It was soooo easy!
In less than an hour, I recruited three restaurants in my New York City neighborhood to participate in the Tap Project. All I did was explain how simple it is to join, the free publicity Tap Project generates through websites and local media, and all the good a one dollar donation can do (for example, with one dollar UNICEF can provide up to 40 gallons of clean, drinking water). And voila! They registered.
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| Me (on the left) and the very cool staff at Ricardo's Steakhouse, a new Tap participant. |
Last year, 300 restaurants participated in New York City. And with the Tap Project campaign going national this year, we hope to multiply that number many times through our corps of volunteers.
Some volunteers have started organizing on social networking websites. In San Antonio, they coordinate via Meetup.com, in Washington D.C. it’s through Idealist.org. And then there’s Facebook, where volunteers from all over the country come together.
Restaurant and food blogs like Kelly’s Grape Times, Grub Street and Peter’s Mostly Food have also joined the effort.
Only three weeks left before World Water Week. Have you registered restaurants? Any suggestions for volunteers? Tell us about it.