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    Tuesday, May 13, 2008

    Congratulations Heifer International

    Well, it's been a long time coming, but finals got in the way. Sorry.

    Money's collected. Donation's been made.

    Congratulations again to Sara and Heifer International -- The inaugural winner of The Bleeding Ear's "Play For A Cause" March Madness pool.

    This year proved a great success. The tournament had some amazing games, our pool had some ups (MoJo) and downs (StudentsForAFreeTibet ... i.e. me). All in all, it was a lot of fun and a worthy cause was helped.

    Through some generous gift matching, the $50 raised by our pool will actually be two $50 contributions! So, our actual donation raised for Heifer International is $100. Congratulations to all who played.

    Here's the final results for posterity:



    Many of my readers, friends, and family have expressed a desire to play next year. I expect a much larger pool, and greater gift for charity next year. What better way to watch March Madness?

    ***Business: Cards commemorating the donation will arrive in about a week, and receipts for tax purposes (it's a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) will arrive in two weeks. I called in the order instead of processing it online so that individual receipts could be mailed and those who want to deduct their donation may do so.***

    As always, TBE is more than open to ideas on how to improve this pool for next year.

    Once Again, congrats to Sara from Raising My Ebenezer and Heifer International!

    2 comments:

    Sara said...

    Woot! :) Thanks for heading this all up and doing all the work to make sure it was a success.

    Sara said...

    *pokes you*

    Are you alive??

    :)