Think about the best stories you’ve read, or heard, or watched. The stories that have stuck with you. The stories you return to again and again because they have the power to move you, even if—or maybe especially if—you know them by heart. What ties them together? Maybe you’re into mysteries. Maybe you love love stories. Maybe you can’t resist an underdog overcoming huge challenges, especially when that win isn’t guaranteed, but necessitates an entire community rallying around a common goal.
Grab a seat and a snack, because we’ve got a story that contains every single one of these elements. The best part? You’re the star!
KSMP Director Dr. Kate Hurley was invited to the TEDxMileHigh stage to tell the fascinating, surprising, and victorious origin story of the Million Cat Challenge and how our community came together to save 3.4 million cats and counting.
Whether you know this one by heart or you’ve never heard it before, it’s worth watching and sharing with anyone who needs to be reminded that sometimes what seems impossible is actually, when we all join in, possible.