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Wouldn't it be nice

Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
edited February 2006 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
if at Pearl Jam concerts some of their staff coordinate with the local libraries to run a book drive of good+ condition books. Imagine that. If in the morning of a concert a truck and staff from the local library could receive books in good condition to add to their shelves or sell at their sales for future books. Do you think this would be a good thing - too busyish - what do you think?
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    oh, yeah, and maybe the staff could create a Pearl Jam bookmark to celebrate the exchange :)
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    Or course libraries loan out CDs and DVDs so those are options, too.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    While I think this is a very sweet idea Ms. Haiku, I think there's a lot to do when putting on a concert and it might be just one more extra thing to have to worry about. Maybe it would be better if the fans organized it? :)
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Free transcripts of the Kelly Slater interview for all! :p

    :)
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Free transcripts of the Kelly Slater interview for all! :p

    :)

    LOL!!
    I'm listening to it from an mp3 right now. :p
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  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    I volunteer, if someone could just point me the way. I also have a full time job, so all communication would be via email and phone. I guess the first thing to do would be to find where the concerts would be held
    then contact local libraries (or homeless shelters for canned food)
    then coordinate staff from those places
    find out on average how many people usually show up to a Pearl Jam sponsored thing like this (in other words how big should the truck be?)
    coordinate with event staff where is the best place to hold this sort of thing
    have a smooth game plan and back up game plan if it gets too big or out of hand
    bookmark :)
    coordinate to get statistics of how many books (canned food) were donated to see if it was worth the library(shelter) time

    That's just off the top of my head. They probably have professionals doing things like this, so I would have to contact them. Or maybe they would just solicit volunteer applications from people with this experience. I've organized some things, but not a food drive (book drive) of this size.

    On the other hand, libraries, and shelters are good at organizing drives like this, so maybe my coordination with their contacts would be enough, as long as there is a place, a time, a bookmark, backup plan, safety plan etc. it should be smooth. I would prefer that Pearl Jam staff assist whoever is the ultimate contact in planning because I think they have the experience with what can be expected from their fans, and the Pearl Jam name would be associated with it. I would think their publicity people would want to make sure the goal is in line with how Pearl Jam want to be presented.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Free transcripts of the Kelly Slater interview for all! :p

    :)
    You just made my day, you funny man! :D
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    Ok, silly me, I probably don't have the time(who knows). Too enthusiastic for my own good sometimes. Anyway, maybe someone else at some time somewhere could get the ball rolling with this. As long as there's a bookmark in the works I'll happily help out, no problem :)
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
  • DopeBeastieDopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    you remind me of me back some number of years ago :)

    hall council president
    desk assistant
    president, environmental science forum
    president and founder, interracial understandings
    waitress, part time
    student, full time
    party'n FOOL


    it's easy to load the work on when it's what you love... i so understand.

    i see you are from "near D.C.".. ever try the Balava at Samadi Sweets on Rt. 7? or the chicken sandwich from Chicken & Steak on Rt. 7? holy crow, i miss eating in D.C.

    ciao ciao
  • Ms. HaikuMs. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,265
    Well, I don't have a car so I don't do Routes very well. I must admit I was spoiled those 10 years in Seattle. That place can cook/bake.

    I used to do a ton of volunteer work. This is different because from start to end it's a good thing. I would also make sure I didn't burn out. There's really no reason to, as it's a process that should just flow.

    I was never much of a partying fool, but rather a quiet bookloving fool :)

    I used to do phone crisis counseling, and there wouldn't be a need if something bad didn't happen, you know. Now, there, I overextended myself.

    Man, I'm hungry for some cake.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
    The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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