Hey! Thanks for the comments! I totally understand where you're coming from. I've been hit a lot with unsavory groups. Go ahead and check out the organization and decide.
As far as your questions go, e-mail the questions to them. I'm sure they would love to answer them. As far as direct donations, a direct donation is much better than a purchase. Don't just buy ink cartridges with the money you can donate. The campaign is to redirect expenditures to a non-profit group that can take the purchase as a donation amount. From there, they give 75% of the proceeds to the organizations they mentioned. Again, give the supporting organizations a call to see if they know about a Siam Rogers at an Access Jesus. The one for the North American Mission Board is at http://www.namb.net/dr/ . I do know that Joel Phillips has been in contact with them. I too apologize for continuing to carry out this discussion. Again, I'm not being asked by the ministry to do this. I've been in the listserv for awhile (though not too active) and this is the first time I've ever done something like this. In the end, if you have money donate directly to FEMA, Red Cross, or whoever. This is just a way for us to have part of our normal purchases go to helping others. Peace, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Peter Brunone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 12:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re: [AspNetAnyQuestionIsOk] Help Hurricane victims ���With all due respect to hurricane victims and their families, wouldn't it be better to have people give directly to an appropriate organization, even if the amount is considerably less than they would spend on a vendor?� This business of reaching their goal "if 1 million people (consumers) would purchase their Ink and Paper supplies through AccessInk.org" sounds pretty fishy to me.� And what is "the suggested donation amount"? ���Forgive me if I sound cynical, but when you've�as many spams and scams as I have�-- especially with the word "Jesus"�slapped on them, which really makes me mad --�you tend to�be a bit less trusting of some random email from "Reverend Siam Rogers" who wants you to buy his office supplies for the greater good. My apologies for continuing this off-topic thread... Peter Brunone From: "Chris Burge" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I know that this doesn't fit with the guidelines of the group but I thought that since this is for helping those in need that it would be ok for a one time post. Plus, I've been a member here for a while and I'm not the type to just do this kind of thing. To be blunt, I'm sending this e-mail for a ministry I've been working with that is trying to raise money for Hurricane Victims. I'm sending the below Press Release to those that people that I know in a hopes that they will be able to share it with others that might have an immediate need for ink. Again, I apologize if this offends anyone. I just have a lot of friends and family down there that are in serious need of help and very few people have the discretionary funds to just donate. Thanks, Chris Help AccessInk.org Help Hurricane Victims AccessInk.org, a Georgia based nonprofit is offering consumers a way to purchase Printer Ink and Paper supplies at a significant discount and at the same time contribute directly to disaster relief for hurricane victims. Consumers can visit www.AccessInk.org to purchase laser toners, ink cartridges, fax rolls and specialized paper and more at discounts up to 50% off the retail price. For every purchase completed between October 2004 and the end of January 2005 AccessInk.org will donate 75% of the of the suggested donation amount to provide disaster relief for hurricane victims. Money will be used for: 1. temporary housing 2. repairs and reconstruction of homes 3. medicine 4. food and much more. The money will be disbursed through the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and Disaster Relief of the North American Mission Board who cook the food for the Red Cross as well as other organizations which may be identified. AccessInk.org is also kicking off its own Community Support strategy. My (Rev. Siam Rogers, President AccessInk.org) personal roll during 9/11 at ground zero has lead us to do so. The holidays are upon us and Christmas is right around the corner. Our goal is to raise 30 million and we feel this is a very easy and simple goal if 1 million people (consumers) would purchase their Ink and Paper supplies through AccessInk.org. AccessInk.org can supply, upon request, a detailed press release about our disaster relief ministry. We are also available for radio and television interviews. Contact us at 1-877-FOR-INK1 (1-877-367-4651), Local 770.932.2558, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AccessInk.org is a nonprofit subsidiary of AccessJesus Ministries, Inc. and all finical fundraising for disaster relief for hurricane victims will be posted through the AccessInk.org web site. Respectfully and Urgently Rev. 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