‘Kindness Is Cool’ Creativity Award Winner of $10,000 - Sam Coggin at NYC Times Square

Okay guys, we are here for the final, the top prize, we have a $10,000 check I have here with me, Leanna Stevenson, who is the Director of the Manhattan Center for Veterans Affairs here in New York City, and we are going to welcome Sam Coggin and his family. Come up here Sam, who is our top prize winner, so, hey guys. So alright, so we're going to, let's pass, let's give you the check, so that is for you. Thank you so much. You're very welcome. And Sam, first of all, well, did you want, I know you wanted to wish him congratulations, so why don't you say a few words first, Leanna. Okay, so I have it all out so I don't get off-tangent here. So I just want to say congratulations to the winner of the Top Ganji World Kindness Award in the event here in Times Square. In today's troubled world, promoting kindness is crucial and a very powerful antidote. So kindness is characterized by compassion, empathy, and the potential to heal division and foster unity amongst individuals. It fosters empathy and understanding, encouragement, recognition for the struggles faced by disabled veterans and first responders leading greater support and tailored resources for their unique needs. Thank you so much for being kind. And okay, so obviously there's a little bit of a connection here because you're from the Veterans Center and the video you made was about obviously like injured veterans and a gym that, well, why don't you tell it because you're going to explain it better than me. So give us a little bit of a description. So Adaptive Training Foundation was made by David Bobora, who is a retired NFL player. And it's basically a gym for people that have missing limbs, like amputees, people in the army, and then anyone with missing limbs. And it's like a really, really great place, really happy, really feels really, really good. And it's a charity, right? It is a charity. It's completely non-profit. Yeah. It's completely non-profit. So he doesn't take any cut from it. And what made you want to make the video? Well, I think what David is doing is like really, really, really cool. So whenever I was like reading through the Kindness Awards, I was like, I saw the Adaptive Training Foundation. I was like, oh, I have to do that one for the Kindness Awards. So yeah. That's cool. So we've also got the, so in addition to the check, we have the certificate for you. Awesome. Okay. You can grab that. Cool. Okay. Thank you. And your dad is here accepting the other certificate on behalf of the Adaptive Training Foundation. Awesome. Did you want to say a few words about that? Oh, sure. Yeah. The things that the Adaptive Training Foundation is doing in Dallas is, it's pretty life-changing to go into that facility and then have adaptive training equipment for people who are looking for purpose. It's one of the most encouraging things we've seen. It was a no-brainer for Sam to highlight them in terms of what they're doing. The Kindness is a cool tag. It just makes perfect sense to do the Adaptive Training Foundation. So we're honored that we get to be here representing them. Yeah. Cool. Well, thank you so much, guys. And let's just, we'll take a few photos now. So let's, first in the middle.