So how did it come to this, one man losing his beard? It started with eMail Our Military joining up with Mary Kay for Operation Soldier Care. Weeks have gone by and the original goal of $500 was passed some time ago. The parties behind it though, Nancy and eMom, felt they should push for more.
The new goal became $5000 and more funds began rolling in. Things looked good for a few days as the total approached $2000, but as time draws to a close, the rate of donations has dropped off. What to do folks wondered?
A bright and shiny idea was hatched to help things along. Rob La Gesse (@Kr8tr on twitter) agreed to shave his head for the cause. His bravery and soon to be baldness brought in more than $350. What a strong run. Again those things slacked off.
This is where I come into the picture. I’m minding my own business on Twitter (@tojosan), when I hear rumblings that the fund raising for our troops has slackened again. Of course I jumped in to ask. One thing lead to another and I made a fateful statement.
@Dayngr … If I thought peeps would put in $300 though, I’d shave my head too.
Oh no, did I really type that? The next thing I know folks are sending in donations and tweeting about it.
Of course I never guessed even $150 would be raised. Much the fool, I therefore made the next statement.
I’ll shave my beard for $150 on contributions to Operation Soldier Care
The video above gives you a clue about the results of that little statement. In a short time that amount was donated, but it would be a long haul till midnight, when my $300 challenge ended.
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August 20, 2008 at 9:33 pm
[...] you are keeping up, you’ve already read the why. But the short story is it was to raise funds ...