August 14, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Does a Texas charity’s fund-raising plan stink?
Well, yes, but that’s the point. Well Aware, a group in Austin that builds wells in Africa, has recruited a team of 35 volunteers to go on a “shower strike,” forgoing bathing to raise money for the charity.
Sarah Nemec, for example, tells the Austin American-Statesman newspaper she won’t shower and will wear the same T-shirt until she collects at least $1,000. “I’ve been getting some teasing, but I think everyone is hoping I’ll raise my money quickly.”
Well Aware hopes to raise $40,000 with the event and is chronicling the funky fate of its dirty fund raisers on its blog.
On the eve of the strike, it commemorated its soon-to-be stinky volunteers with poetry — showering with praise, as it were.
“Some strikers are nervous, some excited, some scared/It will be interesting to see how they each will fare/We’re so honored to have such a fabulous team/And so glad you don’t mind not being so clean.”
What do you think of the strike idea? Would it work for your charity?
