How to find your passion and live your purpose

6 Feb 2026 · 2 min

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In this excerpt from Shellee Howard's YouTube video, a diverse group of volunteers from across the United States introduces themselves and outlines their collaborative community project, "Empower Education." The team, led by Neela Rubin and Rex Shredgold, reports that they have met their $7,500 fundraising target and have distributed over 300 medically‑focused booklets they authored and illustrated. Their initiatives include sewing menstrual pads and creating educational materials to keep young girls in school, as well as raising funds to purchase comprehensive soccer equipment for children in Uganda. The speakers express a shared vision to expand the project globally, emphasizing a future where no girl must choose between health and education and where Ugandan kids receive more than just sports gear. The tone throughout is enthusiastic and hopeful, highlighting both current achievements and ambitious plans for scaling impact.

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We have, uh, some friends from the United States of America. This is a special group because they are all over spread America. We have people in California, New York. They are spread I'm Layla.
I'm Henry Nielsen Kapsch.
My name is Neela Rubin.
My name is Rex Shredgold.
I have led my group to have reached our fundraising goal of $7,500 US dollars, and this year we have sent over 300 copies of our different medical-related booklets, which are all written and illustrated by our committee.
What our group's goal for this project was, was to raise funds in order to buy all of the soccer equipment that they could ever need to play safely and happily.
Countless young female students face challenges attending school regularly because they lack access to menstrual products. Each pad we sew, each educational booklet we make, and each fundraising effort we undertake is a step towards restoring not only their hope, but my hope for an empowered future. You want to read and what? Write.
Read and what? Write. Write. But this is the beginning.
In the future, I hope to expand our project to the greatest magnitude it can possibly be.
Together, we can create a world where no girl has to choose between her health and her education.
I hope that in the future, I can help these kids in Uganda with more than just soccer.
I hope to be able to spread Empower Education all over the world.