Trikle Trade

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, Briti...

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 f...