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Choose Your Change (CYC) was originally formed under the name “Lending a Hand and Foot” (LAHAF), pronounced “Laugh” in 2010, in response to a major earthquake in Haiti. We were committed to making a difference. We began by assessing the situation, then building a team of subject-matter experts for emergency medicine, local military protocols, curriculum design, and volunteer training within this country. Our founders understood the importance of fostering collaboration between organizations and individuals. 

Using the resources we curated and what we learned, LAHAF continued to work serving in other communities that were faced with natural disasters. Our team responded to the Sandy Recovery Action Rockaways, New York, US-Philippines Typhoon Haiyan Response-National. We then realized we could do so much more. Our guiding principle is to evolve the wheel, not recreate it. 

A natural disaster does not have to occur for there to be a great need. What about communities that were food deserts, or where medical assistance is too far away, or the effects on a community when a factory closed, or businesses fail? What could we do to help there? That is when LAHAF evolved into Choose Your Change (CYC).