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We Raised Over $7,500 for the Union Gospel Mission

written by John Chow on March 18th, 2008

It started off slow but it got kicked into high gear when I offered to match donations to the Union Gospel Mission’s Easter meal drive at 2 to 1.

Fifty five readers stepped up to the plate and donated a total of $2,505.97 to help feed the hungry this Easter. I want to give special recognition to Free Money Finance for their $1000 donation and Quinton Pullen for his $400 contribution. A big thank you also goes out to the following readers who made donations:

UMG Easter Meal Drive

Adam Rubenstein, Jürgen “ZZZ” Zahrl, Mark Blair, Rachel Duncan, Robert Lam, Jeremy, Mark Givens, Michael Henry, Krishna Pillai, Siva Kyasa, Rick McBride, Gary Ng, Shawn Knight, Mike James, Alan LeStourgeon, ChaoFan Ltd., Joseph Patterson, Christoph Puetz, John Zuncke, Idea Feeder, Brian Nguyen, Jian Jye See, Brandon Adcock, Israel Lagares, Keith Lock, Walt Breuninger, Andrew B, Think Like An SOB, Michael Kwan, Patrick Hankinson, Nick Morlan, Simon Lau, McGrath Info Solution, Ramon Deterink, Jonathan Radande, Dave Chevalier, Raymond Liu, Jimson Lee, Dino Hadzic, Philip Yong, Nick Turner, Gather Success, Nishadha Silva, Greg Morgan, Danny Chang, Alan Whitton, Marita, Tom Tessin, Chris Merrill, John Kim, Melvin Richardson.

I can’t express how overwhelm I am by the outpouring of support you have given this worthy cause. I said I would match your donations at 2 to 1 and I am happy to do so. I’ve just sent the UGM my donation for $5,011.94 to bring our total donations up to $7,517.91. That’s enough to feed over 2,900 people!

Thank you for your support.

Gary Lee said on March 18th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

Good Job Everyone! I totally forgot about it and missed it! Sorry John, but get me next time for sure!

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Start Blogging said on March 18th, 2008 at 6:24 pm

I’m pretty sure you can still donate to UGM! ;)

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SEO Optimization said on March 18th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

Uh yeah, the donation has doors open all the time.

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Shanker Bakshi said on March 18th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

God Bless you all, Keep on doing good cause.

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Shawn Knight said on March 18th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

Congrats to everyone who stepped up! Easter will certainly be brighter for those less fortunate people at the UGM this year!

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Mary said on March 18th, 2008 at 5:00 pm

Wow, you rock!
You should do this more often :)

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Simon Lau said on March 18th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

Awesome! I’m glad the readers to JC.com pulled through.
Big thanks to John for matching 2:1 too!

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Fiscal Musings said on March 18th, 2008 at 5:21 pm

I’m glad things worked out so well, and glad that I could help.

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Wade said on March 18th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

Wow, you have a lot of generous and devoted reader! I am really impressed with the amount one “personal” web site brought in to donate. I was also impressed that you matched the donations! You are a good man my friend.

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Hannah said on March 18th, 2008 at 5:31 pm

That’s absolutely wonderful! I do hope next year I’ll have the funds to be able to donate, what a great cause. Thank you to everybody who did donate, you’re all doing your part in making society a little bit better!

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Tyson Williams said on March 18th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

Congrats!

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Rachel said on March 18th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Keep me on your list and send me an email next time you do this. I will be more then happy to donate again. I was really happy I came across this page. It was my first time visiting, and the offer, and UGM moved me so much.

Thanks, you do great things

Rachel Duncan
the baked blogger
http://bakedblog.com

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Affiliate Confession said on March 18th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

Great charity, can’t think of a better thing to do on Easter than at least feed the hungry. It nice to see everyone contribute. Thanks for the mention John.

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Brandon Adcock said on March 18th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

Keep up the good charitable work John. I am glad I could donate to a worthy cause and would do so again.

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Millionaire Failure said on March 18th, 2008 at 7:59 pm

John, Thanks for the add, but i just wanted to make sure you recieved the donation! Thanks for doing a really great thing with your fame!

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Terry Tay said on March 18th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

That is awesome John. It’s great that everyone was able to pitch in and you matched it 2 to 1. You’re a really great person for doing this for the Union Gospel Mission.
~Terry

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car345.com said on March 18th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

Very Impressive. I am glad you decided to go over your $1000 inital cap for the worthy cause.

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Michael Kwan said on March 18th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

You got my domain wrong, but I went and fixed it myself. :lol:

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John said on March 18th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Oh no! I never sent you the receipt. I was under the impression that you’d be posting the donors list next monday! Oh well, at least I know I gave to a good cause regardless.

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Keith Lock said on March 18th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

You got my domain wrong too but I can’t fix it myself like Mr. Kwan. :)
It’s keithjameslock.com

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John Chow said on March 18th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

Ops! Fixed now. :mrgreen:

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iPhone in Canada said on March 18th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

Sweet! Nice work everyone! :)

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Joseph said on March 18th, 2008 at 10:02 pm

That’s amazing!

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Dustin said on March 18th, 2008 at 10:44 pm

Thats great, when is the next donation ceremony though, maybe CJ will pay out quicker next time so I can donate something :)

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Philip said on March 18th, 2008 at 10:50 pm

haha yeah John you got my domain wrong as well. It should be http://www.philipyong.com and not http://www.philipyoUng.com.

Thanks anyway.

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Alt-J said on March 18th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

Am I like the only one whose domain is actually correct? :lol:

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Mike Huang said on March 18th, 2008 at 11:42 pm

John,

Looks like you made a mistake for “JURGEN’s” link…oh is he gonna hate that :) *SIGH* I can’t believe I forgot about this :( I’m sorry..

-Mike

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Andrew Pavelski said on March 19th, 2008 at 12:21 am

Great job John. It’s awesome to see everyone come together and contribute to a great cause ;)

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Monetize Pro said on March 19th, 2008 at 1:28 am

Very nice! 2,900 people will have a nice dinner with easter :cool:

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Minal said on March 19th, 2008 at 5:40 am

That was a nice gesture…. :twisted: turns :lol:

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Big Cajun Man said on March 19th, 2008 at 6:00 am

Philanthropy becomes you Mr. Chow, keep up the good works.

Your good works will be remembered long after your advice for Internet Businesses are forgotten.

–C8j

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FMF said on March 19th, 2008 at 7:20 am

Glad to be a part of it! I’ll be there next time too. :smile:

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Syed Balkhi said on March 19th, 2008 at 7:31 am

a job well done … god bless you John and everyone who donated…

btw: your page title for this post is missing a 7 ….

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Alt-J said on March 19th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

Seems like $ and 7 doesn’t go well together.

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David Chew said on March 19th, 2008 at 9:28 pm

That is very good.

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Nishadha said on March 22nd, 2008 at 3:10 am

Why didn’t you link to me ? :sad: , since you put my name you must have got the receipt

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Gerri said on March 25th, 2008 at 4:34 am

Congratulations! That was a good amount of money that you managed to raise.

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