The Founder's Story
The Founder: Mr. Christopher Mitchell is the Founder and Administrator, of the Community "IMPACT" Resource Program (C.I.R.P.). Mr. Mitchell is a International Business Leader and Entrepreneur. He's a former US Army Chief Warrant Officer, Airborne RANGER, Master Rated Jumpmaster, and is now a Highly Decorated "Disabled Combat Veteran." He spent 17 consecutive years stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (Home of the Airborne and Special Forces Operations Command) and served in the Headquarters elements of the worlds most "Elite Military Forces". Some of his duty assignments include, but are not limited to, the 2nd Brigade Headquarters of the 82nd Airborne Division, during the Persian Gulf War, Headquarters, 50th Signal Battalion (Forced Entry) Airborne, Headquarters of the Special Operations Support Command (Airborne) and the Headquarters of the 3/3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Mr. Mitchell's service also includes "hazardous duty" protecting the boarder of North and South Korea "DMZ" in the Country of Korea.
The Team Effort: Mr. Mitchell knew that he had produced a Workforce Development Program much larger than he initially imagined possible. He knew that he had started a "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT" that he could not finish alone. It was a "National Expansion Project" that is designed to "Put America Back To 'Work' (One 'JOB' at a time!)" Mr. Mitchell briefed his "Business Concept" and "Proven System" to a team of "Highly Motivated, Successful Professional Business Owners" and formed "The C.I.R.P. Management Team." The C.I.R.P. Core Management Team is a "Mastermind Team" consisting of three "Like Minded Professionals" combining over 50 years of "Industry Experience" and over 75 years of combined Military Service. A force that would manage operations extending across America and soon to be, throughout the World! When asked how did he do it, Mr. Mitchell, simply stated that, "Surrender is NOT a Ranger Word" and that "he gives 'God' (Jesus Christ) all of the Glory!" The Beginning: Mr. Mitchell grew up in poverty, under very harsh conditions in a low income family of eight (8). His athletic ability earned him the right to go to near by College and he entered the Military right out of College. It all started following his transition from his Military service which led to his inability to find work to care for his family. He had never had for a job before in the Public Sector. Mr. Mitchell was only five (5) months from being eligible for his early retirement when his Military Career took a turn for the worst and unexpectedly ended. Mr. Mitchell was out of work for the first time in his life and at that time, he was just shy of turning forty (40) years old."MISSION TOP SECRET, DESTINATION UNKNOWN!": Mr. Mitchell was in a situation that plagues many of our soldiers and their families who "don't retire, after Honorably serving" our Country for long periods of time in defense of our Nation's Freedom. The transition normally leaves them and their families alone, on their own, in another type of battlefield, a personal "War Zone," that they weren't trained for and most like Mr. Mitchell, never knew could even exist for them after giving all they had for the defense of their country. Like many other soldiers coming out of our Military, Mr. Mitchell not only had to fight for his new identity, he was also fighting for the survival of his family! At the time of his transition, Mr. Mitchell had a one (1) year old baby, a ten (10) year old child and the wife of his youth, that "he promised to take care of" and he was now out of work. The United States was in the middle of a recession, and on September 11 (9-11), 2001, of the same year, 19 members of a terrorist group called "al-Qaeda", hijacked four U.S. airplanes and used them to strike various targets on the East Coast. The carefully planned attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, making it the worst attack on the United States in history. Mr. Mitchell was completely, devastated by all he had to endure! The Journey: Mr. Mitchell and his family was in a state of shock, in a world they never knew existed for them. To Mr. Mitchell, trying to find work to take care of his family was like trying to find his way through the Iraqi desert once again, but without a compass or a map. With only four months out of the military, Mr. Mitchell was three months behind on his mortgage. One of his cars had been repossessed and he was about to lose his family home. Out of desperation, they decided to have a " Yard Sale" to try raise money to stay in their home. However, at the end of the yard sale, they didn't have enough money to meet their obligations. Mr. Mitchell decided to opened their garage and started pulling things out to make more money. After everything worth value to was gone, they still didn't have enough money to save their home. So while people were still coming, Mr. Mitchell "drew a line in the sand" and made the ultimate decision to open their home and started selling their life sustaining personal items. He new that if they did not come up with the money, "this battle would be over" and his family would be "Homeless" in a matter of days. Mr. Mitchell, is a man of Faith and follower of Jesus Christ. As stated above, he is also an Airborne Ranger, "Gulf War Combat Veteran" of the 82nd Airborne Division and he served many years in the Special Forces Units. He personally knows the meaning of "Draw a line in the sand". He also knows that "with GOD, all things are possible to those who believe" and that "Surrender" is NOT a Ranger word! By the end of that dreadful day, Mr. Mitchell and his wife had sold everything they owned that had any value including, truck, right out of his yard. However, "when the smoked cleared" at the end of that dark day, they had enough money to save their home. "Mr. Mitchell knew they had WON this battle" , but the challenges ahead for him and his family was nothing that they could have ever imagined. For the next year Mr. Mitchell went without work. They were now surviving on his wife's income and the small amount of unemployment that he later found out he was eligible to receive. Like so many others, he believed the obvious, that there was no work for him to find, due to the recession. As in the case of many returning Military Service members, Mr. Mitchell, at that time, lacked the ability to immediately convert over the Job Skills that he had learned from Military to the "Civilian World" however, he never lost his faith in God, he never stopped looking for ways to win this new battle of survival he and his family was now facing.
Fulfilling Purpose: "And then one day" One idea changed his entire outlook on the availability of work. "Mr. Mitchell discovered, that all of the work he ever needed, was there all of the time, but like millions of other Military Veterans suffering from Combat and/or other Traumatic PTSD related experiences, he just couldn't adjust to it." Mr. Mitchell took his idea, developed a Business Plan and put his plan into action! Using his new "Innovative and Disruptive Business Model" he established programs that created JOBS for many Veterans and other people looking for WORK or Volunteer opportunities throughout his community.
In 2008, after witnessing his mother's brutal battle with Cancer and shortly following her untimely death at the early age of 62 years old, Mr. Mitchell's compassion to help others through their struggles and pains of life, deepened beyond measure. He came to understand that the real meaning behind his own life struggles and all that he had to overcome, was to be sensitive what others are going through and show them ways to overcome too! By early 2009 he responded to the tough times of our Nations Economy and launched a "Community Service Work Force Development Program" to "Put America back to WORK, (One JOB at a time!)" He started a "WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT" that would include, but not be limited to the development of Funding and Resources Programs that would: