Amazing.
Once again, Louise Williams’ boys didn’t let her down.At their yearly Good Fellows Club lunch meeting on Wednesday, nearly 1,000 members and guests dug painfully deep, and stuffed about $243,000 into shopping bags to help the working poor.
Since 1917, the all-male group of professional, business and leaders have met to raise huge sums of money – approaching $2 million over the last seven years – that has helped keep thousands of the working poor fed, warm and in their homes.
As outgoing president Bill White aptly put it, that’s a long time for a club to survive that gives its members nothing more than “the satisfaction of helping and loving your fellow man.”
The money was raised in seven minutes.
Read the entire Charlotte Observer article, by David Perlmutt, here to find out more about the Good Fellows and who they are helping.
So, what are you planning to do to help your fellow citizen? Seriously. Pick a charity. Any charity. Now, give until it hurts. No money? Volunteer.
Here’s one: A Child’s Place. They can be reached through www.achildsplace.org or by calling 704-343-3790.
This article appears in Dec 8-14, 2009.
Big deal. These super-rich “movers and shakers” do this every year, pat themselves on the back until their arms break, and make sure their “generosity” is spread all over the media. What they donate is like a nickel to you and me. Considering that the bankers in that ballroom helped cause the mess the country is in, you’d think they could do better than throwing their serfs some pocket change.