Every Dollar Has a Story: Brothers Gives Back and The Butterfly Effect
What if a single decision, one small, deliberate act of kindness, could change the trajectory of someone’s life? That’s not a feel-good theory. According to Andy Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters, it’s simply the way the world works.
Andrews writes:
“Every single thing you do matters. You have been created as one of a kind. You have been created in order to make a difference. You have within you the power to change the world.”
It’s a humbling and energizing idea, that no act of goodness is too small to matter, and that every person, and every business, has a role to play.
That idea is at the heart of everything we do with Brothers Gives Back.
Where It Started
Brothers Plumbing, Heating & Electric was founded in Denver in 1980 as a family-operated c
ompany built on a simple belief, that taking care of people is the most important thing a business can do. Over four decades, that belief grew into something bigger than service calls and repair estimates. It became a commitment to the community that has trusted us through cold winters and sweltering summers.
Brothers Gives Back is how that commitment takes action. Every month, we donate $1,000 to a local Colorado charity or nonprofit, and here’s the part we love most: our customers and team members choose the recipient. You nominate the organizations that matter to you, and together, we decide where that help goes.
The Ripple in Action
We’ve supported youth sports leagues that lost their equipment to theft, families navigating medical crises, veterans’ foundations, cancer research, and youth mentorship programs like Colorado UpLift. Each donation is its own butterfly wing, a small motion that sets something larger in motion.
We may never know the full story of where that $1,000 goes. Maybe it keeps a little league team on the field for one more season. Maybe it funds a single research breakthrough. Maybe it gives one family the breathing room they desperately needed.
That’s exactly Andrews’ point: you don’t have to see the ripple to trust that it’s moving.
A Message From Our Team
When we present each Brothers Gives Back donation, we share these words with every recipient, because they capture exactly why this program exists:
At Brothers, we believe in giving back to our community. We are so honored to pay it forward with a donation to your organization and all the things you do!
“Every move we make and every action we take matters not just for us, but for all of us… and for all of time; not just to you or your family or your business or hometown. Everything you do matters to all of us forever.”
May you be inspired to take action, in even the smallest of ways, to impact another person you know.
Your Nomination Matters
If there’s a cause close to your heart, a local nonprofit, a neighbor’s fundraiser, a community organization doing quiet, important work, we want to hear about it. Visit our Brothers Gives Back page to submit your nomination.
Because here at Brothers, we believe what Andy Andrews believes: you were created to make a difference. And every dollar we give together is proof.
