Come on Austin Refreshers! Get involved!! This is a great concept! I really don't want to have to turn to the Boston community. I know Austin has a great deal of talent, and we can work together to make this a national presence that will benefit not only current needs in Haiti but others who find themselves unfortunate enough to need the assistance of the American Red Cross!
Why the hesitation?? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:06 PM To: Refresh Austin Subject: [Refresh Austin: 4879] Re: Non-Profit Fund Raising Venture with American Red Cross Involvement Matt, I am definitely in with helping on the Flash Development. If there is any required. -Frank Duran- On Jan 19, 9:32 pm, "Matt Gooding" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Austin Refreshers! > > We've been talking with the American Red Cross in D.C. about a vision we've > had for creating a site that would allow companies to donate goods and > services to be given away as prizes to those making donations to the ARC. > > The concept is somewhat similar in nature to the game show Let's Make a Deal > where there would be three daily prizes behind three doors. People visiting > the site could click on each door to get hints about what lies behind it, > and choose one of the three by clicking into it. Doing so will direct them > to the American Red Cross site where they will be able to make their > donation directly to the ARC. For every dollar they donate there will be a > single ticket entered into the daily drawing for the prize behind the > selected door. > > We are going to develop the site, but we really need the assistance of other > organizations to assist in other areas. If you are interested we welcome > your involvement! > > Even if it is simply by following our Twitter accounthttp://www.twitter.com/behindthedoorsand encouraging others to follow as > well. Also please retweet our tweets to your followers! > > Thanks for getting involved on whatever level you can! We truly believe > this can create an exciting way for Americans to donate not only to the > Haitian relief efforts but to many unforeseen tragedies as well. > > One of the first things we're trying to do is fund the purchase of the > domain name - BehindTheDoors.com - which as of this morning was a premium > name selling for $1888.00; however, the owner did come down to $1,000 for > us. If anyone wants to help us raise those funds that would be great. > Another area where we would like assistance is in coordinating the prizes. > If anyone wants to get involved please let me know! > > Thanks, > > Matt > > image002.jpg > 9KViewDownload
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