Comments on: Share the warmth with Polartec – help give blankets to the homeless http://www.justazipper.com/2009/12/22/share-the-warmth-with-polartec-help-give-blankets-to-the-homeless/ Because without fabric, a jacket's just a zipper. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nate http://www.justazipper.com/2009/12/22/share-the-warmth-with-polartec-help-give-blankets-to-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Nate Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:06:29 +0000 http://www.justazipper.com/?p=561#comment-164 Hi Rick- Thank you for your feedback. This program to donate 1,000 blankets actually represents less than one third of the total blankets we will give away this year. We have already made significant donations to the<a href="http://www.bluestarmothers.org/" rel="nofollow"> Blue Star Mothers </a>and our local Boston-area homeless shelters, without any fanfare. We believe this campaign is an opportunity to draw attention to the needs of the homeless and to get our fanbase thinking about what they might be able to contribute as individuals. We know our blankets will make a difference for many people this winter and hope the campaign inspires others. Enabling our fans to self-select the cities where the donations will be made seemed like the most democratic approach. And sure, we hope to grow our online community through this program, but that's one of the best things about Facebook, you can choose to join or remove yourself from any network at any time. Sincerely, Nate Simmons Polartec, LLC - Director of Marketing Hi Rick-

Thank you for your feedback. This program to donate 1,000 blankets actually represents less than one third of the total blankets we will give away this year. We have already made significant donations to the Blue Star Mothers and our local Boston-area homeless shelters, without any fanfare. We believe this campaign is an opportunity to draw attention to the needs of the homeless and to get our fanbase thinking about what they might be able to contribute as individuals. We know our blankets will make a difference for many people this winter and hope the campaign inspires others. Enabling our fans to self-select the cities where the donations will be made seemed like the most democratic approach. And sure, we hope to grow our online community through this program, but that’s one of the best things about Facebook, you can choose to join or remove yourself from any network at any time.

Sincerely,
Nate Simmons
Polartec, LLC – Director of Marketing

]]> By: Rick http://www.justazipper.com/2009/12/22/share-the-warmth-with-polartec-help-give-blankets-to-the-homeless/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Rick Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:07:09 +0000 http://www.justazipper.com/?p=561#comment-163 Hey polartec, why don't you do something truly charitable and give those blankets away without condition. That is so incredibly self-serving it makes me want to never use your stinky products. what you're saying is, "give us an opportunity to market crap to you or we don't give blankets away. Your charitable facade is pretty obvious. I'd be far more inclined to support a company that demonstrates real generosity. Hey polartec, why don’t you do something truly charitable and give those blankets away without condition. That is so incredibly self-serving it makes me want to never use your stinky products. what you’re saying is, “give us an opportunity to market crap to you or we don’t give blankets away. Your charitable facade is pretty obvious.
I’d be far more inclined to support a company that demonstrates real generosity.

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