It all started when fourteen-year old Hannah Salwen had a "eureka" moment.
She has been volunteering consistently since the fifth grade..
Hannah Salwen is a junior at the Atlanta Girls\' School.
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He serves on the board of Habitat for Humanity and works with the U.
About the Author: Kevin Salwen was a reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal for more than eighteen years.
In the end they learned that they had the Power to change a little corner of the world--and they found themselves changing, too.
What began as an outlandish scheme became a remarkable journey that transported them across the globe and well out of their comfort zone.
As a family, they made the extraordinary Decision to sell their Atlanta mansion, downsize to a house half its size, and give half of the sale price to a worthy charity.
So when Hannah was stopped in her tracks by this glaring disparity, her parents knew they had to act on her urge to do something.
Seeing a homeless man in her neighborhood at the precise second a glistening Mercedes coupe pulled up, she said "You know, Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal."Until that day, the Salwens had been caught up like so many of us in the classic American dream--providing a good life for their children, accumulating more and more stuff, doing their part but not really feeling it.
It all started when fourteen-year old Hannah Salwen had a "eureka" moment
