Last night, I went with Katie to Barnes and Noble in Deer Park to wrap gifts to raise money for Habitat for Humanity. Katie and I went into this thinking it would be pretty simple, but when we got there and saw our table (that was in the middle of the Starbucks) we realized it would be a bit more difficult than we expected. Katie went around trying to get people to come to our table, while I was making more signs to attract attention to our odd location of gift wrapping. Many people both awkwardly and politely said no to our good cause, but we got about five or so "customers" all with holiday gifts who loved this idea! We wrapped and wrapped some more and made about $41 in the two hours we were there.
While we were waiting for people to bring us their gifts to wrap, I was thinking about how rude it was that people knew we were raising money, but then continued to say no and walk away or just completely try to ignore us altogether. But then I realized that I've seen people wrapping at Barnes and Noble and I have politely said no thank you to them as well... Yes, I have done the same thing they were doing to us. I now know that I will never pass up throwing in even just $1 when I see people trying to raise money for a good cause. Just because I don't need a gift wrapped doesn't mean that I can't just help out the organization!
Wow you guys raised a lot more money than I did when I was there! Good job! I agree, I feel like I always say no to these things and I don't know why. But now I know how it feels to try to raise money with almost no one willing to donate :(
ReplyDeleteI also realized I tend to say no thank you to people who are just trying to do a nice thing a raise money for a cause. I will now be more willing to donate, because its all for a great cause.
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