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>>> WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. DO GOODER MIKE ROWE TRAVEL THE
COUNTRY WITH HIS SHOW,
RETURNING THE FAVOR, SURPRISING
NONPROFITS WITH A HELPING HAND.
HIS LATEST CHOICE, AN
ORGANIZATION CALLED TRAIL YOUTH
WORKS WITH TEENAGERS AND YOUNG
ADULTS IN SNOQUALMIE VALLEY.
WE WELCOME KRISTEN ZURAY AND
ONE OF HER PARENTS TONYA GUINN,
THIS IS SUCH A COOL STORE.
KRISTEN, YOU'RE THE FOUNDER OF
TRAIL YOUTH, WHAT IS YOUR
MISSION?
MISSION?
MISSION? >> OUR MISSION IS TO POUR VALUE
AND PURPOSE INTO TEENAGERS
BECAUSE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY
THEY HAVE LOST THAT VALUE.
AND OFTENTIMES THEY MIGHT BE,
YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING WITH
BULLYING, PRESSURES FROM
SCHOOL, ACADEMIC PRESSURES,
THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN THEY
LOSE THEIR SENSE OF PURPOSE,
THEIR SENSE OF WHO ARE THEY,
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. >> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. HOW DO YOU ENGAGE THEM?
>> WELL, WE GO OUT TO THE
TRAILS, OFTEN WHERE THEY HANG
OUT AND WE BRING COFFEE AND
DOUGHNUTS TO THEM, AND HAVING A
HOT CUP OF COFFEE SEEMS TO
RELAX THEM.
RELAX THEM. >> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. NOBODY'S GOING TO TURN AWAY A
CUP OF COFFEE.
>> ESPECIALLY IF WE TRY TO MAKE
IT REALLY SPECIAL SO THAT WAY
THEY CAN CHOOSE IF THEY WANT A
MOCHA OR, YOU KNOW, A MACCHIATO
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE'LL BRING IT RIGHT DOWN TO
THE TRAIL AND POP THE HOOD OF
OUR TRUCK UP AND PUMP AWAY.
AND GIVE THEM THE COFFEE.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO START
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> WELL, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO,
A TEENAGER ACCIDENTALLY WENT
DOWN TO ONE OF THE TRAILS IN
ISSAQUAH AND THEY SAID KRISTEN
AND I TOLD MY HUSBAND THIS TOO,
YOU NEED TO COME DOWN AND SEE
WHAT I'M SEEING HERE, AND AT
THAT TIME, IT WAS A LOT OF 20
TO 25-YEAR-OLDS, BUT THEY WERE
DOING DRUGS.
DOING DRUGS. THEY WERE HOMELESS.
THERE WAS PROSTITUTION GOING
ON.
ON.
ON. AND
ON. AND I
ON. AND I JUST THOUGHT, THERE'S
JUST NO WAY.
THEY'RE TOO YOUNG TO BE
THROWING THEIR LIFE AWAY.
THEY'RE TOO YOUNG TO GIVE UP,
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
NOTICED ON A BENCH WAS CARVED
THE WORD WORTHLESS.
AND THEN ON A TREE SOCIETY'S
TRASH.
TRASH.
TRASH. >>
TRASH. >> AND YOU KNEW THAT'S HOW THEY
WERE FEELING ABOUT THEMSELVES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. THAT'S HOW THEY VIEWED
THEMSELVES, AND I THOUGHT, NO,
YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T GOING TO
HAPPEN, AND MY HUSBAND AND I WE
STARTED BRINGING THE COFFEE
DOWN AND DOUGHNUTS AND SAT
UNDER THE TREE WITH THEM IN THE
RAIN AND HEARD THEIR STORIES
AND TALKED TO THEM, AND THEN
WHEN THEY STARTED WARMING UP
AND THAT TRUST WAS BUILDING,
THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK
TO THEM ABOUT REHAB CENTERS OR
DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AND
TRYING TO CONNECT WITH THEM,
AND THEN IT JUST GREW FROM
THAT, AND THEN WE ENDED UP
COMING OUT TO SNOQUALMIE, AND
THAT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT
DYNAMIC, AND THE TEENAGERS THAT
WE REACH IN SNOQUALMIE ARE
ACTUALLY AGES 13 TO 19 AND
THEIR SITUATIONS ARE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT, AND SO WE HELP
THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT, WHETHER
THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH
ANXIETY, BULLYING, THOUGHTS OF
SUICIDE.
SUICIDE.
SUICIDE. I KNOW OUR VALLEY HAS THE
HIGHEST SUICIDE RATE IN KING
COUNTY.
COUNTY.
COUNTY. >> I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
>> YES, AND SO AGAIN, NO, NOT
IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT.
ABOUT THAT. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> SO TONYA TELL ME HOW MIKE
ROWE LEARNED ABOUT THIS MISSION
AND WHAT IT WAS YOU GUYS NEEDED
HELP WITH.
HELP WITH. >> WELL, IT'S BEEN A CRAZY FEW
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. >> I CAN ONLY IMAGINE.
WE ACTUALLY, WE GOT A GRANT
FROM KING COUNTY BEST STARTS
FOR KIDS AND THAT ENABLED US TO
GET A KEY TO OUR BUILDING,
WHICH USED TO BE A BARBERSHOP.
>> AND WHERE IS IT?
>> IT'S IN NORTH BEND, RIGHT
NEXT TO SCOTT'S DAIRY FREEZE,
RIGHT OFF THE MAIN STRIP THERE,
AND WE LITERALLY GOT THE KEY ON
WEDNESDAY, THAT FOLLOWING
MONDAY, THE SHOW CONTACTED OUR
CONTRACTOR.
CONTRACTOR. WE THOUGHT WE WERE PART OF LIKE
A START UP DOCUMENTARY SO WE
WERE KIND OF LEERY LIKE, I
DON'T KNOW.
DON'T KNOW. >> BUT YOU ARE TRYING TO TURN
THIS BUILDING INTO A PLACE FOR
THE KIDS TO COME, SO YOU GET
THIS WEIRD CALL, YOU'RE NOT
SURE WHAT'S UP, HOW DO YOU FIND
OUT WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON, AND
SHE'S KEPT IN THE DARK, RIGHT?
>> SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING.
OUR CONTRACTOR IS LIKE TONYA,
THIS IS NOT A SCAM.
THIS IS MIKE ROWE, SO OVER THE
NEXT THREE DAYS, I WENT FROM
NOT BEING FOR IT TO BEING
TOTALLY FOR IT, AND YEAH, OVER
THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE
BASICALLY REMODELED THE PLACE.
>> HOW DID YOU KEEP IT A SECRET
FROM HER IN.
>> LONG HOURS.
SO WE WERE IN MEETINGS AND IN
TRAINING, SO EARLY MORNINGS, WE
WERE THERE, WE WOULD SPEAK.
SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS MOLD.
WE TOLD HER THERE WAS LIKE
REALLY BAD MOLD.
>> PUT UP PAPER OVER THE
WINDOWS, AND YOU THOUGHT THIS
WAS GOING TO TAKE HOW LONG TO
GET THIS BUILT?
>> PROBABLY A YEAR.
I EVEN PUT THE PAPER ON THE
WINDOWS.
WINDOWS.
WINDOWS. THEY MADE ME A PART OF IT
WITHOUT ME EVEN KNOWING IT.
>> MEANTIME, THEY'RE IN THERE
WORKING AWAY, AND HERE'S A CLIP
OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU GET
THE SURPRISE OF PROBABLY YOUR
LIFETIME, RIGHT?
LIFETIME, RIGHT? >> OH, YES.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> IF YOU STAND HERE AND I SAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> OH, CRAP, LET'S GET IT OVER
WITH, TRUST ME.
SO WE'RE NOT MAKING A
DOCUMENTARY, YOU'RE ON A SHOW
ON FACEBOOK CALLED RETURNING
THE FAVOR.
THE FAVOR. WE GO ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
LOOKING FOR BLOODY DO GOODERS,
PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS IMPORTANT.
YOUR VISION FOR THIS PLACE IS
FANTASTIC BUT IT'S SIMPLY
UNACCEPTABLE THAT IT'S GOING TO
TAKE A YEAR, SO WE CALLED YOUR
PAL BRIAN, BRIAN, YOU LUNATIC.
BRIAN HAS BEEN LYING TO YOU AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. THE
WELL. THE WHOLE MOLD THING WAS
NONSENSE.
NONSENSE.
NONSENSE. ALL OF THAT WAS MADE UP.
OH, MY GOODNESS.
HE HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND THE
CLOCK, YOUR FRIENDS ARE IN
HERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE WI-
FI, THERE'S AN ESPRESSO
MACHINE, THERE'S A PYRAMID OF
DOUGHNUTS FOR GOSH SAKES.
7-GRAMS IS PROVIDING SIX MONTHS
OF COFFEE AT NO CHARGE.
>> WE SENT CAMERAS BACK A FEW
WEEKS LATER, SO YOU CAN SEE THE
TRAIL YOUTH DOING EXACTLY WHAT
KRISTEN IMAGINED A YEAR
EARLIER.
EARLIER.
EARLIER. >> THAT'S JUST INCREDIBLE, CAN
YOU EVEN DESCRIBE THAT MOMENT?
>> I WAS IN SO MUCH SHOCK THAT
I COULDN'T REALLY EVEN REMEMBER
AFTERWARDS, LIKE FOR MONTHS, I
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PIECE IT
TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY
JUST TOLD ME YESTERDAY THAT I
ACTUALLY SPOKE.
ACTUALLY SPOKE. >> AND YOU COULD SEE THAT YOU
DID.
DID.
DID. >>
DID. >> I
DID. >> I DID, WHAT DID I SAY?
YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, MIKE
ROWE, YOU KNOW, I JUST TOTALLY
SPACED OUT AND ALL I COULD
FOCUS ON WAS WHY IS THERE A
COFFEE BAR THERE AND WHY ARE
THERE TWO TEENS.
I DIDN'T TRAIN THEM YET, AND
THEY'RE MAKING COFFEE, WHAT'S
GOING ON.
GOING ON.
GOING ON. >> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> WHAT WAS THIS LIKE FOR YOU,
YOU KNEW THIS WAS COMING BUT TO
HAVE IT HAPPEN IN TWO WEEKS TO
LOOK LIKE THAT AND TO BE ABLE
TO HELP KIDS SO MUCH SOONER
THAN YOU THOUGHT?
>> IT WAS SUCH AN OVERWHELMING
EXPERIENCE, HOW THE COMMUNITY
CAME TOGETHER BECAUSE THE
RETURNING THE FAVOR SHOW DID DO
A LOT OF REMODELING, BUT THE
COMMUNITY EQUALLY MATCHED BY
DONATING EVERYTHING FROM PAINT
TO CABINETS I MEAN, IT WAS A
SERIOUS COMMUNITY EFFORT.
>> PEOPLE CAN BE SO GOOD.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE LEFT TO DO?
>> WELL, WE JUST HAVE OUR DREAM
IS TO SOMEDAY TO GET A FOOD
TRUCK AND THAT'S OUR NEXT
MISSION IS TO GET A FOOD TRUCK
TO BE ABLE TO GO INTO THE NEXT
TOWN WHERE WE HEAR OF SOME MORE
TRAILS THAT NEED OUR HELP, AND
SO WE WANT TO JUST KEEP
REPRODUCING, REPRODUCING.
REPRODUCING, REPRODUCING. OTHER THINGS THAT ARE LEFT THAT
WE'RE WORKING ON IS DEVELOPING
OUR COFFEE BLEND BECAUSE WE
WANT TO GIVE THE VALUE, AND WE
WANT TO RETURN THE FAVOR TO
EVERYONE AND SO WE HAVE
DEVELOPED A COFFEE BLEND THAT
WILL HAVE AFFIRMATIONS THAT
PEOPLE CAN BUY AND PASS ON THE
AFFIRMATION TO OTHERS TO PUT
VALUE ON THEM.
>> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
>> IT'S FOR SALE ON AMAZON.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. WE'LL PUT THAT LINK ON THE WEB
SITE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE
DOING, AND FOR SHARING THAT
AMAZING SURPRISE AND IT DOES
YOUR HEART GOOD TO WATCH THAT,
SO WE, IN FACT, HAVE LINKED THE
ENTIRE EPISODE OF MIKE ROWE'S
RETURNING THE FAVOR, FEATURING
THE TRAIL YOUTH ON NEW DAY'S
FACEBOOK PAGE.
FACEBOOK PAGE. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
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