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Call to Action: A
unique time-sensitive Opportunity
(December 16, 2007 to January 31st, 2008 3pm EST)
Dear Friends and
Supporters of Friends of Bolivia, Inc,
"Parade magazine and the Case Foundation are partnering
with Network for Good and Six Degrees to launch
America’s Giving Challenge; an initiative to inspire and
reward greater giving through online technology. To
learn more, visit Parade.com."-- from the "About" tab of
the Charity badge.
The Giving Challenge may benefit only non-profit 501c(3)
organizations. The goal is to use online and
digital media technologies to reach as many donors as
possible through the charity badge on
http://www.friendsofbolivia.com home page. A minimum of US $10 donation by credit card
or PayPal will count you as a donor, and the greater the number of
donors signing up through this badge, the better. The
8 (4 for U.S. and 4 for Global)
charities with the largest number of sign-ups will each
get a challenge award of $50,000 !!
The campaign began on December 16, 2007
and goes through January 31, 2008 3pm EST (12 noon
Pacific Time). Donations and support are most
welcome at any time, but if made within this
period, it will have the biggest impact at the shot of
winning one of these $50,000 awards.
How can you help this effort? By engaging in one or more
of the following 3 ways.
1) Make a personal donation. Click on the orange "Donate" button
on the charity badge or go to Network for Good where you can make a donation
to Friends of Bolivia, Inc. You may provide as much or
as little personal information, or remain anonymous if
you wish, but the moment you make a donation, the total
donation and number of donors will reflect in the
charity badge the next time you refresh it. Donating
multiple times for the same name will count as only one
donation when they tally up the final numbers. Remember
that your donation is generally Tax deductible on US
Federal and State Income Tax if you itemize deductions on
Schedule A. If you want to go to the donation site
immediately you can click on this url, which will
display the badge: .http://www.networkforgood.org/pca/Badge.aspx?badgeId=108371
Network for Good has also helped us to accept donations in the past and will
do so in the future. However, in order to take advantage of this unique
opportunity to have your donation counted for this particular challenge, your
donation MUST be through the charity badge. 2) Spread the message
to those you know. Use word of mouth,
person-to-person interaction, telephone interaction,
e-mail, instant messenger or other means. Send the word to your friends, relatives,
and other supporters of Friends of Bolivia, Inc. You can forward a copy of this
message or the relevant URL to members in your phone book and contact list.
Please identify yourselves as the sender so that the
recipient knows that it is from someone they know,
rather than ignore it as spam email. While it is
possible to send the message to a large number of people, please be aware that
putting too many people on the list could cause spam filters to mark your
message as spam, and that a mass mailing to unknown people usually irritates and
annoys
recipients. If you have a website, you can go to the "Share" tab on
the badge and select the html text to include within
your website, and you can also find the URL there to add
to your email. 3) Publicize to the world at
large. Display the badge on your website or facebook
page.
The HTML code for displaying the badge is available from
the "Share" tab of the badge. The HTML code for
displaying the badge on facebook will be provided on
request by webmaster@friendsofbolivia.com. The webmaster would appreciate the
help, advice and support of any facebook members since
he himself is not familiar with this tool. Please act IMMEDIATELY. Our combined actions for
this challenge will have impact only up till Janury 31,
2008 3pm EST (or 12 noon PST). In the event of a tie, the
organization who reaches the total earlier will win in a
tie-breaker. Seconds may mean the difference
between $50,000 and nothing. This is yet another reason
to act NOW!
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