Karma for Cara Microgrants help fund exceptional service projects led by youth 18 and under working to better their communities. Read about our microgrant recipient, Joseph, a 16-year-old who along with three other juniors purchased toys for a local children’s hospital.

1.What inspired you to start Steps for Humanity?

Whenever something unfortunate happened in my community, I would always wish that I could do something to help out the people who had suffered. One day, I had a realization that I could help both my local and global community regardless of my age and time constraints and as a result, I became set on turning my thoughts into actions….

Karma for Cara Microgrants help fund exceptional service projects led by youth 18 and under working to better their communities. Read about our microgrant recipient Matthew, a 14-year-old who founded New Kicks for Kids in January 2015 to provide new shoes for kids living in homeless shelters.

1. What inspired you to start New Kicks for Kids?

I volunteer regularly with my church chamber orchestra by playing music at nursing homes, hospitals and homeless shelters. Once we were playing at a homeless shelter lunch and I saw several people crying….