The Good Life – September-October 2020

lot of other places, you realize there is
good everywhere, no matter what the
person's race, religion, beliefs are,"
Nick says.
While Nick has been inspired by the
world, his selfless act has, in turn,
motivated countless coworkers,
friends and family around him since
sharing his story. "I got a lot of
messages that said, 'Thank you for
putting something out there. I had
no idea this existed. I registered,'" he
says. "If you've ever known anybody
who's been sick, had cancer, whatever
it is – if you could just give blood
and that would cure them ... I think
everybody would do it."
'Be The Good'
In the midst of a global pandemic,
priorities have adjusted and values
are re-discovered and even re-written.
For Nick, those values have remained
the same, as he plans to continue to
"still be the good in the world," he
says.
"Our employer is really good about
allowing volunteering in any way we
want, so I always do that," says the Bell
Bank project relationship specialist.
Through his employment, Nick and
his fellow coworkers are awarded 16
hours of volunteer time per year and
$1,000 to pay it forward to the people
and causes closest to their hearts – a
unique benefit he cherishes.
"If you can be the good in the
world, I don't understand why
anyone would choose not to,"
Nick says.
For him, the good life simply means
"being happy and having a balance
between work life and personal life
that allows me to enjoy my passions,"
he says. Sometimes that means
accepting fate and enduring a sizable
amount of pain for the chance to save
a life, and other times it's much more
straight-forward. "A beer or a glass of
wine in one hand doesn't hurt either."
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