 2017.
While returning home from a family vacation last summer, my
wife Bonnie and I began to talk about what we could do to help some of the kids that were having difficulty with what has been termed as “mental illness.” We had been doing energy sound therapy sessions (learn more about Rediscover Yourself LLC on page 32) with an increasing number of children whose parents were not in the position to afford this. There was a reason we didn’t close down the 501(c) (3) and we had just found it.
Hunter’s New Beginnings Inc. is focused on the children who are challenged with emotional struggles/mental illness. There happen to be a number of different methods that have been proven to be extremely effective in changing the mindset of people. As we know, everyone is different and unique to what their body responds to. We unknowingly attract energies that are on the same frequency we are vibrating at. Simply put, low vibration attracts low energy and high vibration attracts higher energy. It is one of the “Laws of the universe.” Although we can never alter this law, we can change our energy and thinking to attract the things we really want. There isn’t a person in this world who doesn’t want to be healthier and happier.
Our intention is to get these kids help in the area of mental health, using a drug-free approach. We track the progress to verify the effectiveness of this program by having the guardian share information on the changes they are experiencing. Some of the services we currently offer are reiki, brain spotting, counseling and sound therapy, and emotion code.
Now more than ever we have a crisis with mental health challenges in our youth. Suicide rates are on the increase with children as young as 8 years old contemplating leaving this world. Anxiety is keeping kids from having the ability to attend class. Depression is making the person who is experiencing this, as well as all those they live with, struggle on a daily basis. The list of challenges is endless and the time for action is far past due. The stigma surrounding this area needs to end. We all have mental health challenges from time to time! Nobody should look at themselves or others poorly because they are having difficulty with controlling thoughts or emotions. You just need to become aware that there are solutions available to help those who need it.
If you or someone you know are interested in becoming a part of this organization or would like to help make a positive difference, contact the president, Jerry Melotte, at 920-680-5989.
HUNTER’S NEW BEGINNINGS LLC
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