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The power of the press

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The power of the press
: I just got this wonderful email:

Thank you so much for turning me on to the Chief Wiggles website. After reading it, I wrote a letter to the editor of my local newspaper. While it usually takes the editor 2 to 3 days to reply and to tell me they will print my letter on a certain day, this time I heard from him in 2 hours and 50 minutes and the letter appeared the next day. On Friday, I sent a box of toys and health supplies weighing 20 pounds to Chief Wiggles and hope to do so each Friday for the foreseeable future. I felt so good and am hoping to get many other people in my hometown interested in this endeavor. Thanks again so much!! Sally McCann

No, thank you, Sally.

: Virginia Postrel has great instructions for sending the toys.

: Major update from the comments. Michele tells us:

Be on the lookout in the next few days for a separate website for the Chief Wiggles project. It’s growing beyond what Chief imagined it would be.

4 responses to “The power of the press”

  1. michele Avatar
    michele

    Be on the lookout in the next few days for a separate website for the Chief Wiggles project. It’s growing beyond what Chief imagined it would be.
    [Full disclosure: I’m making the site]

  2. Alex F Avatar
    Alex F

    And who says Americans are self-centered?
    Oh yeah, Europeans do. Aint that the pot calling the kettle African-American!

  3. BigFire Avatar
    BigFire

    Oh, you mean the French who couldn’t be bothered to cut their August vacation short to claim their parent’s body during the mild heatwave?

  4. Anil Avatar
    Anil

    Wow, Americans might be generous, but some of us are assholes for rambling into Euro-bashing on what could have been a heartwarmingly positive thread. Do you guys visit Santa at the mall and tell him how much you hate those Frogs?