We Raised Over $1,000 For the Union Gospel Mission
I want to thank everyone who donated to the Union Gospel Mission’s Easter Meal drive. I asked for help and you guys answered to the tune of $507.07 in donations! As promised, I will be matching your donations to bring the total gift to $1,014.14. That’s enough for nearly 400 Easter dinners. I like to acknowledge the following readers who made a donation.
- FrugalTrade - $103.60
- Greg Morgan - $25.90
- Dax Desai - $25.90
- Ryan Parker - $25.90
- Matthew Swain - $25.90
- Matthew Newill - $25.90
- Michael Kwan - $25.90
- John Murphy - $25.90
- Polliwog - $25.00
- Martin Reed - $25.00
- 1234Pens.com - $25.00
- Wendy Piersall - $25.00
- Shawn Knight - $20.00
- David Lucas - $20.00
- Derrich.com - $19.20
- Aris Tanone - $19.20
- Hannes Johnson - $12.95
- Jacob Cohen-Donnelly - $10.50
- Nathan Metzger - $10.36
- Matthew Boyer - $10.36
- Peter - $10.00
- Anne Emerick - $10.00
- Gili Weinbach - $7.80
- bobbarama - $6.00
- James Britton - $5.00
- Raghavendra Prasad - $5.00
Because the UGM does not accept PayPal at this time, some readers have PayPal their donation to me in trust. I have received PayPal payments totaling $180.71. I will be adding that to my matching $507.07 donation and present the Union Gospel Mission with a check for $687.78.
Once again, a big thanks to everyone who made a donation to feed the hungry this Easter. 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, you may do it online at Union Gospel Mission Vancouver or Union Gospel Mission Seattle.
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Wow.. that is a sure sum of money to feed the hungry folks! Applause for the contributers!
Reply to this commentWow, congrats
Why only a check for $687 though?
Reply to this commentBecause the rest of the money was donated by readers directly to the UGM.
Reply to this commentDuh. I’m a bit silly sometimes
Reply to this commentJohn, Way to go. It kinda destroys you’re evil reputation though.
Another great organization that does and awesome job helping people is kiva.org.
Reply to this commentNo kidding!!! Where is the evil in this???
But…congrats…its good to see you reaching out like this
Reply to this commentGreat job…everyone that donated should be commended. This was a great idea, John…and I think I may do this on my blog for my community.
Reply to this commentThat wasn’t very evil.
Reply to this commentevery other post is evil but this one
Reply to this commentThis is one of grace, nothing less.
Reply to this commentJohn,
Didn’t you promise to list all the contributors? Are you going to list them in a batch too?
Reply to this commentI’m seeing a list of contributors - with a link to their websites…
Reply to this commentI guess what he meant that the above is not the full exhaustive list of contributers.
Reply to this commentThat is the full list.
Reply to this commentthats really good, its a cause that everybody should support in one way or other.If not by donation by words.It boosts the moral of people atleast.
congrats
Reply to this commentGood show to all who donated! We personally donate to our local Salvation Army.
Reply to this commentWow. That’s terrific. This was such a great idea, John. Really. Great, great, great job!!!
Reply to this commentExcellent turnout, and as others have said, a big thanks to everyone who participated, give yourself a pat on the back, you deserve it!
Reply to this commentwow congrats, that sounds like a nice accomplishment i hope i can achieve someday… giving back
Reply to this commentI just notice the post received over 20 thousand views which is unreasonably higher than other post. I am wondering why?
Reply to this commentJohn,
I went back to read your email response to me and I just realized that I misread it. Somehow I got the impression at that time that you “CAN” read the UGM link that I sent you after, and didn’t think that you actually said you CAN’T read and I soon forgot about it. I made the online contribution using the link Ryan mentioned in his reply on my comments at the original thread. I just forwarded you the email from UGM they sent me after I received your reply. Now I know why mysattrack.net wasn’t in your list. Could I get it added to the list John? Thanks.
Reply to this commentI’m happy to see that your charity event was a success!
FrugalTrader
Reply to this commenthttp://www.milliondollarjourney.com
Glad to see so much was raised for helping some people in need! Nothing evil about that.
Reply to this commentGreat job everybody! I’m glad to have been a part of this.
Maybe John should set up a John Chow Foundation that regularly collects donations? But then he would of course lose some of his evil status - and he probably doesn’t want that happening
Reply to this commentWay to go you guys.
Reply to this commentwow, way to put the money towards a great cause
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