Some people survive a hard childhood and spend the rest of their life quietly grateful. Chason Forehand survived his and decided that was not enough.

Chason is the founder of HR-4U, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in New York's Hudson Valley. Through a program called Transformation Kitchen, he takes people who have been pushed to the margins and gives them culinary training, community, and a reason to believe their life is not over. The 12-week program does not just teach people how to cook. It wraps around them. Wellness checks. Family atmosphere. Support that does not disappear when the program ends.

What Chason built is impressive. What makes it worth talking about here, on a show rooted in conscious parenting and bullying prevention, is the story behind it.

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