Nutshell: Caitlin Crosby was inspired by the Invisible Children documentary to start her own project for social change. She had an idea to take old keys, engrave them with words (think: love, strength), put them on chains & make them into necklaces.

She had came up with her idea for The Giving Keys, but she wanted it to be more than a necklace.  In her Huffington Post article she writes, “Not long after making that decision I attended a screening of the documentary Invisible Children about child soldiers in Uganda. It was held at Ecclesia Church on Hollywood Boulevard and after it was over I walked out of the main building and into the rain. My face was red and puffy from crying. But at the same time, I was on fire. I wanted to change the world, wanted to help. Right there, right then. I was bursting with passion for humanity. Every person I passed on Hollywood Boulevard had a story I wanted to know.”

So she employed homeless people to help her make them and they began to sell like hotcakes. They are being sold at Fred Segal as well as 40 other stores around the country.  True. Story.

Moral: If you feel inspired to make a difference, act on it.  If you have old keys, think of a way to have Fred Segal sell them for you.  If you are looking for inspiration, watch an Invisible Children documentary and jumpstart your dream.

Read Caitlin Crosby’s whole story.

-Krista