Ohio professor aids Ukraine, others through non-profit

OHIO — A northeast Ohio professor is taking issues into his personal arms, serving to others journey to Europe to assist these affected by the battle in Ukraine.

Justin Hayes has traveled to a number of components of the world. He stated he finds rewards in serving to folks.

“If it’s one other meal, whether or not it’s giving them an opportunity to clean their face with simply cleaning soap, issues that we make the most of right here that we don’t actually take into consideration,” he stated.

He just lately traveled to Warsaw, Poland, on a self funded assist journey to assist these harm by the battle in Ukraine by dropping off some provides.

Hayes balances his humanitarian work whereas elevating a household and serving as an adjunct professor at Walsh College in North Canton.

“The massive half is simply managing my time,” he stated. “Becoming in issues which can be the inspiration of who I’m and that’s serving to others, and my huge objective is to assist three billion folks in my lifetime.”

Hayes began his group Voices for Voices in 2020. It helps folks fighting psychological well being points.

It’s a problem that’s vital to him, after his personal psychological well being disaster just a few years in the past, led to some ER visits and time in a psychiatric ward.

“Life as much as that time, it was simply persevering with to be more durable and more durable,” he stated. “I actually wasn’t certain how I used to be going to essentially go on. And so from that time on, once I accepted I’d want medicine, I’d want remedy for an prolonged time frame. That was an enormous proponent of voices for voices.”

Dr. Tim Collins, President of Walsh College, stated Hayes’ mission is what the instance the college desires folks to attempt for.

“I believe it sends a superb message [to students],” Collins stated. “In our mission assertion at Walsh, we discuss constructing leaders, women and men in service to others. Serving to others, serving to anyone that may’t assist themselves, anyone who can’t even communicate for themselves. So once they see college, employees, coaches going above and past simply regular day by day life, simply taking good care of issues domestically, I believe they’re impressed by that. It conjures up me.”

Hayes hopes to set the instance that anybody could make a distinction with the fitting mindset.

“Anyone may also help anyone,” he stated. “Generally it may be with cash, typically it may be with time, typically it may be with a listening ear and I believe having that mindset for me has been very useful.”