December 2009 Archives

Emily (MacInnes) Sommers is one creative chick, and she thinks big. We like that. She was looking for a way to promote the new pink gloves for her Medline glove division, and her brainstorm turned into a fundraiser for breast cancer awareness.

Click on the link below and boogie along with, well, just about everyone at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portlan, Oregon. When the YouTube video reached a million hits, Medline promised to make a hefty donation to the medical center. And they're not stopping there. Medline will also now offer free mammograms for anyone in the community.

So get down with your bad self and participate in this fundraiser simply by watching this wonderful YouTube video! It doesn't get much easier than that. Thanks, Emily!

YouTube Pink Glove Dance

Are random acts of kindness considered a form volunteerism? What do you think?

Our definition of the word volunteerism has changed during the course of this project. Our current way of thinking is that anything that is outside of yourself—“more than me” thinking—can be considered volunteerism. This includes simple acts of kindness.