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    Explore " crate of good" with insightful episodes like "Deep Dive: Social Impact Certifications", "Mallory Brown, Founder of Walk a Mile", "Deep Dive: Social Impact Snacks", "Adam Alonso, CEO of Build Inc." and "Social Impact Roundup 11/4/2019" from podcasts like ""The Science of Social Impact", "The Science of Social Impact", "The Science of Social Impact", "The Science of Social Impact" and "The Science of Social Impact"" and more!

    Episodes (8)

    Deep Dive: Social Impact Certifications

    Deep Dive: Social Impact Certifications

    In this episode, we join Nicholas and Cam to go over and describe what various Social Impact Certifications mean, how they are achieved or gained and the costs associated with them.

    With so many different labels and certifications sometimes we forget what each of them represents. We picked 12 different certifications such as B Corp, Better Cotton Initiative, Energy Star, USDA organic certified, and a bunch of others that you may or may not have heard of! 

    https://bcorporation.net/

    https://bettercotton.org/

    https://www.c2ccertified.org/

    https://www.energystar.gov/

    https://greenelectronicscouncil.org/epeat/epeat-overview/

    https://www.fairtradecertified.org/

    https://fsc.org/en

    https://new.usgbc.org/leed

    https://www.msc.org/

    https://www.usda.gov/topics/organic

    Mallory Brown, Founder of Walk a Mile

    Mallory Brown, Founder of Walk a Mile

    In this episode, we sit down with Mallory Brown, impact storyteller, humanitarian filmmaker and founder of Walk A Mile. A marathon journey to walk 26 miles in the shoes of 26 different females working hard to get their families out of poverty. We discuss everything from her first trip to a developing country during college that sparked her drive in this field, all the way to her current endeavors with Walk A Mile, which takes us from displacement camps in Haiti to Syrian refugee camps.

    This begins with Mallory taking a school trip to Southeast Asia where she had a bike accident which led to her having to receive medical help and realizing how basic their medical care was compared to what we are used to in the United States. This experience changed her perspective and she then knew that she wanted to make it her goal to help as many people as possible across the globe.

    That trip sparked her to visit more developing countries soaking up as much culture and experiences she could which then narrowed down to what is now her specialty of making short documentaries about charities around the world and the people that they help.

    Her first fundraising trip was to Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010, where she visited the displaced persons camps housing all of the refugees that had nowhere to stay after the disaster. She met a family there and her story of how she helped them is breathtaking.

    From there we go into one of her next projects which was going to Greece to visit the Syrian refugee camps and see where and how she would be able to help. This story dives into the relationships she built as well as how she took the risk to be smuggled INTO the refugee camp to get the first-hand experience and meet the people living there, even though no outsiders were allowed in the camp. From there she went to raise almost $48,000 to help outfit the schools that these refugees were going to.

    To wrap up the episode we talk more in-depth about her project Walk A Mile where Mallory visits 26 countries to make 26 short film documentaries about 26 different women from 26 different cultures and their different approaches to pulling their families out of poverty.

    We are so lucky to have people like Mallory Brown doing such great things for us on this planet and hope that you all enjoy hearing her story as much as we did, and hope it inspires you to go make an impact too!

     

    http://travelmal.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4nt5Phuday7oHtqr3t8qRw

    Deep Dive: Social Impact Snacks

    Deep Dive: Social Impact Snacks

    This Saves Lives Snack Bar

    A delicious snack bar with a mission to end child malnutrition.

    https://thissaveslives.com/collections/all/

     

    Yumbutter 

    A buy one, feed one, nut butter snack that gives 100% profit directly to malnourished children in Guatemala. https://www.yumbutter.com/collections/shop/

     

    The Soulfull Project

    A Social Impact Oatmeal, buy one, give one to a food bank in the region where it was purchased. https://thesoulfullproject.com/products/

     

    Endangered Species Chocolate

    A Chocolate Bar with a mission. https://www.chocolatebar.com/where-to-buy/

    Adam Alonso, CEO of Build Inc.

    Adam Alonso, CEO of Build Inc.

    The number one role for the Executive Director or CEO is to raise money for the organization so it can survive and thrive.

    Adam's most passionate about helping young people see that they have potential in a future.

    BUILD has served over 100,000 young people since they started over 50 years ago.

    BUILD works with young people by creating a mutual accountability plan:

    • What do you want to do while you're here?
    • How can we help you?
    • What are you looking to do?
    • How are you trying to improve yourself?

    Additionally, BUILD put on over 50 community events each year.

    Chicago Center for Youth Violence Prevention reports the estimated cost of youth violence is more than $21 billion annually.

    It costs $630 to serve one young person per year which amounts to a societal savings of about $16,000.

    It costs $2,000 to serve one young person who is more heavily involved in violence which amounts to a societal savings of about $92,000.

    In 2016 Adam brought up how BUILD was running low on physical space. He engaged a neighboring company to do a feasibility study. Adam and BUILD had to put together a 10 year projected budget before the board would approve the capital campaign.

    Capital Campaign: 

    Plan to build something new, or remodel your space to add additional space. Typically, it is outside of your annual operating budget; an additional set of fundraising goals.

    To turn neighborhoods around you've got to give people hope, but not just speak it; you've got to show and demonstrate tangible results of that hope.

    3 steps Adam took to overcome Capital Funding:

    1. Be 100% bought in on your idea
    2. Have a clear vision of why you need the money
    3. Run the numbers

    BUILD Inc.’s podcast: https://soundcloud.com/build50thstories/

    Social Impact Roundup 11/4/2019

    Social Impact Roundup 11/4/2019

    Why a Social Enterprise is Much More than a For-Profit Venture: 

    This article discusses the concept of social entrepreneurship as it continues to evolve and become mainstream, and how the aim of a social entrepreneur is beyond just profit.

    https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/341238

     

    National Philanthropic Trust Introduces Four Proprietary Impact Investment Options: 

    What we learn from this article is that one of the biggest independent sponsors of donor-advised funds is now giving people an option to actually get a return on that money that's invested.

    https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20191022005242/en/National-Philanthropic-Trust-Introduces-Proprietary-Impact-Investment

     

    Businesses Need to be Mindful of Social Impact Going Forward: 

    This article discusses the notion that businesses need to be mindful of social and environmental impact moving forward.

    https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/341070

     

    We Need a New Capitalism: 

    This article discusses how our current system has led to profound inequality and to fix it we need businesses and executives to value purpose alongside profit.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/opinion/benioff-salesforce-capitalism.html

     

    Nonprofit Quarterly: Hidden Cost of Social Impact Bonds:

    In this article we learn a little bit more about what some of the risks and hidden costs are of social impact bonds.

    https://nonprofitquarterly.org/the-hidden-costs-of-social-impact-bonds/

    Sarah Spitsen, Chief Candle Lady & Food-Giver at Feya Candle

    Sarah Spitsen, Chief Candle Lady & Food-Giver at Feya Candle

    In this episode, Sarah Spitsen, Chief Candle Lady and Food Giver at Feya Candle, stops by to talk with us about her story of having to shut down her first business, to growing Feya Candle to where it is now!

     

    Sarah has such a great story and has accomplished so much in her short time making Feya Candle what it is today. We dive into everything from her first brick and mortar candle store and the hardships of shutting that down due to financial reasons in 2013, all the way to starting Feya Candle and getting into various brick and mortar stores across the United States.

     

    Inspired by her Granny Fe and Aunt Pamela, growing up around them she knew she loved feeding people as well as her new passion for making candles. So why not incorporate them together, and that is how Feya Candle began.

     

    In the next 6 months, she had sold enough candles to warrant a trip to Haiti to help feed 153 children in need. That trip made such an impact on Sarah and planted a seed in her heart, she knew she was on the right path to happiness and success, but there was a long road ahead.

     

    From there Sarah’s story takes a wild turn, where she ends up living out of her car for four months selling her candles to stores all across the country and using a portion of the proceeds to help feed people at 19 different homeless shelters in the cities she traveled to.

     

    After her 6-month road trip across the US, she was off to a good start with 80 different stores carrying Feya Candles and has since set her goal to feed 1 million people by partnering with Kids Against Hunger.

     

    Crate of Good featured Feya Candle in our Spring 2019 box.

     

    Links:

    Feya Candle: https://feyacandle.com/

    Kids Against Hunger: https://kidsagainsthunger.com/

    Food Aid Foundation: https://foodaidfoundation.com/

    CoG Episode Page: https://crateofgood.com/podcast/sosi-ep3/

    CoG Spring 2019 Box: https://crateofgood.com/past-boxes/q2-2019/

     

    Will McCoy, CEO of No Bully

    Will McCoy, CEO of No Bully

    In this episode we chat with Will McCoy, CEO of No Bully, about how being bullied at a young age and a kind encounter with a stranger inspired him to serve in an organization that provides bullying prevention programs around the world.

     

    Will was born with a genetic disorder which affected his bones. He was assigned nicknames and bullied by his peers. But a kind gesture from a friend changed his whole perspective. His whole life, Will struggled with being judged for this one aspect of his character but it taught him a very valuable lesson: you’re never given more than you can handle. He learned to be stronger than those that were teasing him and to help those that were struggling.

     

    Will made this his life’s work. He went on to specialize in working with at-risk populations of students, and those that were marginalized and left out. He connected on a deeper level with those students because he experienced that himself.

     

    Despite middle school being one of the worst experiences for him, Will went on to become a teacher. But not just any teacher, he went back to middle school. He saw how passionate and smart and eager middle school children were, and also how they struggled. Struggled to find their identity. So he said, ‘give me the kids that are struggling, the kids that are having the hardest time because they need us the most.’

     

    How Can I Help More Kids?

    His motto is always ‘how can I help more kids?’ so it’s fitting that he went on to become an assistant principal. In order for him to help more kids he had to look at the whole school, not just the classroom. But he didn’t stop there. He wanted to help on a much broader scale so he soon went on to become a district superintendent. At this level he was able to turn whole schools and whole districts around.

     

    That’s when the opportunity to work for No Bully as a consultant came about. He was asked to write a job description for the VP of Education. He wrote that description and when he handed it to the founder, Nicholas Carlylesaid, he said, ‘I would apply for this job’. They obviously thought that was a great idea and offered him the position.

     

    Will came on full time for No Bully in July of last year and was offered the CEO position in the fall. In part because of the amazing work Will has done for the company, No Bully is able to help a quarter of a million kids. They work with amazing sponsors and Will is going to the Philippines at the end of the month to talk about a whole country distribution model with the Philippine government. Will’s whole outlook on being bullied some 40 year ago is that he is going to multiply the positive impact, reverberate that back into the universe a little bit and help whole countries worth of kids that are struggling.

     

    One in Three Kids is Bullied

    One in three kids is bullied and if the World Health Organization were looking at this at a physical level, they would call it an epidemic. This is unacceptable and completely unnecessary, and it’s what drives Will and everyone at the No Bully office to go out and help these kids. Will says (14:00) ‘There is not a reason for kids to be bullied. We need to do better. We need to show compassion. We need to show empathy. We need to step up and say, just because people believe this is part of growing up doesn't mean it has to be.’

     

    But with this digital world we live in, cyber bullying is the newest hurdle on Will’s plate. So he is focusing on trying to find a way to eradicate cyber bullying. Nich asks Will (16:03)

     

    ‘What are the commonalities between both adolescents and adults in bullying and what are some of the differences?’ Will goes on to explain how many children are being raised without people leaning in on morals and values and ethics, which is setting them up for failure.

     

    Will then goes on to say (17:00) ‘We're seeing on a broad scale in our nation right now, gun violence, mass shootings. There's a lot of conversation that has been missing here. How, how can a young person get to the point where they believe within their character that harming others on a massive scale is, okay. There's absence of guidance (17:28) somewhere in that conversation.’

     

    That really resonated with us and with Will. He realized that a lot of young parents are turning to YouTube instead of family members for guidance on raising children. This realization gave him the idea to look into starting their own No Bully YouTube channel. No Bully wants to get in front of these parents to help them find good messaging and good opportunities for discussion with their child.

     

    Partnership with Burger King

    One of the ways they are doing this now is through one of their partners, Burger King. On every tray liner in 83 countries there will be tips on how to start these discussions with your children. What better way to sit down as a family and talk about bullying than over a Big Mac and fries.

     

    On of their biggest international campaigns right now is called Power of Zero and it’s about raising kids in the connected world. Our children are introduced to things like Facebook from the moment they are born and that interaction with the online world is something most of us never experienced until we were much older. So an intentional shift in the way we raise our children needs to happen, and that is what the campaign is all about.

     

    Take a step back to when Will was a district superintendent. He wasn’t concerned as much with test scores and measuring kids success through numbers. He wanted to focus more on how the kids were doing emotionally, and asking questions like how are you feeling, what can we do to help, and then how can we measure that so that we can respond appropriately. It’s less about the test scores and more about assessing the whole school climate and culture.

    Nicholas goes on to ask Will a very important question about how if you were to be that little voice inside an adolescents head, what would you say? Will responds with, ‘you’re going to be okay, kid.’ Middle school is tough and we need to be that voice of positivity for these kids and let them know there are people here who you can come to for help.

     

    Will then goes on to tell us about a time in his life when someone said something so kind and encouraging to him, at a time when he was feeling vulnerable, and how he now carries that kindness with him throughout his life. (26:02) ‘I remember one person taking 3 minutes, 3 seconds of their time to be thoughtful with me when I needed it most. Every one of us has five seconds in their day to add that kindness to someone else's world. And again, you don't know how far it'll carry.’

     

    The No Bully Team

    The team at No Bully are amazing people and they work every day to change lives. Their comprehensive school programs are able to reduce bullying by 90%. That’s absolutely incredible. They have some incredible sponsors backing them as well. ESPN Major League Baseball and the X Games are a huge part of their Shred Hate Campaign, which is helping them bring awareness to their work on a global scale.

     

    Will’s one fear is complacency. He always wants to stay hungry. He’s the guy who says I don’t want 200 schools, I want 2,000. Will is incredibly driven and passionate about his work and No Bully. And it shows.

     

    We loved having Will on to chat, and learning all about his life and work. We thoroughly enjoyed talking with him and we hope you enjoyed listening too!

    The Science of Social Impact

    The Science of Social Impact

    What is the Science of Social Impact?

    A podcast designed to educate and inspire you to make social impact a key ingredient in your life.

     

    Who's it for?

    A business professional looking to bring social impact into their office, an entrepreneur wanting to start a social impact business, or just someone who loves to make the world better and hear stories of others doing the same.

     

    Why?

    We believe we can make the world better through social impact, and it’s our mission to share the stories, tips, and news telling you all about it.

     

    Types of Social Impact Content

    We’ll be bringing content to you in three different formats:

    1. Interviews - with the founders, CEOs and amazing people working within social impact companies, both in the for-profit and non-profit sectors.
    2. Deep Dives - into social impact buzzwords and topics to educate us all on the important topics with the hope to provide us with conversational knowledge of the terms.
    3. Roundups - pulling in the week’s most important social impact news and delivering it to you in a bite-sized format.

     

    Crate of Good:

    https://crateofgood.com/

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