Way of the WeMo

Originally Posted: October 20, 2008

Current mood:working

In the past few months there have been two "fundraisers" at the corner of Grelot and Hillcrest Road. The first was by a group of African-American individuals in Church attire raising funds for what I can only assume is for a new building. The second was a group of male marines holding signs that read "Marines helping Marines".

Now I wasn't at this location all day when either of these events occurred but living nearby I passed these groups a couple times and was a little surprised by the results. The majority of people, some JUST leaving church, did not give money to the church fundraisers but people were giving the marines cash hand over fist. Now I'm not going to make judgement about people in my neck of the woods... b/c I never carry cash and didn't give to either group, and it could be the case with other people. I just found it interesting that in the bible belt, people were less willing to help out a religious group.