Poetry is making things happen! Installment #2 (Help Him Woo Sarah Silverman)

Can poetry help this man woo the woman of his dreams (and support at-risk youth in the process)?

Rob Gitin, Executive Director of At The Crossroads, a San Francisco-based not-for-profit organization, turned to poetry as part of his 2009 fund raising campaign.

The campaign is a unique one.  Gitin describes it as “kind of a walk-a-thon where people take any goal they have and turn it into a sponsorship activity to raise money for homeless kids.”  Goals include reading all seven novels of Proust's , running 500 miles in 50 days, and introducing 20 new people to At The Crossroads.  One man pledged to read a bedtime story to his children every night.  Gitin's goal?  He wants to woo Sarah Silverman.

To pitch the woo, Gitin turned to poetry.  Check out his open mic debut here.