Four days ago, I asked readers to help me feed the hungry, hurting and homeless in Vancouver by raising money for the Union Gospel Mission 21st annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Even with tough economic times and a looming recession, you guys open your wallet and gave to a worthy cause. For that, myself and the UGM wholeheartedly thank you.
In only four days time, the John Chow dot Com community stepped up and donated $3,066.24, which I am more than happy to match. I’ve sent the UGM my donation for $3,066.24 to bring the total donations to $6,132.48. That’s enough to feed over 2,300 people!
I like to give special recognition to Quinton Pullen’s $1,100 donation. That was over my $1,000 limit but I matched it anyway. Thank you Quinton. There were a few other big donors. However, they wish to remain anonymous. A big thank you goes out to the following readers who donated.
Benito and Verney Kho, Linda Bustos, Aaron Fedora, Michael Kwan, Daniel Ferreira, John Gregg, Merendi Networks Inc., Duane Storey, Chris D, Tony Chung, Laidback Geek, Jamie Harrop, Wayne, Deborah A. Freeman, Bonnie Sainsbury, Cadillac Blog, Hubcaps, Wait Til A Commercial, Nishadha Silva, Matthew Kidd, Gary Ng, Lyndonology, Kat Sanders, Elaine Yu, Chris Guthrie, Rain Coaster, Credit Cards, American Express Platinum, Dan Williams, Webkinz, Ryan Green, John Lee, Grip Money, Jordan Garn, Pushpalata Shah, Cool Gadgets, Webtraffic ROI, Ben Collins, Bryn Youngblut
Once again, a big thanks to everyone who made a donation to feed the hungry this Thanksgiving. I can’t express how proud I am of the John Chow dot Com community. If you haven’t made a donation but wish to do so, there’s still time to feed a few more! You may donate online at the Union Gospel Mission website.
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Great cause. I donated last year, too. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! (well, Canadians.. haha)
I agree….great cause
That is frikkin awesome!! I’m so glad I could have helped
Very awesome.
Congratulations on the nice gesture to all donors.
Great cause John! I’m a firm believer in giving to get and this was good example of giving.
2300 people , feels nice to be part of that although I have no idea what thanks giving is
Nice work, everyone. The Downtown Eastside really needs this kind of support.
Hi John,
You are an amazing person. Time and time again, you have shown your generosity with your wealth, time and knowledge. I salute you.
Mike
Always willing to help a good cause, especially for us Canadians
Great job, John and thanks to everyone who donated. I was also very happy to see you contribute in such a generous way, hence had to blog about it
You set a great example!
Thats a good amount within 4 days.
This shows how popular you are…
keep it up.
good that people will be able to have a good meal this thanksgiving
Congratulations man. I am happy you are doing this because so many people need money so that they can have food on the table. There are only more of these people after how bad America the economy has got.
Glad to see affiliate marketers giving back even though the economy sucks!
Glad I could help
That’s awesome! I’m glad that John matched all the money rather than up to $1000. I mean I’m sure he can afford it
Sharing is caring!
You must have miss-read my original post. I said I would match everyone up to $1,000 per donation. If 10 people donate $1,000, I would donate $10,000.
Seems like a great cause. If you run something like this again I will definitely participate. We need more people with influence doing things such as this.
Very cool to hear! The power of collaboration.
That’s a good amount of support. Great to hear.
Happy Thanksgiving Canada!
Great cause to raise money for John.
Very cool. This year I forgot, but last year I was among donators. Will try to remember in 2009. This is a very worthy cause.
Thanks for sharing.
hopefully by then i will have money to donate too
If you want money, perhaps you should try implememnting a few techniques shared by chow. Or you could use my technique…
I live on the Downtown EastSide and I just want you to know that your donation will, quite frankly, change the lives of several people. I’ve seen the power of generosity time and time again living down here, and something of this size will make a life-changing difference to its recipients. You should be very proud of what you’ve done here.
Thanks John for the opportunity
The specifics of this announcement are what attracts people that would want to help, because individuals don’t want to see general terms used when dealing with an issue such as fundraising. You have laid out the information to the penny, and this provides readers with a sense of assurance that actual figures are present and the result served its purpose as it was laid out.
thats great and to know its for a worthy cause
Chow, no one can tell you don’t use your power for good.
WOW, amazing stuff, I see you listed the website above. I’ll check it out. Worthy cause, great people with big hearts. Excellent!
Yeah amazing..especially the $1.1k donation.. heartwarming
Halo johnchow?
Wow thats a very nice movement.. too bad I missed it .. Be sure to get in the next one!
What a great effort! I was glad to be part of it. There’s really nothing better than helping others in need.
Amazing, John — amazing. Your readership and your own generosity continues to impress us here at UGM. I just posted a “thank-you” over on The Street about your campaign, but wanted to drop by to extend a thank-you personally. 2,367 people can eat because of this.
Why bother to match?
Why not just donate the $10,000, if you’re willing to in the first place?
I don’t think, for a cause like this one, you should be trying to “match” anything. I get the whole point — don’t get me wrong.
But it seems kind of foolish, and rather cheap, to say if all your readers put up $10,000 only then will you put up $10,000.
This cause isn’t a game. Why make it one?
If you would do it if everyone put up $10,000, then why not put it up regardless?
Either way, what you did was thoughtful and caring for the most part.
Once you have a better understanding of fund raising and marketing, you’ll understand why I did it this way.
U did a great Job John No one will have such a mind to serve but u are doing
I appreciate ur efforts and ur work
Good luck
To be honest, I have been homeless myself, I really appreciate what you are doing. I actually got off of the streets using the internet. I looked for change on the streets with which I was able to get in to an interne cafe, make a web site and start to make enough money to get back in an apartement. Now, I live quite comfortable, making my money off of the net.
Hi John, just dropping by to say that I’ve tagged you in my latest post.
That is amazing and I love to donate everytime it is possible to me. I am not a big online donator but I donate in public locations. I truly look up to you and if my business becomes as successful as yours I will follow in your footsteps and donate a lot too.
OOBR
Good Job John! Keep doing Charity onwards.
THats a very great step taking by you john.
I wish i could help you too
A very very good job done. I appreciate it.
Thanks
Absolutely unbelievable – very glad to see some charity work here at JohnChow.com
good ^^
Good job.
Really great cause John. Thanks for your generosity to donate to the people who are in great need.
keep doing the good work.the one that really pays when you are in trouble
Great cause John! Absolutely unbelievable