Jan 28 2010
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“ The nascent helpster movement might be gaining followers, but it’s not necessarily easy to convert hipsters to their activist ways. “We have a really hard time at NAG [Neighbors Allied for Good Growth] to find people who genuinely want to volunteer if there’s not beer involved,” said volunteer Emily Gallagher. “Seriously everything has to be like a singles event.
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“Helpsters” Are the New “Hipsters”
“helpsters” — socially conscious cool kids who have stopped acting like “disaffected aesthetes with nihilistic tendencies” and started becoming “motivated and committed Samaritans.”
