L.A. Mortgage Banker Richard Maize Aids Humanitarian Cause by Donating to Alcoholic Rehab

Oct. 27, 2009 - PRLog -- L.A. Mortgage Banker Richard Maize is well respected for his international philanthropy, support of humanitarian issues and battle for human rights, but here is a local Los Angeles story that characterizes his generous spirit.

Richard Maize Humanitarian

“A friend of mine has a child who is now 29 years old named Leonard. Leonard’s father never really succeeded in business, so I have loaned him money throughout the years but recently the requests have been increasing in frequency. I seriously told him that the money tree is dry and I would not give him any further dollars.

As expected, Leonard’s father did go out and get a job and work, but he took a job that would barely pay his bills. In the meantime, Leonard, requested money from me to make back payments on his car. I analyzed the situation and realized the amount he was asking for was less than a band-aid and there was something else going on in his life that needed attention. As he denied any other issues in his life, I turned that request down.

Then, a few days ago, on my birthday, Leonard’s father called me to wish me a happy birthday. I recognized that his voice was distraught. When I enquired as to his well being, he acknowledged that he was with his son at his son’s apartment in a survivor mode. His son, as I suspected a few months ago, had more of a problem than needing some money for late car payments. Leonard had a severe drinking and drug problem. He was drinking himself to death but was in the process of trying to detoxify himself. He hadn’t slept, eaten or drank anything for six days. He was terribly dehydrated and unable to walk.

His father, through my recommendation, called Beit T’shuva for a rehab alternative and to get help. As a donor to Beit T’shuvah, I know that it’s a place I can wholeheartedly recommend for treatment. Beit T’Shuvah is a residential treatment center that tries to reduce the incidence of addiction and other harmful behaviors through individual and family education. An intimate setting with only 120 residents, it is located in West Los Angeles. They promote a healing atmosphere that emphasizes faith-based recovery.

Beit T’Shuvah declined his request for acceptance reasoning that he needed to detoxify before they considered him. Leonard’s father frantically called me to find a hospital to have his son get medical attention and somewhere to detoxify. But no place would allow them without up front money.

Against my previous decision, I put my feelings concerning outstanding balances between us to the side and helped put Leonard in an established hospital for help. With tears in their eyes and sounding extremely choked-up, both Leonard and his father called and thanked me for saving his life.

Leonard was once a star athlete in high school both in baseball and football. He had a fiancé who was a doll, but he lost all of that to alcohol. He finally admitted to me that he had horribly abused alcohol since he was 17 years old. “

Leonard owes his life to Richard Maize for helping him during a critical time in his life. But this isn’t an unusual feat for Richard, as he has been involved in local and international charity projects, fundraisers for disadvantaged children through the philanthropic organization that he co-founded, the Richard Maize Foundation.

The Richard Maize Foundation

The Richard Maize Foundation is a philanthropic organization that supports and contributes volunteer and financial resources to local and worldwide causes. By providing financial support to focus on art, culture, family services and healthcare, the Rochelle and Richard Maize Foundation helps ensure that those in need and their families can live more fulfilling lives.

Through the Richard Maize Foundation, Richard Maize generously supports organizations and causes such as the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, the American Cancer Society, Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, Hurricane Katrina, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Board of Governors, and the Jewish Maccabiah games, one of the world’s largest annual summer sporting competitions for Jewish youth.

Richard Maize joined with the Friends of Greystone Mansion in support of a silent auction with all proceeds benefiting the sixth year of Greystone’s restoration. Currently owned by the City of Beverly Hills, the 1928 classic estate was originally designed in the English Gothic Revival style, and in 1976, the mansion was placed on the Register of Historic Places.

Human Rights

Richard Maize put immense efforts into creating human rights information sites on the Internet to call into question the conclusions reached in the UN Goldstone Report. The biased report ended weeks of speculation into the Gaza War enquiry, a commission that Israel chose not to be involved in.

Richard Maize, through the Richard Maize Foundation, donates time and funds to worthy causes locally and spanning the globe. This unfair and biased UN report on Israel’s attempt to defend herself from Arab aggression is an example of anti-semitism that he feels needs to be addressed in the strongest possible way. Through the creation of two websites, he reports the facts on the ground in the Gaza War.

They can be seen at:

http://www.israelhumanrights.com
http://www.ungoldstonereport.com