Rick Beneteau
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Former 80’s happening songwriter when divorced turned Internet marketing ‘guru’ on the-then-brand-new Internet who in 2006 became co-founder of a humanitarian non-profit who then came full circle back to music – for film and television.
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Don't Squish Bugs!
Two years ago, my fabulous grandsons were visiting when I was in the middle of assembling audio and video segments for my humanitarian project, 10 Million Clicks For Peace. I decided to interview them with the hope I would get a "pearl" or two of youthful wisdom on the subject of peace.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Families
Out of the Mouths of Babes
It was moving day, summer of 1981. My oldest daughter was four years old and by dinner time we weren’t even close to getting our new abode into any kind of shipshape order so I decided to try out the brand new, and highly advertised Taco Bell in town. As was the case with most errands, Sara came along, excited to sample what she had seen in the television commercials.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Humans
Going Rogue!
Moving back to my hometown was not easy. I had been living with a wonderful woman some 250km away from my oldest daughter and two grandsons for seven years, the last five of them struggling to keep the US non-profit I had co-founded two years prior afloat after the late 2008 financial collapse. The strain on our relationship, in terms of the time I needed to devote to prevent its demise and just trying to maintain a functioning state of finances in our home, took its toll on her, and I felt, for her sake, I had no choice but to leave. To move back to be near my family during this turbulent period of time seemed to be the best decision.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Humans
The Ice Cream 'Comb' Story
She was three. Just released from a far-away hospital after life threatening brain surgery, ready to take on the world again. I was happy just to have her back. My little "Mr. Clean" (shaven head and hoop earrings) and me driving along to our local mall. Hanging out with dad day. I recall her words as if it were yesterday.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Families
Poplar Fellers
It took 50 years to grow and eight hours on Labor Day Weekend to come down. It was the “tree monkey” that first caught my attention bringing down the 80 ft. poplar tree with the skill of a surgeon. This is what the landscaping crew affectionately called the 40-something Ontario Hydro skilled tradesman. ‘Electrical Forester,’ by title.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Humans
The Ungiven Gift. Top Story - July 2019.
He was pencil thin and walked with a limp. A thirteen year-old boy with huge yearning eyes, who was always an unlucky patient on the children's floor of the hospital, where my youngest daughter was all too often incarcerated. Curtis had sickle cell anemia, an incurable, painful, and terminal disease that plagues young people of African descent.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Unbalanced
