My wife has been nominated to be a participant in this years March of Dimes “Jail & Bail” fundraiser. The premise is that she’s going to be put in “jail” unless she raises $1000 before September 12, 2007. She’s had some luck with relatives and friends but is still well short of the $1000 that she needs to “post bail.” Do you think you could help out?
If you can, please visit her March of Dimes donation page and make a donation.
I’m actually a little surprised by how “with it” the March of Dimes is. They have online donation pages for their local fundraisers which is pretty abnormal. At least up here in the northern plains. They also accept not only credit cards and checks, but PayPal as well. I wonder if they did any metrics on whether their donations increased when they started accepting PayPal?
You’ll have to check with your tax resource, but I believe that any donation is also tax deductable.
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Actually, I figured you would be making a counter offer to keep her in jail. Or at least I did, though I don’t see an option yet for that… 😛
Dear March of Dimes supporter,
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Thank you,
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March of Dimes Foundation
1275 Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605