At least that was Logan McLellan’s recent experience.
McLellan and associate Sean Deagle took to the streets of Summerside in the days leading up to Christmas with a mission to spread a little seasonal cheer in the form of some $100 bills.
However, it took some convincing to initially get leery people to participate, or even stop shopping long enough to talk to the men.
“A lot of people were giving us some strange looks when they saw the camera … there was a lot of camping out in parking lots,” laughed McLellan.
“Then when they actually won the prize they were thankful and it turned out pretty good. We made a lot of friends.”
The idea came from McLellan’s employer at MN Investments, Jeff McLellan, who was interested in doing something unconventional to help some people out around the holidays.
They came up with doing a Chase the Ace game, but rigging the deck so every card came up a $100 winner. They gave away $1,000 in total.
They filmed their effort and posted the results, including reactions from people who played their game, on Facebook where it was shared extensively.
McLellan said he posted the video late at night after an evening of editing. By the time he woke up the next morning he had all kinds of email, messages and texts about it.
“I just couldn’t believe the amount of positive response we were getting about it. You know you throw something out on the Internet and you don’t know how it’s going to come back – but everyone was awesome and everyone was very supportive,” he said.
The video can be watched on McLellan’s facebook page.
@JournalPMacLean
At least that was Logan McLellan’s recent experience.
McLellan and associate Sean Deagle took to the streets of Summerside in the days leading up to Christmas with a mission to spread a little seasonal cheer in the form of some $100 bills.
However, it took some convincing to initially get leery people to participate, or even stop shopping long enough to talk to the men.
“A lot of people were giving us some strange looks when they saw the camera … there was a lot of camping out in parking lots,” laughed McLellan.
“Then when they actually won the prize they were thankful and it turned out pretty good. We made a lot of friends.”
The idea came from McLellan’s employer at MN Investments, Jeff McLellan, who was interested in doing something unconventional to help some people out around the holidays.
They came up with doing a Chase the Ace game, but rigging the deck so every card came up a $100 winner. They gave away $1,000 in total.
They filmed their effort and posted the results, including reactions from people who played their game, on Facebook where it was shared extensively.
McLellan said he posted the video late at night after an evening of editing. By the time he woke up the next morning he had all kinds of email, messages and texts about it.
“I just couldn’t believe the amount of positive response we were getting about it. You know you throw something out on the Internet and you don’t know how it’s going to come back – but everyone was awesome and everyone was very supportive,” he said.
The video can be watched on McLellan’s facebook page.
@JournalPMacLean
