We put on our bras and the staring and giggling began. Jordan stood in front of the table to ask customers to donate or buy a cupcake, i stood ready to serve cupcakes, Latrell held the sign, and Chen handled the money. I learned that people are open to donating but make it a point to say its not for the cupcake. Many people didn't even buy anything just donated. With the good customers come the bad, a man came up to our stand said something under his breath and ran out with a cupcake! He definitely looked a little crazy so we didn't make it a big deal but its sad that people would steal from a charity. One little girl couldn't stop giggling at how ridiculous we looked in our bras. She finally said "boys don't wear bras" we couldn't help but laugh. The manager who is a good friend of mine came up to the stand to see how we were progressing. We made over 200 dollars in two hours she was amazed but then said "i guess people will buy cupcakes from boys in bras".
The best thing about volunteering to help cure a disease is the thanks you get. Many people, especially women donated for this cause and were very great full to us for the service we were providing. Two women almost started crying because they had family who was affected. Its sad that this hits so many people and effects so many but it makes it that much more great that we are doing something worth doing. We are going back to sell again this weekend for a long period of time so hopefully we can raise even more money. There is nothing more rewarding than knowing your work is helping someone. I cant wait for day two.
These two pictures are us at our stand at Safeway.
2 comments:
You guys picked a great cause to volunteer for. Having the boys go a little bit out of their comfort zone and wear bras was probably what helped the most in your work, since people love a strange sight. Aside from that, I think it's great that you simply enjoyed the thanks you got from others. I hope you get even better results this weekend!
I'm really proud of you guys for being such good sports with having to wear the bras, I know I would feel a little embarrassed if I had to wear one. Those bras were really worn to support a great cause though and it's great to see boys getting involved with helping to try and get donations that go towards curing breast cancer. It really is a huge problem and it greatly effects our society so I'm glad someone got involved with a cause like this. I hope that you're able to go back sometime and volunteer to continue helping to fight breast cancer. I know I was a little hesitant when I first went into volunteer and I was helping out with the special education kids in room 28, where you actually had to approach people and tried to get them to listen to you. You're volunteering seemed fun after you got the hang of it, just like mine ended up being.
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