Project ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor’

With a name like that, how can you resist, right? Wait til you hear the rest of the story.

Lower Wallingford resident and pruning specialist Mike King, also known as Pruning Man, is injured and unable to work.  His neighbors want to help him stay in the ‘hood & get back up on the ladder, so they hosted a rent party on Saturday night (sorry!  we couldn’t advertise because it was over capacity as soon as it was planned!).  It’s too early to know how much cash was raised, but there’s still more work to do.  (See below for update)

And you can still help!  Those same neighbors have launched a rockethub project, Project Won’t You Be My Neighbor to help Mike out.  March 20th is Won’t You Be My Neighbor Day, in honor of  Fred McFeely Rogers‘ birthday.

As Mr. Rogers would sing, “I’ve always wanted to have a neighbor just like you.  I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.”  Won’t you be Mike’s neighbor? [Okay, that last line is mine.]

Details on how to fuel Project Won’t You Be My Neighbor can be found here.

Update 3/22:  Mike’s neighbor Meg tells us that Saturday night’s party netted over $1250 for Mike–he was speechless when presented with the proceeds Sunday morning.   Way to go, Wallingford neighbors!