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A cardboard arcade made by a 9-year-old boy.

A cardboard arcade made by a 9-year-old boy.
So, this blurry photo of President Clinton with the original Caine’s Arcade funpass comes with a funny story I wanted to share. Last week, I was up in Mountainview to give a presentation at the Social Innovation Summit. The summit was amazing, with talks from worldchangers like Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, and Barbara Bush, founder of the Global Health Corps. I was humbled to speak as part of Hunter Walk’s YouTube panel, and shared the story of Caine’s Arcade and the Imagination Foundation. After the presentations, a few of the summit attendees got together for a small dinner at a nice restaurant. Barbara Bush was at the dinner, and being the daughter of a former President, recognized a few of President Clinton’s security detail in the restaurant.

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