First, as far as kicking the man or whatever goes, this isn’t meant to injure anyone. It’s meant to help the people who participate as well as the recipients of their donations. So while I’ll agree that a few dozen or even a few thousand people doing this really isn’t going to fix the recession as a whole, it WILL help someone.

Another thing that makes this very different from the mini-gas boycotts, is that EVERYONE buys gasoline regularly, but there really aren’t that many people who regularly donate the stuff they don’t use. If someone wants to do this today or tomorrow or any day instead of March 17th, perfect. I just thought March 17th would be a fun day to do it, given that we already associate the day with green and luck and all that. I would hope it’d just be a good built-in reminder.

I am hoping too that people will use the time between now and then to consider buying something that will help them in the long run. And that as they go through their stuff to consider what they can give to someone else, they’ll take a moment to count their blessings, and that even in rough times they have the means to make a difference. Even if it’s a small one.

Off to check the site