Don’t Put Your Passion to Bed, Build One | Luke Mickelson | TEDxIdahoFalls

After internally struggling to find his purpose and passion, Luke stumbled across a hidden epidemic affecting millions of children across the globe. He tells us that, "Child Bedlessness may not be a real word, but it’s a real problem." A problem that had no real solution, until now. Luke talks about the tiny moment in which he decided to take action in the face of a problem, and that in determining that "no child would be without a bed in his town," that one single moment would change the lives of thousands - and changed his own life in the process. Luke Mickelson grew up a hardworking farm kid in the small town of Kimberly, Idaho. Luke developed a strong passion to be involved with his community. He played competitive sports his whole life, working with youth programs and coaching his 3 children in various sports. His competitive nature and people skills helped him develop a love for business and working with people. This passion has proven successful for him in his professional career as well as stoked a fire for his true dream of changing the world.

In 2012, with the support of his amazing wife and family, he started the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace. Luke has used the skills he has developed to successfully train over 200 Chapter Presidents on how to manage a successful SHP Chapter in their community.

SHP, which was featured on Returning the Favor with Mike Rowe in early 2018, has since grown into a 200+ chapters, spanning 46 states, and 3 different countries and helps over 28,000 children each year receive their very own beds. Luke has also been featured in national news stories for his charity work and dedication to serving his community. His humans helping humans philosophy has earned him a spot as a CNN Hero Top 10 candidate, an NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt special, and interviews on the NBC’s Today Show, People Magazine, Good Morning America and many others. Luke has a passion for service and he continues to inspire others to act on their own Tiny Moments because he believes that true joy comes from serving others. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx