Bob Cacicedo. Early in the last century my grandparents immigrated from Spain to the USA by way of Cuba. On their way, they managed to absorb quite a bit of that Cuban culture. So, in 1999 when I first visited the island, it felt very familiar. Chance certainly shapes our lives and those of our children. How amazingly
different are the lives of my middle-aged peers in Cuba whose grandparents decided to stay. Chance also presents us with opportunites. In 1999 I recognized an opportunity to  serve something greater than myself. First-Hand Aid has become a vehicle for that service for myself and now for many others. The chance that has separated our destinies has now brought them together.