I was glad to see that the New York Times picked up on the final stages of the America's Giving Challenge. The contest is over, and the cause I've been flogging/blogging...
Let's help the Sharing Foundation win the grand prize of $50,000 in ten days when this contest is over!
Here's the scoop:
The Sharing Foundation helps Cambodian orphans in a multitude of fantastic ways.
The America's Giving Challenge will give $50,000 to the four top fundraisers in January. That leaves ten days.
Michele Martin has set up the online giving machine.
Beth Kanter urges you to donate just $10 during the next 24 hours, because this contest rewards you for the number of individual donors -- both over the course of the month and, suddenly, for TODAY.
You can give right here, right now.
I think this is a great cause, in addition to being a very interesting experiment in social networking for philanthropy.
I think The Sharing Foundation would do mountains of good for needy children with an extra 50 grand.
I think this is a terrific case study for online donation drives, micro-philanthropy, and social networking for positive change.
I am also very competitive.
So let's WIN!
