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  TrikleTrade believes in the values of community, giving, empowerment through giving, connection, and connection through simple acts of kindness. Through our Pay it Forward Movement we encourage people who have joined our vision to act with kindness and pay forward each act of kindness when possible to another TrikleTrade community member. Although there is an annual Pay it Forward Day and similarly #Giving Tuesday , we believe every day is an opportunity to #give and celebrate Pay it Forward Day . Please read below to learn about Giving Tuesday and how you can participate in your community or on TrikleTrade.com . (Source: Giving Tuesday | November 27, 2018 ) Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. Since its inaugural year in 2012, #GivingTuesday has become a movement that

One of TrikleTrade’s best  pay it forward stories  were initiated by children. In 2012, a nonprofit for girls called The Girls Way posted a pay it forward request on the TrikleTrade platform for a computer. Another anonymous TrikleTrade member responded to their post by donating a laptop a week later. How did the girls from the after-school program repay their donor? By  paying it forward  to another nonprofit, Watsons Children Shelter. The shelter needed blankets for the children entering their program. Blankets at Watsons are the first item of comfort a child receives when they enter their doors and it’s the only item they take with them once they are placed in good homes. The hope is to give the children something warm, loving, and stable. Immediately the kids from the Girls Way hand-make blankets for the children. A few weeks later over 10 blankets were donated to Watsons. These girls proved, it doesn’t matter how old you are, how much you have, how much t

Read the original story at HuffPost: http://bit.ly/2EJNRsS Daniel Sadler is a tow truck driver who works at All Over Towing in Kernersville, North Carolina. The idea to give back to homeless community members of Kernersville came to him one evening after watching the news. The weather was predicted to drop to 10 degrees that night. Sadler immediately thought about what would be needed if he were in a similar situation and without shelter. His solution: use his tips from towing each day and buy items to protect homeless community members from the cold. With forty dollars in tips Sadler started his mission, buying gloves, hats, scarves, water, and other items he thought might be needed. Sadler sets up shop in the back of his tow truck. He parks in neighborhoods in Kernersville where homeless community members live. With gratitude, people grab what they need from his box of supplies: blankets, socks, mittens, or whatever he is able to purchase that day from tips. S

A socially responsible company embraces the overall social good of their community instead of solely focusing on maximum profits. A company with a social mission has an intent to create healthy environments by giving back in a way that compliments their business. Jack Reed Barber Shop in Brisbane, Australia, a mobile barber shop, owned and operated by Teresa Reed and Danielle Hannah, is an excellent example of a social and responsible company with a mission to give back 1,000 free haircuts to the homeless in their community by the end of the year. In regards to supporting her community Reed says “It’s really important I think for us in terms of making sure that people get that opportunity no matter who [they] are to kind of take 10, 15, 20 minutes out of [their] life to sit down, relax in a kind of authentic environment where [they’re] just like everyone else and when [they] walk out [they] feel a bit better about [themselves].” Herman, who is one of 4,300 homeless

As an at-risk youth, Joe Roberts the CEO of Mind ware Design, began his journey as a homeless 19 year-old pushing a shopping cart around on the streets, collecting bottles to pay for his drug dependency. Although Roberts was struggling, he committed to changing his life. He eventually attended college and became a successful businessman, which put him on the cover of MacLean’s magazine, a popular Canadian magazine reporting on politics, pop culture, and current events. Despite his success he never forgot where he started. “I made a promise on a street corner 25 years ago that if I ever got a second chance at life, I would pay it forward,” Roberts said. In 2016 Roberts started The Push for Change, a 17-month trek across Canada pushing a custom-made shopping cart in hopes of raising money and awareness for at-risk youth, preventing their transition into homelessness. He started May 1 st,  2016 at St. John’s Newfoundland and ended September 29 th , 2017 in Vancouver, British C

A child pays it forward to a soldier Lt. Col. Frank Dailey unexpectedly found himself on the receiving end of an act of kindness from an 8- year-old boy named Myles Eckert after leaving a Cracker Barrel one afternoon. Little Myles spotted a 20-dollar bill on the ground and decided to pay it forward to the soldier. Attached was the following note: "Dear Soldier — my dad was a soldier. He's in heaven now. I found 20 dollars in the parking lot when we got here. We like to pay it forward in my family. It's your lucky day! Thank you for your service. Myles Eckert, a gold star kid." Myles’ father, Army Sgt. Andy Eckert, was killed in Iraq just weeks after Myles was born. Lt. Col. Dailey was so inspired by Myles’ kind act, he shared the story via email which in turn was shared more than half a million times on social. This momentum led Myles to found The Power of 20, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping other charities and families facing o