In 2006 Sarah Bunting (Sars) from Tomato Nation said that she'd shave her head if her readers donated $30,000 to DonorsChoose.org. They did, so she did.
Gary Vaynerchuk has come up with a variation on this and he isn't shaving his head. He's calling out someone else to shave their head. In this case, it's Kevin Rose of digg fame.
Meanwhile, if you want to help out DonorsChoose.org and use wordpress, here's something that doesn't require you (or Kevin Rose) to shave. It is a wordpress plugin to installed - and cooked up by social actions.
Hi Beth, Thanks for mentioning the Social Actions "Possibly Related Classroom Projects" wordpress plugin. We're getting ready for the beta launch. Folks can ping @engagejoe for more info:
http://www.socialactions.com/labs
All the best,
Peter (with an unshaved head of hair)
Posted by: Peter Deitz | July 29, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Could headshaving, perhaps, be a trend in charity fundraising?
http://www.firstgiving.com/headshave
Posted by: BethP | July 30, 2008 at 09:29 AM