It began with conversation. Scott, a busy dad looking to do
good, wondered out loud, “Is there a way we can help people and make a big impact? But, like on schedule, ‘cause we’re super-busy. You know?” Ali, his wife answered helpfully, “Let’s figure it out.” At that moment, Once Upon a Dime was born.

Scott and Ali, amid raising two kids and working multiple
jobs had the opposite of time. But like the rest of us, both care about helping folks. Scott began at age 12 as a camp counselor, later evolved into an educator, a baseball coach and eventually ran an innovative group of child development centers across Southern California. Helping is in his DNA. But, even with a long career devoted to helping, he knew one person can only accomplish so much. Undaunted, Scott took inspiration from the ripples that spread out from a pebble dropped into water. He knew the actions of an individual can have far-reaching effects. But imagine a million pebbles, or even a billion. The community of Once Upon A Dime is standing up together and saying, “let’s do this.”