Last Friday at Savage Smyth, Rule29 founder and Creative Director Justin Ahrens joined us to talk Compassion. Justin shared the story of how “a few knucklehead friends with an idea” grew into Wheels4Water, and how Wheels4Water has evolved and come to raise more than $430,000 and help more than 10,750 people receive safe water, sanitation & hygiene training.

Check out some highlights attendees shared below, and stay tuned for news of this month’s speaker!

Loved today’s talk from the always energetic, heartfelt and inspiring @justinahrens for @chicago_cm’s #compassion theme. #creativemornings pic.twitter.com/K8wK4XoYpY

— Sara Novak (@senovak) September 29, 2017

Great takeaways from today’s @Chicago_CM #NationalCoffeeDay ☕️ Creative Mornings! Thanks @justinahrens! #CMtakeaway pic.twitter.com/vo6XY5wCXD

— Artisan Talent (@ArtisanTalent) September 29, 2017

Passion x Creative = Impact. When your mission is greater than you. An inspiring story about how safe water has been brought to thousands in Uganda, and the design work, strategic planning, fundraising and sweat that got it there. Hats off to @justinahrens @rule29 @wheels4water @chicago_cm #creativemornings #chicago #design #dogood #wheels4water

A post shared by Denise Joseph (@ads_to_art) on Oct 1, 2017 at 6:55am PDT

Ok, maybe it’s puppies + fall light + Creative Mornings… Regardless, anyway you slice it, I’m pretty cheerful today. Thanks @justinahrens for all the work you do. @chicago_cm #cmcompassion

A post shared by @tskcreative on Sep 29, 2017 at 8:08am PDT