In 1990 , he and his wife Donna founded the Ballenger Foundation to continue their longtime charitable work in Central America . They established several medical clinics in high-poverty locations , sponsored an orphanage , sent school furniture and textbooks and delivered loads of other relief supplies . Their efforts began after the devastating earthquake in Managua , Nicaragua in 1972 and continued for decades thereafter
devastating earthquake
1972 Nicaragua earthquake
Cass Ballenger