Tag Archives: philanthropy

Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause on March 20 at Ypsi’s Wurst Bar

By Mark | March 3, 2014

Remember how, a few days ago, I told you that I was working on a top-secret, meat-related project? Well, I can now share the details… Here’s the press release: March 3, 2014 WURST CHALLENGE announced for March 20 in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Sausage-loving philanthropists square off to take on 20-foot bratwursts for a good cause. FLY […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Local Business, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 20 feet of meat, Ann Arbor Derby Dimes, arts education, bratwurst, call to action, Cre Fuller, creativity, creativity crisis, Dragon's Milk Reserve, eating challenges, Education, FLY Children's Art Center, FLY Creativity Lab, fundraisers, Jesse Kranyak, Man vs. Food, meat, Megan Miramontes, Melissa Wingett, Monkey King, moon landing, Morgan Cox, Paul Schreiber, sausage, Wurst Bar | 4 Comments

Increasing options for our neighbors without either heat or shelter

By Mark | January 6, 2014

On Saturday I posted something here about the plight of the homeless during this week’s polar vortex, which, as I understand it, has brought temperatures near levels not experienced in the region since the 1880s. My intention had been to share a comprehensive list of resources available to those in our community who were without […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Health, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alpha House, Ann Arbor Chronicle, Ann Arbor City Council, Civil War, Cold, Community Support and Treatment Services, CSTS, Dave Askins, Delonis Center, First Presbyterian Church, Greg Pratt, HAWC, heat, homeless, homeless encampments, homelessness, Hope Clinic, Housing Access for Washtenaw County, Interfaith Hospitality Network, Mary Jo Callan, mental illness, Mission A2, New Vision’s Engagement Center, Office of Economic and Community Development, Ozone House, polar vortex, PORT, Project Outreach Team, public health, public health emergency, Salvation Army, SOS Community Services, Staples Center, Steve Powers, substance abuse | 20 Comments

Awesome Toronto: putting a bounty on the head of Mayor Rob Ford

By Mark | January 5, 2014

In my capacity as Dean of the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, I found myself spending an hour or so this afternoon cruising around the web, checking up on other Awesome Foundation chapters across North America. And, in the process, I found something interesting. Our associates in Toronto, it would seem, have decided to go rogue. […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Awesome Foundation, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged A2Awesome, impediments to awesome, micro-philanthropy, Rob Ford, Toronto | 12 Comments

Rand Paul, savior of Detroit or destroyer of the American middle class?

By Mark | December 8, 2013

Trying to put some distance between himself and his most recent plagiarism scandal, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who has aspirations of running for President in 2016, made his way to Michigan yesterday, promising to unveil a plan that would help turn around not only Detroit, but every struggling community across the United States. According to […]

Posted in Detroit, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged automotive bailout, Ayn Rand, Detroit Economic Club, Economic Freedom Zones, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, free market, Jack Kemp, Josh Pugh, Libertarianism, plagiarism, Rand Paul, robber barons, starve the beast, the free market will fix everything, union busting | 26 Comments

Legfest raises over $4,000 for Patrick Elkins… enough to save a significant portion of one of his legs

By Mark | October 14, 2013

We haven’t yet tallied everything up, but it looks as though, between Friday night’s show at Woodruff’s, the auction, the online fundraiser, and everything else, we’ve managed to scrape together a little over $4,000 to put toward paying off the medical bills of our friend Patrick Elkins. Thank you so much to all of you […]