{"id":30062,"date":"2018-04-20T14:09:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T18:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=30062"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:27:52","slug":"baosquared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/baosquared","title":{"rendered":"This organization sends used clothing to kids in rural China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick Lim understands firsthand the life-changing power of a pair of pants.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing up in a humble household in Singapore, Lim loved singing but was unable to participate in school concerts because he didn\u2019t have the right clothes. When he was 10 years old, his choir teacher asked him to meet her after school. They visited a shop where she purchased him a pair of slacks and a crisp white shirt.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recalling that moment more than three decades later, Lim says his teacher\u2019s generosity \u201callowed me to express myself onstage and develop self-respect.\u201d It was occasional moments like this throughout his life, he says, that restored his faith in humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen you grow up poor in a dysfunctional family, you think the world is cruel,\u201d he says. \u201cYou grow up thinking, \u2018Why is the world so unfair?\u2019 Every once in a while someone helped me though they had no obligation to, and that made me look at the world with a different perspective.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lim says those acts of kindness helped him stay on track at school and succeed as an investment banker. But as he excelled in his career, he began to question his life\u2019s value.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-30064\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/04\/Nick-Lim-of-baosquared-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"WeWork Shanghai\" class=\"wp-image-34982\"\/><figcaption>At the Shanghai Creator Awards, Nick Lim accepts his prize from WeWork founder Adam Neumann.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt the end of the day, we only live once,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat am I put on this world for? Definitely not to make as much money as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five years ago he started<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/baosquared.com\/introduction\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">baosquared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an organization that collects used clothing and other items and sends it to needy children in rural China. It also partners with brands like Vans to make sure their surplus merchandise doesn\u2019t go into incinerators or landfills. So far it has helped 4,596 children.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf people could help me the way they did and push me in the right direction,\u201d he asks, \u201cwhy couldn\u2019t I do it for someone else?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The organization takes care to distribute only clothing that is not torn, stained, or otherwise damaged.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou don\u2019t want to give children something that makes them feel devalued,\u201d he says. \u201cIf you give them something nice, it makes them feel loved. Checking a piece of clothing takes an extra 20 seconds, but makes a huge difference. If they grow up to be kind, generous, and loving, then we have a better chance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same person who wore his first formal suit to perform with his school choir took the stage in front of hundreds of people at the Shanghai Creator Awards to receive the WeWork Community Giver award. The event celebrates and provides funding to innovators and entrepreneurs who are making an impact on their communities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s great to know there is an organization out there like WeWork looking for guys like us and shows its appreciation to little guys doing what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lim feels that he\u2019s helping to change the world one child at a time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen I visit the children, they try to show their appreciation,\u201d Lim says. \u201cI say to them: \u2018What I would like you to do instead of thanking me is to someday when you are in the position to help someone, pay it forward.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Lim says that people helping him out when he was a child inspired him to start 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