Ready, set,…

It is now December and we were ready to make some grants. We were ready but no one called! Finally, I called a friend who was signed up as a partner and asked what we were doing wrong? She said it was just too easy. The non-profits were so used to jumping through hoops and filling out paperwork that the concept of filling our a few paragraphs and sending via e-mail and expecting an answer in a few hours seemed “too good to be true”.

Wow – that is something that donors and new partners are still surprised by today. I finally did get a call and it went something like this.

“I have the perfect candidate for you, someone in need, last resort, but there is only one problem…it is a man.”

I said  -  “doesn’t he have a sister or daughter or mother or wife”?

“Not that we can identify…”

I replied – “well no wonder that guy is in trouble!”

Of course that leads to the question of whether or not we are prjudice to men. We were all comfortable with the idea that women were the vehicle to our organization helping families including men and boys. Many times men have said to me they are going to start “A Man’s Work” and I always tell them that I will be happy to help. And I still would be happy to help…