Toilet Humor with a Social Message

Ruth McCambridge

October 20, 2010

October 19, 2010; Source: mnn.com | Okay, some of us here at NPQ are big fans of creative ad campaigns but there is some question about whether this ad for Habitat for Humanity really gets its point across—which is to recycle useable building supplies. Watch it below:

I have to admit that I, for one, was disappointed and confused by the toilet’s monologue but I did get the message. Sometimes confusing and annoying things get more attention, right? Because then you are stuck really thinking about what the heck it means. We’d love your opinion.—Ruth McCambridge

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Ruth McCambridge

Ruth is Editor Emerita of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Her background includes forty-five years of experience in nonprofits, primarily in organizations that mix grassroots community work with policy change. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Ruth spent a decade at the Boston Foundation, developing and implementing capacity building programs and advocating for grantmaking attention to constituent involvement.

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