Add Passion And Stir

Bestselling author and No Kid Hungry supporter John Grisham gives listeners a behind-the-scenes look into how Share Our Strength founders and siblings Billy and Debbie Shore built their successful childhood hunger nonprofit from humble beginnings and a great idea. “In my memory, we knew that we had a really big and powerful idea… we just didn't know the path," explains Debbie. “We also weirdly had a sense that this was going to take a long time to accomplish, that we were going to be committed to it for a long time. That actually took some of the pressure off of those very difficult early years where we didn't honestly have a lot to show for people,“ Billy adds. “I don't think we've ever had a year that felt like the year before. We've always added new initiatives, new ways of raising funds, new programmatic impact efforts, and it's just always felt different and growing,” he continues. From a $2,000 cash advance and a sub-basement office, the Shores persevered to feed millions of hungry kids. "Childhood hung