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[goodcow]

http://www.amazon.com/paypage/PX3BEL97U9A4I

American Red Cross Disaster Relief
All of us at Amazon.com are deeply saddened by the loss of lives resulting from the South Asia earthquake and tsunamis on December 26. We are offering customers the ability to make donations directly to the American Red Cross to aid the evacuation of survivors and the dispersal of first aid. One hundred percent of your donation will go to the American Red Cross. You will receive a confirmation email that may be used as a receipt. Thank you in advance for making any donation to help in this time of great need.

U.K. Residents:
http://www.amazon.com/paypage/P3RDR40PV9HS5E
OR
http://www.redcross.org.uk/news_subsection.asp?id=40238

 

[3phemeral]

Awesome! Thanks for the Link

 

[WedgeX]

Thanks for bringing this link about, time to start spreading it around.

 

[Firest0rm]

I keep refreshing the page to see how fast the money is increasing

 

[Vennt]

UK residents can make a donation via the British Red Cross - Asia Earthquake and Flood Appeal and have their donation increased at no cost through Gift Aid if they are a tax payer.

(Sticky please.)

 

[3phemeral]

(Sticky please.)

Agreed.

 

[Asbel]

Thanks. You can make donations directly at the Red Cross site too but this provides a level of anonymity.

 

[TheQueen'sOwn]

hmm.. the average donation seems to be about 33 dollars... that's not bad at all. Thanks for posting this .

 

[PartlyCloudlike]

I keep refreshing the page to see how fast the money is increasing

hehe. After I submitted my donation and went back to the main page, sixty more donations had been made. Cool.

 

[Ferrio]

Donated 20.

 

[gofreak]

The average donation has steadily been about $30, if anyone's wondering how much might be appropriate (though, "whatever you can afford", be it small or large, is most appropriate).

 

[MIMIC]

I agree that this should be stickied.

I'm going to donate $40 (and encourage my family to do the same).

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I just put in the 50 bucks my grandpa gave me for Christmas, I know some of you people here are pretty well off, so come on GAF, start representin'.

 

[goodcow]

bump

 

[B'z-chan]

I donated some not nearly enough to replace thousands of lives. I hope what little i was able to donate can at least help others. This came as a shock and i'm glad to see so many donations.

 

[Prine]

UK residents can make a donation via the British Red Cross - Asia Earthquake and Flood Appeal and have there donation increased at no cost through Gift Aid if they are a tax payer.

(Sticky please.)

cheers

 

[Littleberu]

Something tells me that this money won't go to Asia anytime soon.

 

[MIMIC]

This is a really convenient link, as many message board users have Amazon accounts. They even advertised this link on CNN this morning.

I'm spreading the word.

 

[soundwave05]

They're already over $2 million just off Amazon alone. Cool stuff.

Apple.com also has a similar thing going on with Red Cross, nice to see.

I already donated yesterday, but I'm thinking I may donate again today.

 

[psycho_snake]

Thanks for the link. Im going to try and send this to as many people as I can, but my firends will probably ignore it.

 

[soundwave05]

The Canadian Red Cross website is down because its being swamped by hits from people wanting to donate.

Stuff like that makes you feel good.

 

[EviLore]

I donated what I have left, and I'm trying to get others in too. Spread the word.

 

[soundwave05]

Apparently the Indian government is saying they don't need foreign aid, despite generous offers from the US, Russia, and Israel. They can handle the situation.

In Sri Lanka and Indonesia though I think the situation is much worse.

 

[Raxel]

I gave £125 to the British Red Cross, although I'm (originally) from north India, I do feel an obligation to help out our neighbours down south....

 

[olimario]

I'll be giving today and doing what Evilore is doing, trying to convince others.

 

[MIMIC]

CNN QuickVote Poll:

Have you donated money for the tsunami relief efforts?

Yes: 15% (15715 votes)
No: 85% (92372 votes)

 

[goodcow]

CNN QuickVote Poll:

Wow, that's horrible.

 

[MIMIC]

The Amazon link just got mentioned on CNN again.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Did a donation. Will probably donate more once my bonus (hopefully I get one) comes in.

 

[etiolate]

Donated. Just wished this was something other than Red Cross.

 

[Dice]

For those that don't so much like Red Cross...

www.nwmti.org

They are Christian, if you mind that sort of thing. Forbes has rated them as one of the worlds top charities. Through the way they handle money and partnerships, donating $30 will end up providing $2000+ worth of aid. They have been checked out and are solid, they are also members of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability to ensure this,

 

[AirBrian]

Linkin Park setup a donation website through the Red Cross and started it with a $100,000 donation.

http://musicforrelief.com/

 

[dem]

Refresh that amazon page and watch the amount of money rise like every second.
Pretty amazing.

 

[Matrix]

Donated,will donate some of my upcoming bday money too.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

I had the link on my site since I saw it here... I hope the money gets to where its needed

 

[Gaming-Ryu]

$10 million and counting.

 

[teepo]

i gave $100 to amazon.com.

 

[Willco]

Wow, that's horrible.

How is that horrible? 85% is really good.

... Offhand, I donated what I could, which is $20. Once I get my stipend I will try to help more.

 

[Kon Tiki]

How is that horrible? 85% is really good.

?
85% said no. Don't you mean '15% is really good'?

 

[Willco]

?
85% said no. Don't you mean '15% is really good'?

Haha, I read it as the opposite. I'm still not awake. Or I have newfound dyslexia!

... At any rate, that's definitely not good, but two things:

a) It's an Internet poll

b) Real numbers are probably nothing like that

If in reality, 85% were to donate money, that'd be amazing. Most Americans are strapped for cash this time of year, with lots of debt. If I saw those kind of figures in real-life, I think my jaw would drop.

I hope as many people donate money as they can, though.

 

[xsarien]

Eh, I killed a CD order and went with free shipping, then put it all towards $30 into Amazon's digital kettle for the people who need money more than I need a stupid sountrack.

(December spending, as expected, utterly raped me.)

But, it makes me feel good that Amazon alone has collected USD $12,328,310.00. My faith in most Americans is restored, but probably only for a few days or so.

 

[Pimpwerx]

I'm not doing the Amazon thing, I gave my usual daily donation to Amor En Accion. The flood in Haiti was pretty devastating as well. But it's good to see people donating so much, it's a very good cause. PEACE.

 

[jiggle]

+1 million

Actress Sandra Bullock has donated $1 million to the American Red Cross to help relief efforts in countries affected by the deadly earthquake and tsunamis in southern Asia and eastern Africa.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6781783/







Costco is collecting money for Red Cross also. Had a giant clear box for ppl to slip money in. The one I went to was pretty empty. Don't know how long that's been up though. Hope it'll fill up consideriing how rich some of the ppl in cupertino area is and how many ppl here are from the countries hit by the tsunami.

 

[DJ Demon J]

I wonder how much money was donated to the US by the rest of the world when the hurricanes in Florida devastated thousands of homes.

 

[CloudNL]

I wonder how much money was donated to the US by the rest of the world when the hurricanes in Florida devastated thousands of homes.

Why?
Stop comparing disasters!

 

[xsarien]

I wonder how much money was donated to the US by the rest of the world when the hurricanes in Florida devastated thousands of homes.

The areas hit by the tsunami aren't exactly rolling in money.

 

[AirBrian]

Wow, Michael Schumacher gave $10 million.

Here are some more numbers:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050106/TSDONORS06/International/Idx

 

[DJ Demon J]

The areas hit by the tsunmai aren't exactly rolling in money.

So did you or CloudNL open your wallets to help the families who are now homeless in FL? I'm going to donate for the tsunami relief as I did with the FL hurricanes, but I just wanted to comment on how everyone suddenly feels charitable now cause it seems like "TSUNAMI DONATIONS" is the hip new thing that everyone's doing, when real charity should occur all the time, and not just when it's popular.

 

[xsarien]

So did you or CloudNL open your wallets to help the families who are now homeless in FL? I'm going to donate for the tsunami relief as I did with the FL hurricanes, but I just wanted to comment on how everyone suddenly feels charitable now cause it seems like "TSUNAMI DONATIONS" is the hip new thing that everyone's doing, when real charity should occur all the time, and not just when it's popular.

I contribute what I can, when I can. The specifics of what charities and organizations I may or may not give to outside of the one for which this topic is named is, frankly, none of your damned business. You're the one dragging out the measuring stick, which I personally find rather sickening. A disaster is a disaster, in an ideal world no one should have to die because of inadequate warning systems, or shoddy construction. But it's not an ideal world, so these things tend to happen.

Now, I refuse to be party to this thread turning into some kind of good will dick measuring contest. If you donated to both the families in Florida AND the tsunami victims, hey, go you. But chastising others for not donating to [random disaster relief here] AND the current crisis is petty beyond all previous definitions of the word.

 

[CloudNL]

I contribute what I can, when I can. The specifics of what charities and organizations I may or may not give to outside of the one for which this topic is named is, frankly, none of your damned business. You're the one dragging out the measuring stick, which I personally find rather sickening. A disaster is a disaster, in an ideal world no one should have to die because of inadequate warning systems, or shoddy construction. But it's not an ideal world, so these things tend to happen.

Now, I refuse to be party to this thread turning into some kind of good will dick measuring contest. If you donated to both the families in Florida AND the tsunami victims, hey, go you. But chastizing others for not donating to [random disaster relief here] AND the current crisis is petty beyond all previous definitions of the word.

This guy speaks the truth!
And I hope DJ Demon J that you know that the US Goverment gave billions of dollars for the families in Florida (more than they gave to the tsunami victims). So stop complaining!