Mark Evans DM's house burned down when he was 10, and his family lived in a 14-foot camper while it was rebuilt. A grocery store jar collected $700 in donations that kept them going. That experience shaped his lifelong commitment to giving money, time, and introductions to help others.
Knowing that you're making someone's life better because you did some work. So when I was 10 years old, we had a house fire as a kid, right? We lost everything. We lived in a camper, a 14 foot camper out back while my parents refixed it. And I remember the town, the community, they put like a jar at this, the grocery store, and they raised like 700, like strangers. People knew us, but like they didn't have to do that. And that's like a big deal where we come from. So I remember how it gave my mom and dad, like hope. There's hope, People care, People are watching. So I just felt like if I could figure out a way to be really good at something and I, I feel like I have to steward this energy, money, time. Because it's not just money, right? It could be time, could be effort, it could be introductions. So I've always had, like, how do I give? How do I like going to church giving 20. I thought it was a big deal. I was like, I was like showing everyone, like, here's $20 put in the thing. But again, it's like a muscle. It's a journey. And I think people are afraid to experience it because it feels weird giving what you've worked so hard for.
