Macomb Township's Goodfellows Face Extinction After Roughly 60 Years of Helping Families
The organization's aging volunteers plea for help; say they won't sell their Razzleberry newspaper at intersections this year.
The Macomb Township Goodfellows may cease to exist if someone doesn't step up and volunteer to take over the organization, which started in the township in the 1950s. The Goodfellows, whose motto is “no kiddie without a Christmas," raises money by selling the Razzleberry newspaper on Macomb Township streetcorners in December. The funds are used to provide Christmas gifts for needy children. The group consists of aging volunteers who are getting too old to manage the organization, according to Joe Witluski, who is 74 years old. "The guys, the officers, they are in their 60s and 70s... they can't handle it anymore. We're running out of money; we've been in the red for the past three or four years," Witluski said. "Someone needs to take …
Frustrated Old Man
7:08 am on Friday, November 30, 2012
Goodfellows is a great cause, but PLEASE stay out of the streets! You're endangering everyone, including yourselves, not to mention causing huge traffic backups! I would think this would be illegal. You need to find another way. Thanks! more ›