Board of Directors
Dr. and Mrs. Cedric R. Hayden
Cedric and Julie are co-directors of both International Caring Hands and its sister organization, Caring Hand to Mouth. Both the Haydens have had extensive experience with international travel and charitable service. Dr. Hayden lived as a child in Trinidad and Tobago and later had occasion as an adult to visit each of the seven continents of the world, which gave him the world view, knowledge and experiences to understand the needs of those less fortunate.
Dr. Hayden is a dentist, businessman, and outdoorman in addition to his philanthropic involvments. Julie, a wife and mother also has traveled to Europe, Asia and Central America and has participated in the relief of human suffering in many locations. Julie and Cedric and their four children make their home near Jasper, Oregon and are extensively involved in community and church affairs there.
Matt Hayden
Matthew Jess Hayden was born in the mission field of Trinidad West Indies while his parents, Cedric Lee and Marilyn Mayden were stationed as medical missionaries. He grew up in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and attended home schooling for much of his primary education. This flexibility in schooling allowed for travel while his father relieved furloughed dentists around the world.
After graduating from dental school, Matthew once again became interested in mission service. He and his brothers started a dental company to serve low income Oregonians. This service included a mobile dental van which traveled to rural Oregonians in need of dental care. During this busy time of building a dental practice, Matthew and his wife were also able to provide dental care in El Salvador at an orphanage.
In 2009 Matthew and his brother sold the majority of their dental practice and started the charity outreach, Caring Hands to Mouth and the International division, International Caring Hands.
Matthew and his wife, Ronna raise their four children on a ranch in Pilot Rock, Oregon. He maintans a dental practice in Hermiston, Oregon. The reduced schedule at the office allows Matthew and his family to spend more time caring for humanity and sharing the love of Jesus Christ in practical, hands on ways!
Dr. C.L. Hayden
Dr. C.L. Hayden has a life long history of public service, including dentistry, public health, military and political service. After serving as an officer in the United States Naval Dental Corps, Cedric Lee and his wife, Marilyn began medical missionary service in Trinidad and Tabago, West Indies. While in Trinidad, Dr. Hayden, a commercial pilot, started a Flying Dentists program to relieve the suffering of those who did not have access to care.
After serving in the mission field the Haydens started a dental practice in Eugene, Oregon. Throughout his many years in private practive, Dr, Hayden would regularly set aside three months of his schedule to offer furlough relief to missionary dentists serving in the third world. He was also instrumental in developing a dental clinic in Basseterre, St Kitts, W.I., which continues in operation today.
Representative C.L. Hayden also served as a state representative for fourteen years in Oregon's part-time legislature. He is a native of Oregon. He and his wife Marilyn live in the foothills of the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where they raised five sons and a daughter. All of their children decided to pursue careers in the medical field.
Randy Meyer
Randy Meyer is the treasurure for International Caring Hands. Randy graduated from Walla Walla University with a Masters of Social Work in 1991. He worked in Alaska for 15 years in community mental health and overseeing state grants to mental health centers from Bethel to Barrow, Alaska. He assisted small rural mental health centers to receive increase funding in order to better meet the needs of communities of the road system.
In 2002, Randy and his wife, Marta left Alaska and spent 18 months working in an orphanage. It is there that Randy and his wife discovered the huge needs of people in this world and that the only one that they met all of their needs and ours is Jesus Christ. Jesus taught us to lend a caring hand to all those in need and now Randy and Marta have made this their personal mission statement until Jesus comes again!