You may remember that last Friday I
announced a $5,000 challenge by DUer brooklynite to match donations to America's Second Harvest -- The Nation's Food Bank Network. Today I am excited to announce that we reached the goal -- and then blew past it by another 50%!
In the last seven days, DUers donated a total of $7,732!That $7,732 is
in addition to the $5,888 that our members had already donated last week. So right now the current total donated by more than 200 DU members to help feed America's Hungry is $13,620! If you add in the $5,000 match pledged by brooklynite, then
our total donation is $18,620! Great job, DUers!
There's still time to donate!The Charity Donation Drive ends at midnight December 31 -- three days from today. To have your donation included in our our total, make sure you click this link before you give:
http://help.secondharvest.org/democratic About America's Second HarvestAmerica'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/democratic About your Donation100% 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/democratic Thank you!
Skinner
DU Admin
This is exciting news for our community. I think you know what to do... Please kick and recommend this thread so more DUers will see it. Thanks.