Dollars for Darfur!
I just got a notice from the Save Darfur Coalition about the Dollars for Darfur Campaign and wanted to pass that information along to any of you on PU that are in high school.
The campaign was started by Nick Anderson and Ana Slavin who "got tired of waiting for others to change the world" (Save Darfur, 2006).
Below is the notice from the Save Darfur Coalition:
"Dollars for Darfur is an innovative nation-wide fundraising competition between high schools to raise money to help stop the genocide in Darfur.
Half of the money raised funds humanitarian efforts for Darfuri refugees and the other half funds the advocacy efforts of the Save Darfur Coalition.
The goal is to raise $200,000 by April 21, 2007 to help the people of Darfur. The winning high school will be recognized nationally by the Save Darfur Coalition and receive a surprise prize, to be announced at that time.
Please help them reach this goal by spreading the word about Dollars for Darfur competition to any high school students you know and encouraging them to get involved.
It's a simple process. Students start by setting up a Dollars for Darfur page for their high schools, and then email their friends and family to let them know about their pages. Many students are also using their MySpace and Facebook networks to spread the word about this effort. All the info students need is available on the Dollars for Darfur web site.
So far 828 students from high schools across the country have already raised more than $26,000 towards their $200,000 goal.
Our hat is off to these students. We're truly impressed by their initiative and dedication.
We're not the only ones taking notice -- Nick and Ana recently appeared on the The Martha Stewart Show to discuss what high school students can do to end the genocide."
The URL to set up a Fundraising page for your school is:
http://www.savedarfur.org/page/content/dfd/get_involved/
I hope those of ya'll in high school will consider getting involved with this campaign if you haven't already!
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None of the money that you donate to the Save Darfur Coalition goes to Darfur. None.
Heads up. Please let more people know. Find out about organizations that are actually on the ground in Darfur. They need help. Not SDC.
http://www.progressiveu.org/141855-the-save-darfur-coalition-are-they-a-...
Citizen Press Revolution
Thanks for the heads up, but this program ended in April.
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