Author: Shari

Dirty Jobs Manhole Rehabilitator

Shari

On the one hand, it’s just another sewer line in a McDonald’s parking lot in desperate need of repair. That alone, more than justified the time I spent in Murfreesboro last year, extending the life of a collapsing manhole by at least fifty years with my new friends at CTR Coatings . On the other hand, it’s another great American success story. The Reed family, like so many others we’ve featured on Dirty Jobs over the years, has figured out a way to prosper by getting dirty. Very, very dirty. Every day – sometimes, several times a day – Troy, Read More

AmazonSmile

Shari

I just received the attached note from the folks at Amazon, announcing the demise of their Smile program. Obviously, this is disappointing news. Thanks to Amazon Smile – and to the many people on this page who designated mikeroweWORKS as their beneficiary – my foundation raised over $530,000 for our work ethic scholarship program. I want to thank Amazon, sincerely, not just for the impact of their program on mikeroweWORKS, but for initiating such a great way for millions of people to direct their philanthropy to myriad causes they wished to support. It was an ingenious idea that funneled billions Read More