46. Creating a Movement with Magic Moments with Kylee McGrane
Episode description
🧚♀️ Kylee’s fairytale started in a family deeply involved in the community: a big kid at heart. 02:31
🤡 Hospitals are too sterile for kids so Kyle got an idea to change it: “Oh, you kind of look like Elsa.” 04:04
🤩 Creating a movement: gathering college students who are passionate and driven to serve their communities. 05:36
💚 The driving force behind Kylie that helped her tremendously is family, professors, mentors, volunteers, and friends. 06:38
😇 Asking for help and learning the power of teamwork. 08:04
🆓 Non-profit with no barrier to entry: making services available to families free of charge. 09:21
📈 Growing from grassroots fundraising, charitable, corporation grants to government funding. 11:02
😷 The entire business model was disrupted during COVID: the solution was face timing in costumes with kids that were isolated in hospitals.12:02
💡 Streaming services and new creative solutions created from the pandemic. 13:22
🧑🎓 Magic Moments have branches all over the USA: students are the backbone of the organization. 15:44
🦸♀️ Costume as a vehicle for their mission: impacting volunteers and families with the cutest confidence booster. 17:47
🎯 The goal for A Moment of Magic is to never say no to a family in need: join their team. 20:34
👧 From a personal hobby to a serious organization: Kylie’s realizations in supporting children’s mental health. 22:34
🌸 The power of play and movement in expressing feelings and processing trauma for the youngest children is huge: more volunteers are needed! 26:29
👩💼 Kylee’s experience with She Leads Conference: having the support of women mentors beyond belief. 28:47
🌟 Connect with Kylee: www.amomentofmagic.org
🎙️ Connect with Adrienne: www.sheleadsmedia.com