Comments on: Amazon's Red Cross donation page

Amazon's Red Cross donation page

NortonDC — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:23:23 -0800

Amazon's Red Cross donation page as pointed to by arielmeadow in the big thread. This deserves front page treatment.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:27:20 -0800

I've heard Amazon is waving all fees, so this is a great way to give donations.

By: zempf

zempf — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:34:05 -0800

Just cracked the $100,000 mark. I'm sure it's a drop in the bucket, but between doing this & donating blood, every little bit helps.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 20:56:09 -0800

I've submitted it to Fark, bluesnews, and slashdot just posted it. I encourage others to get it on high traffic sites.

By: arielmeadow

arielmeadow — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:13:39 -0800

Thanks, NortonDC, but I didn't post about the Amazon red cross site first--credit goes to oswillis.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:23:26 -0800

Thanks for setting that straight. It's petty, but I know that I had a little "harrumph" moment when links I posted in comments got elevated with no acknowledgment.

By: owillis

owillis — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:50:53 -0800

No biggie all. We're in this together.

By: precipice

precipice — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:59:27 -0800

Every time I reload the page there are another 10 donations.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:04:25 -0800

About $25 per donation, and rising. I'm impressed.

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:21:08 -0800

I'm on the team that worked to put this up at Amazon (though I didn't work on it myself). Just makes me feel pretty good about where I work. Nice to have one bit of goodness seep into a day like today.

By: owillis

owillis — Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:48:59 -0800

It's up to over $289,000. In all this sorrow, its making me very proud.

By: arielmeadow

arielmeadow — Wed, 12 Sep 2001 09:43:31 -0800

$525,000 now. Amazing. Owillis, thanks so much for sharing that link!

By: epersonae

epersonae — Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:42:24 -0800

I showed this to my husband last night, and he was inititally "yeah, okay, whatever," until I said - look how it goes up...and hit refresh - up another 10k, and again another 2k, etc., etc., etc. I'm amazed at the generosity of my fellow americans. i'm gonna figure out today where I can donate blood in my hometown. i've been afraid to for years & years (the first time I ever did, I passed out cold), but now....

By: kokogiak

kokogiak — Wed, 12 Sep 2001 14:06:00 -0800

Over a million dollars now.

By: skwm

skwm — Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:49:41 -0800

I know it's a bit off to question their motives or what not....but I sure hope they pass on taking their 15% cut of it

By: owillis

owillis — Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:50:34 -0800

They aren't taking any out. Its on the site. 100% to Red Cross.