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Dave "Al Hairbosky" Puketza

Part of: New York Growers edit
  • $335raised
  • 5projects funded
  • 5schools served
  • 5teachers supported
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> <title>Untitled Document</title> <style type="text/css"> <!-- .style1 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} .style2 { font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; color: #000000; } .style4 { color: #CC0000; font-weight: bold; } .style5 { font-size: 12px; color: #999999; } .style8 {color: #666666} .style9 {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #666666; } .style12 { color: #000000; font-size: 18px; } --> </style> </head> <body> <p class="style1"><span class="style2">It's sequel time...Mustaches 4 Kids 2009</span> <br /> <span class="style8">For the next 4 weeks I will be shaving less of my face than normal, on purpose, for a purpose--in-need classrooms. The whiskers call attention to my face which will call attention to classrooms in need because people will demand from me:<span class="style4">WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS CRAZY THING WITH YOUR FACE? DO YOU NEED A CHECK-UP FROM THE NECK UP? </span> and I will tell them </span><span class="style4">THIS IS WHY, AND THEY WILL GET QUIET IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING.</span> <span class="style4">IT WILL BE A NICE MOMENT. DESPITE THE ALL CAPS.</span></p> <p class="style9">A '$tache for ca$h. I am asking for your $upport of absolutely any amount to a classroom project that appeals to you (or search the site and find one you'd rather back and tell me about it). <span class="style12">Micro-philanthropy!</span></p> <p><span class="style4 style1">ON BEHALF OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WHO TOTALLY NEED HELP IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS THANK YOU KIND PEOPLE! I'M SHOUTING ABOUT YOUR GENEROSITY! I SHOULD PROBABLY STOP. MY THROAT IS STARTING TO HURT AND MY COWORKERS ARE STARTING TO THROW THINGS AT ME. SHARP THINGS. HEAVY THINGS. NO, I WILL NOT!!! YOU NEED TO HEAR HOW APPRECIATIVE THE WORLD IS ABOUT YOUR DONATION!</span></p> <span class="style5"></span></p> </body> </html> hide
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