Outrageous Hope
By Margaret Battistelli
About Margaret
Margaret's life in six words: Bountiful blessings, glorious chaos ... glitter included.
Margaret has been with FundRaising Success since its inception in 2003. Before joining the magazine as its founding editor, she was an editor and writer for America Online; published PhillyFeast, a monthly magazine about food in and around Philadelphia; and held chief editor positions at a variety of newspapers and magazines in the Philadelphia area. She is a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia. Contact her at mbattistelli@napco.com.
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Shavin' One for the Team
Not two minutes after lauding Holly Ross and her NTEN team for putting it all out there to raise money for the 2010 NTC Scholarship Fund, I got a message from Todd Whitley, vice president of e-marketing at The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, telling me about how that organization's CEO, John Walter, would be taking it all off for the cause.
Settle down now, folks. I'm talking about his hair.
LLS' new Totally Baldacious campaign is in full swing, encouraging supporters to shave their heads — or, less drastically, color their hair — in support of cancer patients.
And to show he has the guts to put his mane where his mouth is, John is going under the razor. I don't think it's happened just yet, but I'm sure there will be a real — ahem — buzz about it when it does. (By the way, he also has committed to personally raising a minimum of $50,000 from his own circle of friends, family, neighbors and business associates.)
You can read about John's committment and get other Totally Baldacious news at the Totally Baldacious blog.
And so we say to John, thank you for being so bold, so Baldacious, so willing to shave one for the team, and so, so full of outrageous hope!
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Okay, there is something funny about this, but yet something quite sad too. What's happening to an organization or cause if the only way to raise cash is to shave our heads.
There are so many cancer organizations out there that are struggling to raise money. Is it time to bring some of them together? What keeps cancer organizations from merging and pooling resources and donors?
Is this something the non-profit community wants to talk about, or should we just go on shaving heads to inspire people to give?