Another nice project springing up over the past few days — Flowers for Al and Don.
This afternoon, on Boing Boing, I read about this great idea. Basically, people are generously sending flowers to random gay couples waiting in line to get married in San Francisco. This is a brilliant idea, but I immediately recognized a problem. The flower shop cited, Flowers by the Bay, is apparently charging a minimum of US \$47 to deliver these flowers. That’s probably market value, but it’s a bit steep for individuals who might want to help out (particularly if they’re paying in Canadian dollars or other weaker currencies) but can’t spare fifty bucks.
Hence, Flowers for Al and Don. I’m using a PayPal account to collect money, with which I’ll buy bouquets in bulk for the couples in line. You can donate as much or little as you please, and I pledge that every cent (minus the PayPal fees) that I receive will go to this project. If make a donation, and want your name and/or Web site to be listed below, let me know when making your payment in PayPal.
He’s raised over \$4000 dollars so far — that’s a lot of flowers! But I’m sure there are still some happy couples waiting…
Also worth checking out: Justly Married, a gallery of images of legally married couples coming out of City Hall in San Francisco. I don’t see how anyone could go through that photo gallery without a grin on their face.
(both links via Arcterex)