Mitch Goldman is looking forward to shaving this weekend. For four weeks, he’s been growing a mustache and using it to gain attention–and contributions–for his favorite charity.
As co-organizer of the New York chapter of Mustaches for Kids, Goldman is helping 80 members raise about $40,000 for Donorschoose.org, a nonprofit that helps public school teachers buy school supplies for students who can’t afford books, paper or pencils.
The direct link that Donorschoose.org builds between people with means and people with needs demonstrates the way the Internet is reshaping the world of philanthropy. Individuals at almost any financial level are now setting the specific course of their own charitable giving and volunteerism in a way that until recently was reserved for the very wealthy.
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Photo by Mustaches for Kids.
FranchiseBrief.com on December 19th, 2007 at 10:05 am
This is a very respectable (yet fun) initiative!