Islander uses Facebook to right a Rotary rummage sale wrong
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
Betsy Schairer hustles for the coveted cider press. Little did she know that injustice awaited. Angela Dice photo.
A Rotary runner has taken to Facebook to protest “a terrible act of injustice” that happened during the first minutes of Saturday’s mega-rummage sale.
Here’s what Betsy Schairer has to say on her page, Footrace Run For Justice: Help Betsy Get Her Apple Cider Press:
“After reaching an apple cider press FIRST despite limiting physical ability such as lack of fitness, short legs, and a generally waddling gait: A Rotary Auction volunteer refused to sell Me, Betsy, the Apple cider press she had fair and square gotten to first and instead sold it to another Rotary Auction Volunteer. This Act of Unfairness should not stand.”
And apparently it won’t.
After racking up more than 80 Facebook members who posted dozens of sympathetic messages, Betsy got a response from Rotary.
“I received an apology today from the President of Bainbridge Rotary & from the chairman of the Auction. They are investigating the incident. Stay strong!” she posted on Monday.
And today, more progress:
“I got another apology e-mail from the Rotary- this one from the Department Head of the Lawn & Garden section where the cider press was being sold. He has also vowed to track down the offending volunteer & get the cider press back so I can purchase it. UNITED WE STAND for fair thrifting rights!” she said in a post today.
Betsy’s work to right a Rotary wrong was met with huzzahs from her Facebook pals.
“Fair is fair!” declared one. “We are invincible!”
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