$600,000 Raised
Sheena & Baby Joseph
Audience support helped a young mother and her 1-year-old son move from homelessness toward safety, stability, and housing support.
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Official site / Live to Love
Kindness that leaves the screen and shows up in real life.
Live to Love
Josh Liljenquist turns attention into practical help.
Josh uses storytelling, social media, and real-world outreach to help people facing housing, recovery, care, transportation, emergency needs, and new opportunities.
34M+ followers across platforms
400M+ TikTok likes
2.7B+ YouTube views
10M+ Facebook followers
Start here
Choose what you came here to do.
The site is built for three main paths: helping someone get seen, supporting future acts of kindness, or working with Josh on a mission-aligned campaign.
Need help? Start with a safe nomination.
Want to give? Support future acts of kindness.
Want to work together? Use the partner and media path.
Nominate
I know someone who needs help.
Share the situation through the official nomination form so the story can be reviewed with care.
Open nomination form
Support
I want to help make the mission possible.
Donations help support future acts of kindness, outreach, travel, production, and ongoing help.
Support the Mission
Brands / Media
I want to work with Josh.
Explore brand, nonprofit, creator, and media paths built around trust and useful action.
View partnership paths
Featured impact stories
Each story is simple: need, help, outcome.
The homepage stays curated. These moments show the range of the work, while the full Impact archive carries every featured story, map point, video path, and longer context.
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HousingSheena and Baby JosephSupport helped a young mother and her son move toward safety and stability.
NeedHousing crisisHelpPublic supportOutcomeSafer start
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CareAzeza and GigiCommunity support helped relieve pressure around care, bills, and stability.
NeedCare pressureHelpAudience ralliedOutcomeRelief
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HousingJames' Stable Housing FundraiserSupport helped James and Chelsie move toward stable housing.
NeedStabilityHelp$50K supportOutcomeFirst home
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Veteran housingChuck's Veteran Housing FundraiserSupport helped Chuck move from the streets toward safer mobility and a condo.
NeedOff streetsHelp$300K+ raisedOutcomeCondo
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RecoveryAaron's Recovery StorySupport helped Aaron enter treatment, stay connected, and reach 100+ days sober.
NeedTreatmentHelpFollow-throughOutcome100+ days
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Elder stabilityHelp Shirley Find Stability and PeaceSupport helped Shirley with housing stability, basic needs, and peace of mind.
NeedFixed incomeHelp$56,273OutcomeSafety net
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First responderTom the Injured FirefighterSupport helped Tom's family with medical needs, lost income, and housing stability.
NeedInjury costsHelp$25K+ raisedOutcomeRelief
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Artist supportMadison Square Garden Painting AuctionVisibility helped a street artist turn his painting into a $15,200 sale.
NeedVisibilityHelpAudience interestOutcome$15,200 saleThe proof behind the mission
Reach only matters when it helps someone.
The numbers are here to serve the human story: a large audience, documented outcomes, public media coverage, and direct paths for people who want to nominate, support, or partner.
Interactive Impact Map
Every pin is a story of help.
Explore the places where attention became practical support: housing, recovery, transportation, care, emergency relief, and opportunity.
Mapped support
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Documented across 11 featured public stories and mapped by city-level location.
The live map is taking a moment. Every featured story is ready below.
Live to Love
How the mission works.
The process stays simple so the focus stays on the person who needs help.
Nominate a story
People can share a need through the official nomination form.
Review with care
Stories are considered with dignity, context, and consent in mind.
Show up in person
When a story is selected, the goal is to make the help feel real and human.
Share the outcome
The public moment gives supporters a clear picture of what their attention made possible.
Trust & care
Our Public Accountability Standards
Transparency matters when real people, donations, nominations, and public stories are involved. The full Trust & Care page explains consent, dignity, safety boundaries, donations, and how nominations are reviewed.
Read Trust & CareBefore you submit
Know someone who needs help? Start here.
A strong nomination protects the person and explains the need clearly.
Consent reviewed Case-by-case dignity check
Private details protected Safe story review path
No sensitive info No bank, login, SSN, or EIN requests
Open Nomination Form
A note from Josh
This has always been about people.
I believe social media can be used for more than attention. It can help people feel seen, supported, and less alone. Live to Love is the mission behind the work: find real stories, treat people with dignity, and use the platform to help when help is needed most.
Meet the team
The people helping make the mission possible.
Behind the public videos is a small team helping with production, nominations, follow-through, and the details that keep each story handled with care.
Production and editing
Ben
Videographer and editor
Ben is the 28-year-old videographer and editor behind much of the mission's day-to-day production. He keeps shoots moving, shapes the final stories, and brings a driven heart for helping people to every project.
Story review and setup
James
Filming setup and nomination review
James first met Josh through one of the community's own acts of support. After viewers helped raise $50,000 and he bought his first home, he became part of the team, helping set up videos, film, and review nomination stories with lived perspective and care.
Sheena and Baby Joseph moved toward safety
Chuck bought a condo and is no longer on the streets
Aaron reached 100+ days sober
Keegan received support toward safer transportation
Shirley gained more room to breathe
Tom's family received stability support
A New York artist sold his painting for $15,200
As seen in
Media coverage around the mission and the moments.
Selected coverage gives journalists, brands, and new visitors a clear path into Josh's work.
TikToker Josh Liljenquist's visit to Minneapolis' Lotus to feed homeless community goes viral
Local coverage of Josh buying food from Lotus in Minneapolis and giving it to people experiencing homelessness.
Read CoverageKindness Influencers Pluck Homeless Mom off Minneapolis Street, Change Her Life
Coverage of one of Josh's most visible impact stories and the public response around it.
Read CoverageInfluencer's 180-Day Ban from St. Paul Parks Lifted After Appeal
National coverage of the appeal result, the ban being rescinded, and Josh's mission statement.
Read CoverageSt. Paul lifts park ban on TikToker Josh Liljenquist
Local coverage reporting that St. Paul's parks department lifted the ban after Josh's appeal.
Read CoveragePress kit
Everything media and partners need in one clean place.
A quick route for journalists, producers, brands, nonprofits, and event teams reviewing Josh's story, audience, public assets, and contact paths.
Bio, social stats, impact examples, media context, selected brand work, and direct contact information.
Download PDFA clean Josh Liljenquist headshot for media, partner, and event reference.
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Media, brand, nonprofit, and general inquiries can route through josh@laasports.com.
Open Media KitJosh Liljenquist is a Minnesota-based digital creator and impact storyteller known for kindness-focused videos, public fundraiser stories, and real-world support for people in difficult moments.
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Partnerships
For brands and nonprofits that want the work to matter.
Brands work with Josh when they want campaigns built around kindness, trust, emotional storytelling, and real-world impact.
- Minky Couture
- Uber
- Chili's
- Dig Inn
- Minnesota Twins
- Smart Cup
- Sezzle
- Ticketmaster
- Minnesota Vikings / J.J. McCarthy
- Underdog
- Stand+ Shoes
- Mystery Box
- True Classic
- Sponsored storytelling
- Nonprofit campaigns
- Community impact projects
- Cause-based brand partnerships
Campaign model
Brand-supported act of kindness
- Best for
- Useful products, meals, travel, tickets, mobility, emergency support, or moments where a brand can help make the real-world outcome possible.
- Why it works
- The brand supports the help without becoming the center of the story, keeping the person, the need, and the outcome first.
- Success looks like
- Real usefulness, dignity, audience trust, clear disclosure, and a human outcome people can understand quickly.
Explore by intent
Fast paths for people arriving from search.
Start with the path that matches the reason you are here: local creator profile, partnership fit, nomination path, or press context.
JoshLilj
Official JoshLilj page
A clean alias page for people searching by Josh's social handle.
Minnesota Minnesota kindness creatorA location-aware overview of Josh's work, impact, and media context.
Brands Work with Josh LiljenquistA partner-focused route for brands, nonprofits, events, and awareness campaigns.
Nominations Nominate someone for helpA search-friendly guide that routes people to the official nomination form.
Guide Story Submission GuideA practical guide for sharing a stronger, safer nomination.
TikTok Minnesota TikTok creatorA broader creator profile page for people searching Josh's platform reach and local roots.
Partnerships Kindness creator partnershipsA focused route for brands and nonprofits looking for positive creator campaigns.
Fundraising Social media fundraising storiesA search page explaining how Josh's impact stories connect attention to practical support.
Trust Trust and care standardsA clear overview of nominations, donations, consent, dignity, and public safety boundaries.
Latest Latest updatesA living page for recent impact resources, videos, media kit updates, and site changes.
Quick answers
The questions new visitors ask first.
Short answers keep the site clear for families, supporters, brands, media, and people arriving from search.
Josh is a Minnesota-based digital creator and impact storyteller who uses social media, kindness videos, and public support to help people in need.
Use the official nomination form and share the person's situation, location, safe follow-up details, and why help is needed.
Donations through the public Donorbox link help support future acts of kindness, outreach, travel, production, and the ongoing work of helping people in need.
Brand, nonprofit, media, and general inquiries can be sent to josh@laasports.com.
Support the Mission
Keep future kindness stories possible.
Donations help support future acts of kindness, outreach, travel, production, and the ongoing work of helping people in need.