Toronto man has raised $600,000 on streetcorner
If he had a million dollars, he’d buy a building for children with disabilities.
Does he think he can raise that much money, Muki Baum’s mother asks him, mouthing the words slowly and clearly.
“Yes!” he says, huge smile lighting his face.
Michael “Muki” Baum has, after all, generated more than $600,000 for people with complex disabilities. Regular pedestrians on Bloor St. W. will be familiar with the man on the red scooter outside Holt Renfrew, or inside on the concourse level when the weather’s bad.
Now 51, Muki has been a permanent fixture for 20 years as he collects change from passersby. He counts $100 in his paint can on a good day, $650 on his best — “Thanksgiving Day 2008,
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/915373--toronto-man-has-raised-600-000-on-streetcorner
If he had a million dollars, he’d buy a building for children with disabilities.
Does he think he can raise that much money, Muki Baum’s mother asks him, mouthing the words slowly and clearly.
“Yes!” he says, huge smile lighting his face.
Michael “Muki” Baum has, after all, generated more than $600,000 for people with complex disabilities. Regular pedestrians on Bloor St. W. will be familiar with the man on the red scooter outside Holt Renfrew, or inside on the concourse level when the weather’s bad.
Now 51, Muki has been a permanent fixture for 20 years as he collects change from passersby. He counts $100 in his paint can on a good day, $650 on his best — “Thanksgiving Day 2008,
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/915373--toronto-man-has-raised-600-000-on-streetcorner