I am working the Hope For Haiti telethon - somethng amazing just hapened!

[thefool_wa]

My company is one of many customer service providers worldwide that are supporting the telethon and I have signed on to help manage call flow through our global services this evening.

One of our agents just took a 1 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION!

There is hope, for the people of Haiti, and all of man kind.

To whomever that was....thank you!


update: our agents have fielded over 20K calls in a little over 3 hours. We have had kids call in donating their piggy bank money and a lady who is out of work and giving her cigarette money. This has been one of the most humbling experiences of my life. :cry:

[JI7]

1. do you now what the average donation is ?

[thefool_wa]

7. I only have anecdotal data from just my company

and that million dollar donation gves us an average of about $100 just by itself....so I imagine we are in the neighborhood of 125-150 per, maybe even more.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

23. Well, whatever it is, it just went up.

(Cue old joke about Bill Gates walking into a bar)

[SallyMander]

2. WOW... tears again

Thank you for sharing this. I wish i had that kind of money to donate, but it warms my heart that someone who could, did. :hug:

[Parker CA]

3. WOW!! That's just incredible. Thank you for your time doing this. Truly a worthy cause.

[gateley]

4. Wow! That is beyond wonderful! nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Amazing

give what you can...

[BrklynLiberal]

6. Jaw dropping....

:wow:

[Rhiannon12866]

8. K&R!

:wow: O8)

[Gregorian]

9. One of these days I hope to be that person donating that million.

Not all of those with money are greedy and careless. My dream is to help people.

[ChicagoSuz219]

13. Me, too! I'm a born philanthropist...

...just waiting for the bucks to be able to do it... :-)

[Sisaruus]

15. I'm a fundraiser for nonprofits

Currently at a state food bank here in the U.S. Call me when you're ready. :-)

[ChicagoSuz219]

20. LOL... what state?

I'm in Illinois. I "work" a lot of fundraisers.

[bdamomma]

10. not to be negative but I hope all that money goes to the people

in Haiti and not their corrupted government.

[thefool_wa]

11. I wish I knew

but all of it is being funneled through the "Hope for Haiti" fund, which I believe is being managed by the Red Cross...so I would imagine that all, or at least the extreme vast majority of it is going towards the rebuild effort.

Hit their website, you should be able to get there from MTV.com (who is hosting the telethon), I'm sure they have distribution details there.

[Robb]

12. IIRC Red Cross boasts about its 94% throughput rate

...or whatever you call it.

[Ocracoker16]

18. Here is the list of organizations benefitting from the telethon

Red Cross
Oxfam America
Partners in Health
Unicef
yelehaiti
World Food Programme
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund

The website says that 100% of funds go towards aiding the relief efforts. The money will be used for the purchase of food, water, blankets, tents, and other items necessary for survival.

[Alameda]

22. Hmmm....I gave to Doctors Without Borders

aka Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)I love that organization. I won't mention how much I gave, it was all I felt I could afford....being unemployed and all....but I notice they aren't in the list.

[midnight]

14. Wow that is great.... How do you collect.. Do you take a credit card no. or

is this a pledge and they send in a ck.? Or is this another step taken care of by some other company?

[thefool_wa]

17. It was all credit card donations

[femrap]

16. I pray the $$$

gets to those in need.

All the money donated during Katrina? Where did it go? People still living in formaldahyde trailers.

I don't trust the Red Cross and I certainly don't trust W.

Who is in charge of this $$$$? Where do I go to see how the money is spent?

And the antibiotics that Haitians need? Why isn't Big Pharma stepping up? No...they want our donations to pay for them....gee wonder what they will charge.

[Ocracoker16]

19. thanks for sharing

The million dollar donation is very exciting. I also find hope in the smaller donations that come with stories like those that you shared. I was touched by how many kids came forward and donated their piggy bank money, profits from a bake sale, or part of their allowance. It is great that there are so many kids that understand the importance of helping others.

[malaise]

21. Wonderful

:cry: