Wednesday is Mob Day

I don't want to identify the URL yet, but I do want to talk more about Stone and Holt Weeks, in whose memory this first Virtuous Mob is dedicated.

In some ways, the idea of folks converging on the website of a charitable foundation to make donations is not a perfect fit for their legacy, because their philanthropic work for Habitat for Humanity, for the homeless, for the environment, for leukemia & lymphoma and their many other causes was mainly done with their sleeves rolled up -- serving meals, building houses, giving blood, securing volunteers, leading fundraising drives and so on.

The foundation in their name itself is dedicated as much to fostering volunteerism as it is to raising money.
It's founding principle: To make the world a better place.

In that spirit, be assured, that subsequent Virtuous Mobs will swarm with no need for a credit card. But for this first event, it was important to try something simple and measurable. Hardly anything's easier to measure than numbers of donations and dollars and cents. And your modest donation will help the foundation stage events to recruit young volunteers like Stone and Holt. I can tell you, to the parents of those fantastic kids,  the idea of more fantastic kids following in their boys'  footsteps means most everything right now.

I'll post the URL Tuesday night. Meantime, please tell EVERYBODY!  Tweet #mobsters.

 

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