Mission Statement:
Life Foundation is dedicated to providing life enhancing activities and service to the community in the essential areas of education, wellness, leadership skills, and spiritual growth. To accomplish this mission we will identify leaders and invest in their future...one college student at a time.
History:
Life Foundation, Inc. an IRS approved 501-C (3), was founded in 1965 by Drs. Sid and Nell Williams as a nonprofit chiropractic organization dedicated to the purpose of service, education and research.
Prior to the founding of Life Foundation, Drs. Sid and Nell opened a chiropractic practice in Austell GA which quickly grew to 19 clinics throughout the Southeast. This included seven clinics serving the African American communities in Atlanta called the Triple H Chiropractic Health Centers; the three “H’s” representing “Health, Harmony and Happiness.” Their practices grew on the policy that everyone should be treated with love and compassion in a professional manner, and that no one should be denied chiropractic care because of an inability to pay or the color of their skin.
Because of their unpopular effort to help people and massive mail-outs
to the public the Williams’ were denied memberships in several organizations
and threatened to have their licenses revoked. Dr. Sid continued to generate
controversy by his dedication to upholding the rights of the sick – to choose
the doctor and method of their choice and serving all people equally regardless
of their ability to pay. Their burning passion to Love for the Sake of
Loving, Serve for the Sake of Serving and Give for the Sake of Giving was soon to be called the Lasting Purpose philosophy. This lifestyle requires a commitment to
love, serve and give out of one’s own abundance with no concern about financial
gain or recognition.
In 1964 Drs. Williams began holding educational motivational seminars called Dynamic Essentials, for chiropractors, chiropractic assistants and families of chiropractors. The Lasting Purpose application was the basis for the seminars. The meetings grew rapidly under Dr. Sid’s leadership and began to attract large numbers of chiropractors from around the US, Canada and many other countries thus the unfolding of Life Foundation.
One of the first projects begun by the Foundation was the publication of Health for Life, a tabloid newspaper containing articles and photographs of chiropractic patients that had experienced outstanding results under chiropractic care, which ultimately was distributed by chiropractors and read by millions of their patients. Life Foundation also printed publications featuring the Best of Health for Life and a No Smoking pamphlet and produced a TV spot which was endorsed by celebrities such as Robert Goulet as a public service announcement. Another early project of the Foundation was the purchasing of x-ray films and providing them to chiropractors who sponsored free x-rays to needy patients.
Fund raising efforts began for the purpose of building a chiropractic clinic on wheels consequently Life Foundation established the Health Mobile, which was a modern, completely equipped, chiropractic clinic on wheels. This free service program introduced thousands of people in the USA to the benefits of chiropractic as it traveled from state to state. Eventually the Health Mobile was utilized as a health clinic in an underprivileged part of downtown Atlanta where chiropractic services were provided free of cost to the underprivileged and needy.
In 1974 Dr. Sid Williams, along with his wife Dr. Nell Williams, founded Life Chiropractic College, thus Life Foundation focused its fund raising efforts on research and education resulting in donations to Life Chiropractic College and later Life Chiropractic College West in amounts in excess of $150,000 annually. Life Foundation, along with Life Chiropractic College and Life University, co-sponsored numerous humanitarian projects. Among these are chiropractic clinics in Egypt, Korea, and China, Costa Rica as well as several other countries. Another humanitarian project was providing chiropractic services during the Goodwill Games in Moscow, USSR. Through the years, Life Foundation has had a significant impact on chiropractic service, education, and research in the United States as well as numerous other countries around the world.
In 2004 Life Foundation expanded
its mission to reach out to the community beyond the chiropractic profession in
order to promulgate the Lasting Purpose philosophy
and lifestyle. In 2010 the mission was further refined by focusing on college
students and therefore identifying future leaders. Currently Life Foundation
invests in future leaders by providing much needed assistance for their
educational needs …one college student at a time.
Life Foundation
1950 Old Concord Road
Smyrna, Georgia 30080 USA
770.438.9577 Fax: 770.438.9669
info@lifefoundationsonline.org