Help Me Raise Money for Haiti

Dear Internets,

My friend Andru from Gear Live invited me to take part in the Gear Live & Friends donation matching for Haiti.

I happily said yes and got one of my best friends, Roger Rustad, to throw in with me. Together we’ve put up $1200 for matching donations.

We need your help to turn that $1200 into $2400 and help Gear Live turn the $5650 in matching donations into $11,300. Better yet, if you have as little as $50, contact Andru and add yourself as a matching donor.

Here’s how it works. Just use your cell phone and donate $10 to Red Cross by texting the word HAITI to 90999 or donate $5 to YELE by texting the word YELE to 501501. Then leave a comment saying you donated over at Gear Live. If you prefer a different charity, just leave a comment over there letting us know where you donated. We’re not going to be police about it.

Our $1200 in matching donations is going to the The Nebraska Global Orphan Project because I personally know some of the people involved and have witnessed the fruits of their labors first hand.

But, bottom line, find a way to give.

Link: http://salvator.me/site/pub/help_me_raise_money_for_haiti

Article date: Sat, January 16, 2010 - 4:01:08

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