Hanson Announces Lamest Charity Walk of All Time
Members of former boy band Hanson have disclosed that prior to next week’s show at the State Theatre they will go on a “one-mile” walk around Falls Church “to raise money and consciousness for fighting AIDS and poverty in Africa.”
Noble cause, Mmmmm-Boppers. But…one mile? One? For real?
Oh, well. AIDS and poverty have plagued Africa for so long already. What’s a while longer?
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12:09 pm
Don’t criticize until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes, McKenna. Maybe it’ll be more effective than Jackson Browne’s “Standing Around for Solar Power” campaign in ‘76.
12:12 pm
They walk a mile before each of their shows. It’s just a gesture to try to get their fans (or anyone) to feel that they can be part of something, and to inspire them to go out and seek their own ways to make a difference. I think it’s nice.
12:42 pm
Are we allowed to walk along? Details!!
12:57 pm
Mark:
by mocking hanson, i’m calling attention to their cause. this blog item was totally gandhiesque.
i’m already inspired by their brand of activism. I’m organizing a Long Lunch for World Peace. who’s in?
(btw:i’ve seen hanson a few times, and love ‘em. zac rocks!)
1:05 pm
Anyone can walk along with them.
1:28 pm
It’s a consciousness-raising move; not a walk-a-thon! They do it before each show. So far, they’ve done about 60 of them or so throughout the country. Yes, everybody is invited.
And Dave, do you really think that if they walked considerably more miles, that would do more to wipe out poverty and AIDS? Because that’s what your last sentence seems to imply.
2:00 pm
Hanson: “More rock, less walk.”
2:39 pm
What is the charity walk route???
4:13 pm
Sylvia and Amanda:
good questions from both of you! but, i’ve got no time to provide answers, not with my training regimen for the Hanson One Miler.
i don’t wanna burn out early, since the event isn’t til next week, so for today’s session i’m going to try to finish a route that covers 440 yards.
wish me luck!
4:22 pm
Hey Dave, since you obviously feel that the one-mile walk isn’t enough of a challenge for your bad self, I think you should vary it to make it more interesting. Next week, I hope to see you on the Hanson walk; but for you, it should be a Hanson Hop. That’s right; you should do the whole one-mile walk route hopping on one leg. I’ll be there with a camera.
4:36 pm
Where do I sign up for the Hanson Walk RSS Feed??
5:04 pm
Sylvia:
you got me all wrong. i’m so far gone to seed, a one miler through falls church is for me like the Pyrenees are for Lance Armstrong — w/o the juice!
i’m gassed just thinking about completing the Hanson One Miler.
but…will there be doughnuts at the finish line? see you there!
7:02 pm
Dave, from the way you describe your condition, you may want to forgo the doughnuts. In fact, you may want to check ahead to make sure there will be a RN on duty and oxygen for those that require it.
11:32 pm
Sylvia:
so…you’re confirming that there will be doughnuts at the Hanson One Miler?
i take back all the mockery! save me a jelly!
4:13 pm
Sorry but I can’t speak to the availability of doughnuts either one way or the other. I’m as new to this as you are.
If we’re lucky, there won’t be some big police action like there was in Covington, Kentucky. Hope this works: http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20080426/NEWS0103/804260413