Habitat

I spent yesterday volunteering with Habitat for Humanity in San Jose. This was my first time with them, and all in all it was a pretty fun time. I floated around for most of the morning as there were more volunteers than work, and got to learn a little about plumbing and putting up siding. In the afternoon, I found myself on the roof again as I worked on nailing tar paper to the roof.

One Bad Apple

Had a rather infuriating visitor tonight. Answered a knock at the door around 8pm and found some girl who identified herself as a Sierra Club member looking for signatures and donations. I figured I'd give her a chance since I'm a fan of the Sierra Club's work, so I listened to her spiel about global warming and Sierra Club's effort to pass S.309 in the Senate. I offered to sign her petition, but declined to donate.

As much as I'd like to support all efforts to combat global warming, and as much as I appreciate the grass roots efforts to raise awareness of the Issue, I definitely do not appreciate being guilt tripped/insulted because I'm not willing to donate. Accusing me of lying about my beliefs is just not acceptable.

WTF, Sierra Club? Please train the people you send out a little bit better. Personally, I don't like giving money to people who come to my door. When I donate, I'd like to make sure it goes directly to the organization I'm donating to. This experience has definitely given me a negative impression of the Sierra Club.