AMAZON.COM account for Red Cross donations: already over $4 MILLION given

[Nothing Without Hope]

(I'll post this in the "Hurricane Disaster Relief Information And Resources" thread too.)

American Red Cross Hurricane Relief

Here's the page with the information:

http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PELYGQVJ8Q7IB

You are paying: American Red Cross (americanredcrosshurricanerelief)

As of 10:15 PM ET:
Total Collected: US $4,394,426.71
# of Payments: 44248

Privacy Notice: If your donation is $250 or more, Amazon.com will share your name, credit card billing address, and the date and amount of your contribution with the American Red Cross.

Details from American Red Cross

American Red Cross Hurricane Relief

Victims of Hurricane Katrina are attempting to recover from the massive storm that hit the Gulf States. American Red Cross volunteers have been deployed to the hardest-hit areas of Katrina's destruction, supplying hundreds of thousands of victims left homeless with critical necessities. By making a financial gift to Hurricane 2005 Relief, the Red Cross can provide shelter, food, counseling, and other assistance to those in need. Privacy Notice: If your donation is $250 or more, Amazon.com will provide your name, credit card billing address, and donation amount to the American Red Cross, and the American Red Cross will provide you with a receipt for your donation. Other than this, Amazon.com will not share information about you with the American Red Cross. Amazon.com has waived all customary Honor System fees associated with your contributions to the Red Cross. Thanks in advance for your participation during this critical time. The American Red Cross name is used with its permission. For more information about the American Red Cross, please call 1-800-HELP NOW or e-mail [e-mail]. Learn more about Amazon.com's support of nonprofit organizations, including the Amazon.com Nonprofit Innovation Award, at www.amazon.com/nonprofitinnovation.

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1. great link and very easy!

I contributed via this link to the Red Cross. They had the same thing going for the tsunami. I think that got up to over $12,000,000 if I remember right.

We CAN do better than that! This is for our homeland and our country and anyone can contribute from anywhere! :D

Thank you for posting this.

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[Nothing Without Hope]

2. Many people (like me) will use Amazon but NOT PayPal. Please keep kicked!

My parallel post on this is at the bottom of a very long list on the Hurricane Relief thread, and more people would see it if it got to the Greatest Page, I think.

In any case, GD is rushing and threads sink out of sight so quickly!

And yes, I think the number of contributions through the Amazon Honor System account will continue to grow - there is so much need.

BTW, tomorrow I will be going out to the local yard sales on the hunt for good adult and child clothing and mailable essentials. There will be plenty of addresses to mail them to soon. We need to set up a system for specific sizes needed being matched to people who have them and can mail them to a specific address.

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3. Thank you

for posting this. I mentioned on another thread that the Irish Echo will have more on where to donate next week. The AOH national leadership is meeting this weekend. But the editors of the Echo are encouraging people to donate to the Red Cross now, for immediate emergency assistance.

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4. kicking to keep this visible n/t

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5. it is going good! GREAT!!!!! :) :) :) !!!!

Total Collected: US $4,501,576.85
# of Payments: 45349


Over 4 - 1/2 million collected. Let's aim for $10,000,000 by daylight! :D :D :D

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[Nothing Without Hope]

6. Fantastic. When I first put that post together it was under 4 million

There was a delay while I tested and determined witih MrsGrumpy's and CC's help that the donation page URL worked universally, and then I posted.

Now we're over half a million up from there. It is indeed moving up fast.

Thanks for your help in keeping this kicked. :hi:

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11. Unless someone has a later update that says different, Red Cross STILL not

allowed into New Orleans by the National Guard!!!! This is MONSTROUS!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4599047

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