I was finally able to make a Red Cross donation tonight. On Friday I will also be donating $5 to Haiti relief in exchange for being able to wear jeans to work.
By far the oddest donation was through the Facebook game Mafia Wars. Either by buying them or gaining them through achievements, the player collects 'Godfather points', game currency to buy objects. Earlier this week the game offered 'voodoo drums' for sale with proceeds going to Haiti relief. I used all the points I could to buy two.
Now I'm used to click-a-day sites like thehungersite translating clicks into food, pet supplies, etc, but I still found it odd turning game currency into real world relief supplies. I believe the voodoo drums were 25 points each. I wonder what donation amount that converted to?
On a related note, check out
this testimonial from Woot.
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My name is Bryan Meyers. I have just been evacuated from the Haiti earthquake. One of the things I had with me when the quake started was my cell phone; stuck to its back was the Lumpod LED flashlight that I had received some time ago in a Woot Bag of Crap. I had to walk through the dark streets of Port-au-Prince six miles to get to a secure place. I walked over rubble, bodies (dead and injured), downed wires, back alleys. The flashlight lit my way very reliably. As I said in my journal, THANK YOU, BAG OF CRAP!
If you’re interested, you can read my journal and view some pictures at www.bmeyers.net/haiti or at haiti.bmeyers.net.
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I'm a bit of a flashlight nut. I have more than 1 keychain light and two in my car. It looks like it saved this guy some trouble. Hmmm. Amazon carries them for $1.50
http://www.amazon.com/LumPod-Stick-p.../dp/B000T6L1LW
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