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December 30, 2004
No Excuses
I don’t know many people on line who have never bought from Amazon. Amazon is using their power for some real good too. They have made it so very easy to do the right thing and donate to the American Red Cross’ South Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Efforts. You can use Amazon’s ecommerce engine – specifically their Honor System program – to make a donation from as little as $5 on up to whatever. Maybe match your last 3 months purchases of books, music and videos? No excuses left – it’s too easy.
If you want to donate to a different organization that is helping with the disaster recovery, Google has a Tsunami Relief page up listing a number of international charities working in the region.
If you can spread the word as well. Feel free to use the button in the left column on your own website, or in emails–whatever. It’s public domain.