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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 01:45 PM
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Please Donate to the DU Year-end Charity Donation Drive -- Supporting America's Second Harvest!
Edited on Mon Dec-18-06 04:35 PM by Skinner
A little more than a week ago, I mentioned that a few DUers had suggested doing a donation drive for charity this holiday season. The members of DU suggested a number of worthy causes. After much consideration, the DU admins have chosen a charity:


America's Second Harvest Network—The Nation's Food Bank Network

America's Second Harvest—The Nation's Food Bank Network is the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the country with a Network of more than 200 Member food banks and food-rescue organizations serving all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The America's Second Harvest Network secures and distributes more than 2 billion pounds of donated food and grocery products annually; and supports approximately 50,000 local charitable agencies operating more than 94,000 programs including food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters, after-school programs and Kids Cafes. Last year, the America's Second Harvest Network provided food assistance to more than 25 million low-income hungry people in the United States, including nearly 9 million children and nearly 3 million seniors. For more on the America's Second Harvest Network, please visit secondharvest.org.

http://help.secondharvest.org/democraticunderground


How to Donate

To donate to America's Second Harvest, simply click on the link provided to go to their special donation page. This page was set up especially for the members of Democratic Underground so they can keep a running total of the amount of money we raised.

YOU MUST CLICK ON THIS LINK BEFORE YOU DONATE IF YOU WANT YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR TOTAL:

http://help.secondharvest.org/democraticunderground

Please feel free to share this link with your friends and family.

America's Second Harvest will send me an email every morning to let me know how much our members have donated, and I will post an update in the DU General Discussion forum (and on my DU Journal) to let you know how we're doing.


About your Donation

100% of your donation goes directly to America's Second Harvest. Democratic Underground is NOT collecting or forwarding the donations, and Democratic Underground does NOT get any part of what you donate.

Donations are tax deductible. You will get a receipt for your donation directly from America's Second Harvest.

Democratic Underground does not have access to any of your personal information, or any information about your donation to America's Second Harvest. We won't know who donates, or how much you donate. All we know is the total value of all the donations made through our link.

http://help.secondharvest.org/democraticunderground


Thank you!

Thank you for contributing in the first-ever Democratic Underground Year-End Charity Donation Drive. We'll be posting periodic updates about the donation drive until it is over, probably on the last day of the year.

If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in this thread. We hope this donation drive is a big success!

http://help.secondharvest.org/democraticunderground

David Allen (Skinner)
Dave Allsopp (EarlG)
Brian Leitner (Elad)
Democratic Underground Administrators

Please kick and recommend this thread so more DUers will see it. Thanks.


UPDATE! CHARITY DONATION DRIVE CHALLENGE! INCREASE YOUR DONATION BY 10%!

DU member Midlodemocrat has made an extremely generous challenge to the members of DU in support of the DU Year-end Charity Donation Drive. She has pledged to donate $100 to America's Second Harvest for every $1,000 donated by the members of Democratic Underground, up to a maximum challenge donation of $1,500!

It's like every dollar you donate to America's Second Harvest will be worth $1.10! Make sure you donate soon to take advantage of this challenge... because this challenge ends when DUers raise $15,000.

YOU MUST CLICK ON THIS LINK BEFORE YOU DONATE IF YOU WANT YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 10% MATCH:

http://help.secondharvest.org/democraticunderground
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 02:13 PM
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1. kick! My favourite Charity. n/t
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 02:42 PM
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2. K&R
:kick:
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 02:43 PM
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3. That is awesome!
I thought I was tapped out for charity giving for the year, but I think I'll be able to find a bit more. I haven't given the Second Harvest this year, and they are certainly a very good organization.
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itsmesgd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 02:45 PM
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4. Don't just donate, get your butt down to your local foodbank
and help out. Also, donate your time on a day in addition to christmas. I hate that we see the news on christmas day about the volunteers and civic wonks who serve food on that one day. People are hungry all of the time. Help them today, tomorrow, and so on. If you can't find a Second Harvest give time and effort to Food Not Bombs- another good charity.
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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 04:34 PM
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5. UPDATE! CHARITY DONATION DRIVE CHALLENGE! INCREASE YOUR DONATION BY 10%!
UPDATE! CHARITY DONATION DRIVE CHALLENGE! INCREASE YOUR DONATION BY 10%!

DU member Midlodemocrat has made an extremely generous challenge to the members of DU in support of the DU Year-end Charity Donation Drive. She has pledged to donate $100 to America's Second Harvest for every $1,000 donated by the members of Democratic Underground, up to a maximum challenge donation of $1,500!

It's like every dollar you donate to America's Second Harvest will be worth $1.10! Make sure you donate soon to take advantage of this challenge... because this challenge ends when DUers raise $15,000.

YOU MUST CLICK ON THIS LINK BEFORE YOU DONATE IF YOU WANT YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE 10% MATCH:

http://help.secondharvest.org/democraticunderground
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 04:42 PM
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7. Hey, is there a term or time limit? I can't do 'till tomorrow.
So very well done, Skinner and our dear MidLo. :loveya:
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Skinner ADMIN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 04:49 PM
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8. The charity fund drive will run for two weeks.
Our current plan is to end the donation drive on the last day of the year.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 05:04 PM
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9. Cool! Let's see how we do.
:toast:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 04:40 PM
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6. kick
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-18-06 10:47 PM
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10. kick
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-21-06 09:27 AM
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11. I was hoping to be able to make donations in other people's name
I work for people who are very hard to buy for, so each year, I usually make a donation to the local food bank in their name.

but there doesn't seem to be that option w/ Second Harvest.... so I'm going back to my local food bank instead.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Dec-23-06 07:57 PM
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12. Does it matter how much we donate?
I'm not as wealthy as some of the people around here. I can't donate a lot. I apologize in advance.

I'll give what I can.
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dolo amber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-28-06 10:51 PM
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13. You probably dress in drag, too
Edited on Thu Dec-28-06 10:51 PM by dolo amber
:eyes:
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-29-06 06:58 AM
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14. Yes...it's true.
I do dress in drag. Now, I'll be a GD pariah. :cry:
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