"The Possible Project was born out of an idea that came to us more than 30 years ago, while we were living in San Francisco. Each day we were overcome with the number of disengaged young people who were living on the streets, seemingly without direction."

Our mission may be big, but it certainly has started small. We have focused the improving people's everyday health and lifestyle choices. Why?

Mike Del Ponte raised a stunning $150,000 on Kickstarter to fund Soma: elegant water pitchers with all-natural, compostable filters. Then Mike made Soma even cooler. He announced that a portion of his company's proceeds would go to providing fresh water to people around the world.

A self-described "Ghanadian-American dreamer" whose parents hail from Ghana, was born in Canada, and grew up from age five in the U.S., Joy is a powerful example of what one can accomplish with a can-do attitude and enduring commitment to making the world a better place.

For years, I was a perfect example of your typical over-achieving undergrad. Finance major. Investment Banker-to-be. I was driven, capable, and determined to be the best. And I was damn proud of it. Sound familiar?

Millennials operate inside a networked ecosystem of ideas and people, resulting in deeper passion for solutions and consequential breadth of impact. Look at some cases, and you'll see how on their own, they're great, but collectively, the impact is incredible.