So I went to a head-shaving party last week.

You may remember that I'm beta-testing the DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge. We had another beta tester, Tomato Nation. A year and a half ago, Sars at Tomato Nation raised $23K for classroom projects. This year, she set her goal at $25K. And said if she reached $30K, she'd shave her head.

She reached $30K in six days. Absolutely incredible.

I took some of our interns over to "Beauty 35" on 35th and 8th to do some wig shopping. There was no way I was going to make this decision on my own. DonorsChoose got her a couple of wigs -- one blond, one brunette (made of real hair!) I've done many things in my fundraising career, but this was the first time I've bought wigs on the company dime.

Then it was off to Sars' place in Brooklyn for the actual shaving of the head. You can see me on the video she's posted on the site (I have an .avi version should anyone have trouble viewing the .m4v file, just email me) with an improvised, albeit dweeby, introduction. Shaving a head clean takes a surprisingly long time, so I helped with a bit of videotaping and picture-taking and hanging out with cats and friends. I must say she looked good with her head shaved, and hey, I'm glad it wasn't me. I have little enough up there, I've gotta preserve!

Major kudos to Sars and her crew for raising so much for New York's kids, and for setting the bar high for the DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge!

M E-L posted this on March 28, 2006
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