Several years ago, the team at Bit-Wizards decided that in lieu of client gifts and holiday cards, the company would donate to families in need.
For 2021, the Wizards determined that this year’s recipients would be the 16 children residing at Fresh Start For Children & Families. Each child at Fresh Start was encouraged to write their “Wish List”.
- Fresh Start’s mission is to share love and compassion through a comprehensive educational, vocational, and economic housing program to help homeless families achieve self-sufficiency.
This was the second year in a row that Bit-Wizards stepped up for the Fresh Start Children. Last year, they purchased the entire wish list for the 36 kids at Fresh Start.
“The best part of my job is witnessing first-hand the generosity and caring within our community, and Bit-Wizards is a leader in that field as well as IT services,” said Donna Tashik, Executive Director at Fresh Start. “Thanks to these wonderful Wizards, these children who have witnessed things a child should never have to, get to be normal, get to be spoiled, get to be a KID. I can never thank the Bit-Wizards team enough for that.”
Every item requested (and more!) was purchased and wrapped with holiday cheer by the staff at Bit-Wizards. This year’s donation is made possible by Bit-Wizards’ newly formed, Be the Magic Foundation.
The missions supported by the Be the Magic Foundation will encompass:
- Youth Development
- Adults & Children with Special Needs
- Animal Welfare
- Community Development.
“The Bit-Wizards’ Be The Magic Foundation philosophy is not just about writing a check, it is about making a difference,” said Caroline McCoy, Be the Magic Foundation Board Member. “When we received pictures of the children at Fresh Start opening their gifts from Bit-Wizards in 2020, we were overcome with joy knowing that the gifts our Wizards took time to pick out and wrap as a team were things that the children specifically asked for.”
According to McCoy, upon seeing those pictures, the Wizards knew they would do it again.
- “I am blessed to be part of a company and foundation that gets more joy out of giving joy to others,” she continued.
“My Mother, Mary Mayfield, who passed in 1995 from Cancer, was a Director at Catholic Charities and dedicated her life to helping others. She passed that ethic to me,” said Vince Mayfield, CEO, Bit-Wizards. “The gospel of Luke says: From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more, will be demanded. Philanthropy and giving back is a core ethos Louis and I have lived by since starting Bit-Wizards in 2000.”
Over their 20 years in business, Bit-Wizards has given back to the Northwest Florida community through monetary, service based, and volunteer efforts amounting to over $1.6 million dollars in community support.
