Have you watched the movie? I haven’t yet, and I’m not going to until I finish reading the book! The concept has become part of our social fabric, and I’m excited to read and discuss this book. “It all started with the social studies teacher’s extra-credit assignment: come up with a plan to change the world for the better, and do it.Twelve-year-old Trevor McKinney began by doing something good for three people. But instead of paying him back, he asked them to ‘pay it forward’ by doing a favor for three more people, who in turn would help three others, and so on, each act a link in a chain of human kindness. And no one – not his teacher, his mom, or anyone in his small California town – could ever have dreamed of how far Trevor’s plan would go….” (from the book jacket)
Come check out a copy of this inspiring book at the front desk, then come and discuss changing the world, one act at a time, on Thursday, August 8 at 6:30 in the Parlor meeting room.