Mustache-a-What?
Have you been staying up late nights, wondering “How can I help more kids? Why aren’t more handsome folks cultivating mustaches this spring? Am I the only person in the world who has these two thoughts consecutively?” No, no you are not. 826 Valencia has exactly the same thought pattern as you. Beginning in April and running through May we’re hosting our first ever Mustache-a-Thon.
Here’s how it works. The 'stache-farmers start off clean-shaven. Then, over six weeks, they carefully tend to their emerging mustache, meeting at a neighborhood bar once a week to show us how they’re doing, and to swap tips on waxing ends and whether metal or plastic combs work best. We will take weekly photographs to add to our online library of the 'stache-stages. At the same time, they find wonderful people to sponsor them for farming their follicles. That can be done either by handing (wads of) cash directly into their hands, or by clicking on the PayPal links below their weekly pictures that you'll see here. Easy! Finally, the winners for various categories will be announced at the end of the sixth week.
1. Browse this website, find your favorite 'stache-farmer, track their progress, and sponsor them online!
2. Encourage one of your loved ones to dabble in the art of pogonotrophy (the cultivation of facial hair) for our cause.
3. Tell all your friends. Send them links and information. Let’s make this a mustachio-ed movement of marvelous minds on a grand scale. Or something.
*Sponsor a neighborhood student for half a year of drop-in tutoring
*Help 16 students experience our famous Storytelling & Bookmaking field trip
*Send five to seven volunteers into a local classroom for an hour to support a teacher and work one-on-one with students on their writing
*Allow seven students to attend a two-hour writing workshop session on anything from journalism to cartooning
*Buy 25 new chairs for our writing lab
*Send one of our staff members to Seattle for our annual staff retreat to exchange ideas and best practices with folks who work at other 826 chapters nationwide
*Provide t-shirts for 75 volunteers to build spirit and morale
2 comments:
Wow what an unusual concept. I give you two thumbs up for creativity. It's always nice to see something for a good cause, instead of the usual who done it crud. Bravo!
I'm curious though, is this "Mustache-a-Thon" for a local cause? I would assume so, but you never know about these things.
Very inspiring!
Thank you! It is a great idea, but we can't claim to have invented it! And yes, it is for a local cause - 826 Valencia. Click on the link on the left-hand side of the page to find out more...
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