One Man’s Crazy Quest to Raise Money for Charity:Water

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mobile-605422_640You never know where charitable giving comes from – and this is certainly a strange outlet. Jesse Carey, an American podcaster, decided to listen to an entire week of Nickelback music to raise money. His goal was to raise $10,000 for the charity Charity: Water during his one week of music-intensity. As he explained at the end of the week, “’I don’t think I could have gone one more minute.”

He continued, “I just totally collapsed. It was total exhaustion. I went and had the IVs hooked up to get quickly rehydrated, all the vitals were low. I don’t think I could have gone one more minute.”

He ended up listening to 168 hours worth of music and publicized much of his pain through Twitter. The good news is that he has already raised a shocking $30,000 for doing so. Funds are still being accepted until the end of March.

Well, that’s one way to raise money for a cause. As long as you don’t lose your mind first.

Poking Fun for a Good Cause

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american-football-220047_640Poking fun at controversy is often good for business, as a Pennsylvania candy maker has just discovered. Making fun of the Patriots’ “Deflategate” scandal, Sarris Candies of Canonsburg just auctioned off a deflated chocolate football.

As Sarris said on Friday, “What started out as an internal little joke ended up picking up momentum and excitement. It’s going to a good cause, so that’s the best thing.” He originally posted the football on Facebook as a joke and didn’t intend to sell it.

He named the ball the Bradie ball (in reference to Tom Brady but with a different spelling so as not to get into trouble). The Facebook caption read, “Net weight 13 lbs … Oops! We meant 11.2 lbs.”

Richard Bazzy spent $5,000 on the package which included the deflated chocolate, two regular shaped chocolate footballs and two chocolate helmets. In total, $20,000 was given to the Dollar Enery Fund which provides utility help for poor residents. As Bazzy said, “It doesn’t get any better when you can poke fun at an AFC rival while knowing that you are also helping families in need. We expect to display the football in one of our dealerships with pride.”