Seeing the Breast Awareness walk this morning reminded me of a recent piece in the NY Times questioning the wisdom of cause related walks and marathons.
The idea is that the millions of hours involved would be far better spent building gardens, mentoring students, and fixing houses. They can still be activities generating sponsored donations per hour rather than per mile. There can still be parades, only in this way, they would double in numbers as they would include the happy recipients of the services provided during the campaign.
