Fundraisers and Friends

If you’ve glanced at our home page since our last blog was posted, you’ll notice something new. First, of course, our initial attempts at adding more color. The hip gray and black look was intended to lend a sophisticated, cool air to our cutting-edge website. But we’re sensing that maybe everything in gray and black was just a bit too much – and so now, some color is coming into the design as we can afford to do so.

That issue of what we can afford brings me to the second change on our home page: our new Yellow Strawberry webpage, dedicated to the big fundraiser being held for us on November 5 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Our great new friends, Yellow Strawberry Global Hair Salon, are staging this Cutathon for Humanity, a haircutting and styling event with all proceeds going to The Humanity Project. They’ve already been very generous to our group by, for example, arranging advance photos and publicity for the cutathon. Salon owner and founder, the iconic hairstylist Jesse Briggs, even has a donation container on his station at the salon and has turned over some much-needed money that was given by his terrific customers in just the first week. We thank each and every one of those donors, and Jesse, from the bottom of our hearts here at The Humanity Project.

Our work is very expensive. Our funds have been dwindling as we pay out large sums to produce new cantos of “A Human Drama,” the unique resource on our site that helps you to actually feel how someone can change their life for the better. Then there’s our podcast recording, where we pay for studio time to bring you our thoughts on issues important to your life as well as new original music each week. Website maintenance is itself expensive, as are website changes such as the new background color on our home page. My point is that in these early months, our social movement needs friends. We especially need tangible help right now, in the form of donations.

So we want you to know more about our friends at Yellow Strawberry because helping them helps us. Their stylists include Maurice Tidy, who was for many years creative director at Vidal Sassoon and has cut the hair of celebrities such as the Beatles. It’s an upscale salon, yet cuts start at $35 for men and $60 for women. On November 5, those same prices are in effect, but the money goes to our group. That means we’ll be able to keep bringing you more cantos in “A Human Drama,” and more podcasts. And more color on our website.

If you’re around this area, please support Yellow Strawberry. Their website at www.yellowstrawberry.com is linked directly on our site’s new Yellow Strawberry page. And please also come by the Cutathon for Humanity. And if you’re not in the area, consider joining our group by clicking on our website’s “Join The Project” page. Just email me expressing your interest, and I’ll give you an address where you can send in donations or membership fees by check. We need your help. Jesse Briggs, Maurice Tidy and Yellow Strawberry are already coming through for The Humanity Project. Thank you, folks! We are forever grateful!