What started as a birthday wish for a five-year-old has turned into a life mission.

For nearly a decade, through his nonprofit “Trent Cares,” 14-year-old Trent Cason and his family – even his basketball teammates – have made and distributed over 5,000 meals (that’s a lot of sandwiches!), blankets and much-needed supplies to housing and food insecure people in his Arizona community. Trent says it “feels great…to bring joy” to the hearts of those they help.

His goal? To give people “hope and the spirit to keep going every day.” See Trent in action!

(Photo/Melissa Cason GoFundMe)