{"id":3842,"date":"2014-01-31T13:23:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T21:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/?p=3842"},"modified":"2014-01-31T13:23:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T21:23:11","slug":"budding-philanthropists-meet-adam-chloe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imagine1day.org\/budding-philanthropists-meet-adam-chloe\/","title":{"rendered":"BUDDING PHILANTHROPISTS: MEET ADAM + CHLOE"},"content":{"rendered":"
Adam and Chloe recently welcomed us into their cozy Kitsilano abode, where we chatted with them about life, legacy and making a difference.<\/p>\n
i1d: What was your inspiration to start to give?<\/p>\n
Chloe: My Grandmother Gow always gave back to communities. For me, ultimately as I got older that became more and more important. I saw that it was part of what my family did. We were looking for our way to do it.<\/p>\n
i1d: Why imagine1day?<\/p>\n
Adam: For me when it came time to think about how I was going to give, I started looking at what I could give to and really looked at the other side of it. I had friends working for Save the Children, and they said: don\u2019t ever found your own charity because there\u2019s already work being done by organizations. That caused me to look at what organizations were doing. I got a bit cynical and wanted to ask how I could give my money to where it would give the greatest impact. Was there anywhere where I could give and 100% would go to exactly what I was wanting to give it to. That\u2019s where imagine1day showed up for me.<\/p>\n
Chloe: For me, I knew about imagine1day for a long time and I got really engaged when Creatribution was created. I love (and I\u2019ve said this a million times) that we\u2019re supporting development in Ethiopia, but also development in people, and something awesome that gets to happen in a local community. It\u2019s development everywhere. People get to experience giving in Ethiopia, and also the expansion of their personal leadership. It\u2019s such a progressive way of having people engaged because everyone wins. Everyone gets to develop. It\u2019s so aligned with the work we do in self-development, communication and leadership, and our beliefs and philosophies.<\/p>\n
i1d: You two are quite young in the spectrum of philanthropy. What motivated you to start contributing at such a young age?<\/p>\n
Adam: We have it to give \u2013 that was opportunity number one. We\u2019re fortunate to have the opportunity to do this now. Opportunity number two was us wanting to consolidate our desire to give into an impact that we wanted to make. We decided we wanted to make an impact globally, locally and in some other area that we care about. We\u2019re still trying out how that works. We\u2019re experimenting to see how much more impactful we can be through giving.<\/p>\n