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Thanks to the generosity of over 90 friends and family, we have met our fundraising goal!
When all of the mustache hair settled, the results were momentus: $7,505 raised. 23 classroom projects fully funded. 1,716 elementary school students helped.
Your contributions went directly to purchase supplies that classroom teachers themselves requested. The materials included reading books at all levels, overhead projectors, science materials including a life size skeleton, and things as ordinary as printer cartridges (many poorer schools have printers but run out of money to buy the expensive ink cartridges.)
The elementary school where we concentrated our giving, Think College Now in Oakland, will begin receiving the supplies in early January. David Silver, TCN's wonderful principal, asked me to convey his school's appreciation for everyone's contributions this year. This school is changing kids' destinies and I'm proud to be helping it succeed. If anyone wants to get involved helping a school, please let me know and I'll connect you with TCN. http://www.thinkcollegenow.org/
Oh yes, and the results of the San Francisco chapter of Mustaches for Kids was quite impressive: Over $86,000 raised from over 1,000 contributors. Nationally, the fundraiser generated over a quarter of a million dollars! http://www.m4k.org/
And we had one amazing Stache Bash 2009 to celebrate our accomplishments. I made it to the finals of the Stache Pageant as a Russian Strongman named Stasha, but was edged out by a strong silent cowboy named Kurt in the tie breaker Stache-o-war (think tug of war with mustaches). Amazing time.
Thanks for all of your support and encouragement. It's an amazing collective accomplishment we can all feel very good about this holiday season!
When all of the mustache hair settled, the results were momentus: $7,505 raised. 23 classroom projects fully funded. 1,716 elementary school students helped.
Your contributions went directly to purchase supplies that classroom teachers themselves requested. The materials included reading books at all levels, overhead projectors, science materials including a life size skeleton, and things as ordinary as printer cartridges (many poorer schools have printers but run out of money to buy the expensive ink cartridges.)
The elementary school where we concentrated our giving, Think College Now in Oakland, will begin receiving the supplies in early January. David Silver, TCN's wonderful principal, asked me to convey his school's appreciation for everyone's contributions this year. This school is changing kids' destinies and I'm proud to be helping it succeed. If anyone wants to get involved helping a school, please let me know and I'll connect you with TCN. http://www.thinkcollegenow.org/
Oh yes, and the results of the San Francisco chapter of Mustaches for Kids was quite impressive: Over $86,000 raised from over 1,000 contributors. Nationally, the fundraiser generated over a quarter of a million dollars! http://www.m4k.org/
And we had one amazing Stache Bash 2009 to celebrate our accomplishments. I made it to the finals of the Stache Pageant as a Russian Strongman named Stasha, but was edged out by a strong silent cowboy named Kurt in the tie breaker Stache-o-war (think tug of war with mustaches). Amazing time.
Thanks for all of your support and encouragement. It's an amazing collective accomplishment we can all feel very good about this holiday season!
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