All Those People Who Slept on the Street Waiting For the New iPhone Will Go Home Today, 600,000 Homeless Americans Will Not

  • 1 min read

Brilliantly taking advantage of the First World Problem of waiting in line to get the new iPhone, this video for the National Coalition of the Homeless both pokes fun and sends a strong message about sleeping on the streets.

Some people waiting for the new iPhone have slept on the streets for days. They will all go home September 19th. But 600,000 homeless American’s will not.

The video urges people to text “NCH” to 85944 to donate $10 to the National Coalition for the Homeless. Make sure that’s the first thing you do right after you unbox your new iPhone in the comfort of your own home.

While parts of the video seem staged and contrived, the message is solid. Our FIrts WOrld Problems pale in comparison to real problem.

YouTube video

Picture of Steve Hall

Steve Hall

RECENT ARTICLES
Strange

Dad Uses Hot Daughter to Sell Car on eBay
Industry Events

Internet Week Summarized Infographic-Style
Industry Events

Charlotte Gets Social With SocialFresh
Opinion

Why Advertising Will Never Portray Reality
Cause

iPad Drinkspirated, Games Socialized, Honda Gets Naughty
Celebrity

Streakers Pimp Briefs, Politician Gets Clean, Naomi Campbell Sexes Up

Load more

TRENDING AROUND THE WEB

People who do their best work in the early morning aren’t more disciplined — for some, it’s simply the one hour before the day has had a chance to talk them out of anything

People who do their best work in the early morning aren’t more disciplined — for some, it’s simply the one hour before the day has had a chance to talk them out of anything

Global English Editing
8 things thoughtful hosts do that guests never notice but always feel

8 things thoughtful hosts do that guests never notice but always feel

Hack Spirit
9 subtle mistakes well-meaning grandparents make without realizing it

9 subtle mistakes well-meaning grandparents make without realizing it

Hack Spirit
Studies on helicopter parenting link the behavior to parents’ own fear of danger and discomfort with separation, complicating the popular idea that constant helping is simply an extension of love

Studies on helicopter parenting link the behavior to parents’ own fear of danger and discomfort with separation, complicating the popular idea that constant helping is simply an extension of love

Global English Editing
A vocabulary that keeps quietly expanding well past someone’s twenties isn’t just a love of words — it’s the one measure of intelligence psychologists have trusted for a century because it tracks so closely with how a person actually thinks

A vocabulary that keeps quietly expanding well past someone’s twenties isn’t just a love of words — it’s the one measure of intelligence psychologists have trusted for a century because it tracks so closely with how a person actually thinks

Global English Editing
An Adobe survey found 69% of workers say emoji use makes a coworker seem more likable — and the reason has more to do with replacing missing body language than making a message friendlier

An Adobe survey found 69% of workers say emoji use makes a coworker seem more likable — and the reason has more to do with replacing missing body language than making a message friendlier

Global English Editing
Load more