Jeremy Malman Supports Struggling Kids with a Non-Profit that Gives and Gives

Spend just a few minutes talking with Jeremy Malman, and it becomes clear he’s a deeply passionate guy. He admits he gets bored so quickly it’s practically a disorder, and he explains he left a highly competitive Ph.D. program in clinical psychology because his fellow academics didn’t share his “fire” to make things better for at-risk teens.

Today, Jeremey channels his passion to help struggling kids through his non-profit, Worth Motorcycle Company. Staffed by a team of dedicated volunteers, Worth Motorcycles is a 501c3 with a truly heartfelt mission: to build and restore teens’ self-worth as they learn to build and restore vintage bikes.

Nice.

Since this is the month we officially celebrate love, we’ll leave you with this sweet story from Jeremy.

“We bring in the kids you’d never typically see as an ideal work candidate – they’re not enrolled in school, they’ve been in foster care, in juvenile detention. They’ve never succeeded at anything, because they’ve never had the opportunity to succeed.

One of the first kids through our program was named Ronald. He’d been held back twice in school. He lived in a one-bedroom apartment with eight siblings. He was a good kid, but he was struggling. Ronald worked at Worth for about ten months. Since then, he’s graduated from middle school and was accepted into the high school of his choice. Today, he’s still in school. He’s staying out of trouble, and he’s doing his thing.

What we’re doing at Worth – it’s not about the motorcycle. Building a bike is just a means to an end. We’re building the idea you can achieve something by working hard. That’s the real message we’re passing on to these kids.”

Learn more about Jeremy and some of the other awesome business owners who are part of the BACKING YOU campaign:

BACKING YOU: Jeremy Malman Builds Vintage Bikes – and Kids’ Self-Esteem

BACKING YOU: Desiree Wood Is One Real Mother Trucker

BACKING YOU: Salif Keita Says “Oui, Oui” to His Successful, and Generous, Family Business

BACKING YOU: Gopi Shah Creates Gorgeous Ceramics and Community Connections

Before you go

QB Community members, which non-profits do you admire for their altruistic mission? And how do you build “love” into the goals of your business?