Ryder Strong

Lunchbox, I grew up, I used to get one pair of shoes a year every September before school started, okay?

By the time that school year ended, I had holes in them.

As a parent, I want my children to have more than what I had.

Now, it doesn't have to be spoiled, but I strive to give my kids more than what I got, okay?

I didn't get to go to college.

My son's going to college.

My daughters went to college, okay?

So you have to stop being so closed-minded like the last caller said.

You have to understand this in a different way

It's not a luxury.

It's giving that kid who doesn't have that pair of shoes and would love those pair of shoes, hey, there's someone out there that will help us, okay?

And it teaches them to pass it on, okay?

Not to hoard it or give them all.

I'll just ask someone else for money.

No, it's teaching our children, listen, this was a present.

You have to pass this on to someone when you have a chance.

I don't have a lot of money, okay?

I'm a contractor in New York.

I live week to week.

But if there's someone who is down more than I am and I have a couple bucks in my pocket, it's theirs.