Yelp Helps, Berkeley 2010

Last month on October 18th, Vow Muse made a debut appearance at the first East Bay Yelp Helps event! Yelp Helps is a gathering of local non profit organizations that strut their stuff for one night of do-gooder fun. Yelp users from around the area were invited to attend and enjoy nibbles, beverages and a multitude of information on ways to get involved in local communities. From groups that help the homeless to organizations that assist in preparing at-risk youths for college to folks who host a rock 'n roll camp for girls, there was more than enough good karma to go around.

How was Vow Muse able to cash in on this non-profit action, you ask? Well, Alicia had the brilliant idea to offer free haiku to attendees and we were accepted with open arms! For three hours on a cold October evening we three Muses (Angie, Alicia and our lovely intern Kane) manned (or womanned, as it were) a table, handed out business cards, spouted informative monologues about VM and wrote haiku for only the most daring passersby.

Below are some photos of our beautifully decorated table (inspired by Courtney, the best decorator ever) from the event. We met some really nice people that night and, though this wasn't a prime audience to receive our services, we had a great time nonetheless. Here's to helping with Yelp!

 

The Muses at Yelp Helps, Berkeley, 2010