Our Champion Series is dedicated to building a community where people tell individual stories---from seemingly  different cultures, languages, religions, ethnicities, socioeconomic conditions and life experiences--only to discover and empathize with the universal humanity in each of us. We are looking for community organizations that want to partner with us to provide the power of story in their area. 
 

The Road Home

With an army of volunteer photographers, interviewers, and quilters we partnered with the Road Home homeless shelter in Salt Lake City, UT, to create a custom storybook and quilt for each child living there. Although we did not have a book specifically designed for this need prior to working with the Road Home, we were excited to create a custom book that would meet their needs. For many families these were the only family pictures they've had taken. Click here to see our volunteers in action.

Journeys

The My Story Matters volunteer team took the storybook process on the road to Rigby, Idaho during the summer of 2014. We partnered with the Journeys Developmental Disability Agency to create custom happiness in the lives of close to one hundred of their clients. Through photographs and interviews, we captured the day to day experiences of these inspiring individuals. They were thrilled with the final storybooks, and loved seeing themselves in their very own book.

Refugee Stories

Our team gathered to help bless the lives of several Refugee children who have come to the US seeking refuge from the violence, the fear, and the unknown. Our hearts were touched as we listened to the lessons they had learned already in their short lives. 
Watch this video that shows a little about what these projects are like.
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Meet the Ellinger Family

I had to have tongue reduction surgery. that means they had to cut off part of my tongue. It really hurt. I think being strong means doing something good to help others. I learn to be strong when I do the right things. Going through surgeries has been how I have learned to overcome obstacles. I want to be a cardiologist when I grow but so I can help people like me that have heart defects. ​​

​Meet Connor

Being diagnosed as a young baby, a life with cancer is all he has ever known.  His is a story of comfort knowing that whatever the challenge in life, whether physical or mental, the family can be a place of reliance, support and love.

​Meet Evalette

She was diagnosed with cancer a week before her first birthday, Evalette has become an inspiring example of how to be optimistic, cheerful, and courageous in the face of life's storms. She loves sleeping with her new storybook all about her.