Capital Hill Blue disaster relief challenge

[sarahlee]

For the next 30 days, Capitol Hill Blue is saying that they will match any contribution made by a reader and forward it on to The American Red Cross and other agencies. The donations will be made "on behalf of the readers of Capitol Hill Blue."

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/katrinaaid.html

If you donate to the Red Cross at the Capitol Hill Blues site, they say your donation will be matched.

They also say that they are also donating 100% of their ad revenue for the next 30 days.

On edit: note my "disclaimer" below. I think we should figure out if there is a way for us to "aggregate" progressive donations.

[physioex]

1. Just my humble opinion...

But I don't trust CHB. I think they are an unreliable news source, and they exaggerate the truth. I would be skeptical of this "matching". It's good to want to help, but be skeptical so that money doesn't end up going down the drain.

[sarahlee]

3. I agree.

You posted while I was typing up my disclaimer... :)

[physioex]

5. Fair Enough......

:hi:

[sarahlee]

2. Not an endorsement

This is not an endorsement from me or anything, just passing along the info. Not sure if they have a really rich backer willing to match funds or what.

I don't always trust their reporting, but wanted to pass this along because if for real, it is a generous offer and one I hope more bloggers and businesses will follow.

I wonder if we could set up an ActBlue account for progressive donations as we can for candidates.

[hwmnbn]

4. I'd go direct to Red Cross.....

And don't donate to any "christian" funds. You can't trust them. IMHO