MetaFilter posts tagged with donations

Learn New Words, Give Free Rice

divabat — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:55:22 -0800

Give ten grains of rice for each word you get right. It builds up very quickly.

Thumb drive drive

mathowie — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:43:50 -0800

Inveneo is a non-profit bringing technology to the developing world. They've got several projects going in Africa to connect, train, and equip villages but their latest push is an interesting one: The Thumb Drive Drive. In the era of $50 2Gb USB drives, many of us probably have discarded 16-128Mb drives sitting around. Send them to Inveneo and they'll get used in places where broadband isn't an option and quick storage is necessary.

Baby (Jesus) needs a new airplane?

clevershark — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:59:53 -0800

What does God need with a private jet? Benny Hinn's latest pitch for donations. [via]

KatarinaHelp Wiki

Maishe — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 21:20:28 -0800

KatarinaHelp Wiki Excellent resource for everything Katarina.

Repent and you'll get the supplies everyone pitched in for.

skallas — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 23:13:16 -0800

Is this what they are doing with my tsunami relief donations? From the article: "Jubilant at seeing the relief trucks loaded with food, clothes and the much-needed medicines the villagers, many of who have not had a square meal in days, were shocked when the nuns asked them to convert before distributing biscuits and water." Christopher Hitchens also exposes similiar actions in India by Christian missionaries in his book critical of Mother Theresa.

Relief takes wing

arse_hat — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:04:09 -0800

You can give airline miles for tsunami relief. Link goes to a Goggle tsunami info page. Full airline links are inside.

Glad people are giving relief... but sheesh.

miss lynnster — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 08:45:17 -0800

Our country is more humanitarian than YOURS is! No it's not. Yes it is. See? We donated more aid than you did. Well, we doubled our donation. So there. But yours are loans, not donations. Nuh uh. They're donations. Are not. Besides, we'll triple ours. And we'll send planes. You wouldn't. Watch us. Well then, we'll just octuple ours. Yeah? I bet you won't. I quadruple dog dare you. I hate you... you know that, right?

Turning the tables on Anti-Choice Protesters

zarq — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 04:20:10 -0800

Turning Pickets Into Pledges Planned Parenthood has launched a new program that "creates a no-win situation for anti-choice protesters — the more picketers who demonstrate outside a Planned Parenthood clinic, the more donations that clinic receives." This campaign allows supporters to pledge between 25 cents and one dollar per protester -- not a lot of money, but it adds up to thousands over time.

Charities refuse strip club donations.

zorro astor — Sun, 12 Dec 2004 15:07:52 -0800

Strip clubs are associated with spreading legs, not spreading the wealth. And apparently that's the way a lot of charities in the San Francisco area want it to stay. The reason? They don't want to be associated with "those people" i.e., the skin trade. This in a city where buttless chaps are considered casual wear. [SF Gate article, about a year old, but I doubt anything has changed.]

Don't hang up on Texas!

wfrgms — Tue, 07 Dec 2004 19:34:12 -0800

Have a good day Ms. Beyer! "Before you are rude to another telemarketer, you should keep in mind that he or she has your phone number and your address." Texas Telemarketer sends a threatening letter to a hanger-upper.