In September of 2016, I was 9 years old and fascinated by technology. The way that typing up words on a laptop could make so many things happen was intriguing to me. During that time, my dad came home and surprised me with a pass to go to Microsoft Ignite, which was being held 30 minutes away from my home. I changed out of my school clothes and rushed into the car. Seeing all of this advanced technology at the expo amazed me! By the end of the day, I had almost 30-40 little trinkets in a tote bag, all of which I had received from the expo. I went home and started playing with these for a couple of minutes and then I stashed them in my closet. Those items started collecting dust and years later, I found these items in my closet on my moving day. I started to wonder; If these items are being wasted, then what else can be made with the money? And that was when the idea for Goodies4Studies came to me.

- Arjun Rajdev

Founder and CEO of Goodies4Studies