Mike Rowe Instagram – A lot of you have asked me when @returningthefavorshow will be back and why it went away in the first place. I wish I knew. Until then, I’ve put together a series of short videos with my friends at @standtogether that I think you might enjoy. Each video features a modern-day bloody-do-gooder determined to solve a serious problem with a bottom-up solution. What exactly is a bottom-up solution? It’s a solution that starts with one person, determined to make a difference. In this case, that person is a chef named Chad Houser. Chad runs a five-star restaurant @cafemomentum that’s not much different than any other five-star restaurant, except for the fact that it’s operated almost entirely by a bunch of teenagers who have been in and out of juvenile detention for most of their young lives. As you might have noticed, our juvenile justice system is badly broken. Young criminals have an uncanny way of becoming old criminals, and Chad wants to break the pattern that leads so many kids to a life of chronic incarceration.
Why he took it upon himself to risk everything he’d worked so hard to build was the reason I invited him on my podcast, and what he achieved as the result of that gamble is the reason I made this video. I’m tempted to call it a “Christmas Miracle,” except the miracle has been happening year-round in Dallas since 2015, when Café Momentum first opened. Today, Chad’s customers are still delighted with the service, the food is better than ever, and Café Momentum is the toast of Dallas. You kind of have to see it to believe it, which is why I’m asking you to watch this short video. Chad wants to bring a Café Momentum to every major city, and I’d like to help him. If you’d like to help us, please share it far and wide. And if you want to take a closer look at this particular Christmas miracle.
To donate to Café Momentum – https://bit.ly/3RxFNSb | Posted on 21/Dec/2023 22:34:52
