Steve Colson is not the type of guy who can just write a big check to a charitable organization and walk away. He is the first to admit he does not know how to “partly get involved” when he latches on to a cause. And he has latched on to many.
That’s why over the years, this businessman and philanthropist has had 13 Somali refugees camping out in his three-bedroom home in Warren, N.J., for more than a month, as well as six Vietnamese family members who stayed even longer. It’s the reason why, over the years, he’s helped numerous families in need to pay for surgeries, college-tuition costs and airfare to see their ailing relatives.
The day before his interview with Fair360, formerly DiversityInc, Colson accompanied a gifted New Brunswick, N.J., high-school student and his parents to Saint Joseph’s High School in Metuchen and decided to foot the bill for the boy’s private-school education.
