Feast of Lights 2011 -Thank you all!!!

Jodea Kegan

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Welcome everyone, to the 2011 Feast of Lights charity drive! We are honored to be helping out the fabulous Room to Read organization this year! Than you again to our Keeper for suggesting the winning charity :)

Room to Read is an international organization that focuses on the importance of education and literacy. They believe all children should have the opportunity to learn . Illiteracy is a huge problem in many countries and I am so very happy we will get to help out this very worthy cause this year. Here is what Room to Read says about itself:

Over 300 million children around the world do not have access to education and most likely will never learn to read or write. Room to Read believes that all children, regardless of gender or background, have a right to education. By empowering children through this lifelong gift, we see a world in which people are able to realize their full potential.

Room to Read had its humble origins in Nepal in 2000, where we began bringing donated books to rural communities. Today, we are a global organization dedicated to promoting and enabling education through programs focused on literacy and gender equality in education.

Our Reading Room program provides libraries to children so they can read and to explore. Our Local Language Publishing program allows children to read books in their mother tongue. Our School Room program gives children a safe place to learn. Our Girls’ Education program enables girls to enroll in and stay in school. We currently work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Zambia – with plans to expand so we can bring educational opportunities and resources to children throughout the developing world.

Room to Read’s programs have reached more than five million children so far and hopes to improve literacy for 10 million children by 2015. Imagine a world in which every child has access to an education. Room to Read is doing our best to make this dream a reality, one child at a time.



Ok, on to the specifics :)

OUR GOAL:

We have set a goal of $2500 between Dec. 1st and Dec. 31st. To reach this goal we will need the support of our incredibly generous members. Every single donation, from $5 to $5000 is important to us! Please do what you can, when you can :)

We have our very own page at Room to Read for you to go to and donate!

http://roomtoread.kintera.org/general/tarvalon11

If you would like to donate please click the link, add the dollar amount in the field, and click "Continue". When you fill out your billing address they will ask you if you would like your name displayed. This is not a requirement so feel free to click anonymous, we will still know you donated and how much :) . When you are filling out your name please put your Tower name in the "company" field!


PRIZES:

To thank all of our donors for their generosity we will have a few prizes this year!!

First, If we meet our goal of $2500 we will be putting on a special free week in February. Now, we still owe you one from the last fundraiser, so we are gonna combine em and do a free fortnight! You will be allowed FULL avatar changes for this special occasion, and we will have some fun themed stuff at the faire grounds for everyone :D

Next, our of our entire pool of donors we will be drawing 5 names of people who will receive spechul titles (to be picked out by your OE team of course ) for the entire month of February :) . One lucky person will get to be Master/Mistress of Ceremonies for our special free fortnight.

Lastly, anyone donating $50 or more will be entered for a chance at one $20 Amazon.com certificate, and anyone donating over $100 will be entered in a drawing for one $30 Amazon.com certificate!

So, that is the plan folks :) I hope you are all as excited about this event as I am!!

<3


A couple of buttons for our donors! *edited to make it a link*

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Azi al'Thone

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Re: Feast of Lights 2011 - Donate Now!

:0 Another invasion!?
 
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:joy Woohoo! I can't wait to see how awesome our donation ends up being! I will be donating next payday! :D
 

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Re: Feast of Lights 2011 - Donate Now!

DAFO

(donate and find out) :laugh:
 

Jodea Kegan

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Re: Feast of Lights 2011 - Donate Now!

:hug So glad people are planning on helping out!


Azi, no invasions are planned






yes :indifferent:
 

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I'll make sure to donate as well :D Nice prizes this year :pleased-1:!
 

Jodea Kegan

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thank you ladies, SO much!!!

We are currently at $360 folks!

We really need everyones support . We have 20 more days to raise $2140!!!! Every single dollar counts here, every donation!!
 
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Ubah and I have put in our donation. *grins*
 

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Boo, no PayPal? This'll have to wait until I can be unlazy enough to dig out my credit card.
 

Jodea Kegan

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Nope :) No paypal! They are not a fundraising organization and they take a pretty deep cut, so having a page right on the site means all the money goes directly to the organization!
 

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We'll be donating when we get paid Friday!
 

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Questions: How do you know we've donated? And, the e-mail I received from them didn't have the amount...how do I show this for my taxes? Thank you!
 

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I can answer that we know you've donated because it gives us a list of everyone who donated along with the amount and your email addresses.


As for your taxes, I will look into it right away. I did not realize you didn't get a receipt
 

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Donated, even though it's not much, every little bit counts. :-)
 

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I'm not sure whether I'll be able to donate, but now that I'm 18, I should be able to. I did decide to join the volunteer program, since they have programs based here in South Africa. :)
 

Keisha al'Benn

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Nyavene, to me that means more than just donating money. :hug
 
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