Due to the recent destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, BoardGameGeek is selling GeekGold to help support the Red Cross in their efforts to provide aid and relief to the victims of the storm.

We're selling 1 GeekGold for $1.00 USD and we'll donate the proceeds to the American Red Cross Hurricane 2005 Relief Fund.

Click here for more payment details:
www.boardgamegeek.com/disasterfundraiser.php



Update:
If someone wants to make a sizable donation and wants to deduct it from their taxes, you should donate directly to a charity. Send me a copy of the receipt and I'll gift you the geekgold


Update 2: We've hit 10k... awesome. I also just added a graph so you can see the buildup.
www.boardgamegeek.com/katrinagraph.php

Update 3: In addition to the GeekGold you also get a red cross icon on your profile.

Update 4: The red crosses have been removed due to a number of issues. I'll come up with something else ASAP.

Update 5: The fundraiser will end on Friday 9/9/2005.

GOOD! maybe now I can 'get some', since "approvals" of Games Submissions doesn't 'seem' to be 'working'!


P.S.-is there a valid email address that WE could 'contribute' this at? the insipid "PayPal"(what an 'oxymoron') don't want to 'work' as well, are THEY 'approving' Games Submissions for you folks, on the side?

Gee, what a good idea - great minds, and all that ...

Thanks Aldie. I've been 7 geekgold away from my avatar for ages. I've also been thinking about donating to the hurricane relief fund. The combination was enough to motivate me to get my wallet.

I dunno how many of you were personally affected by this disaster. My wife's grandmother just pulled out of New Orleans today.

And I upped my supporter to '05 while I was at it.

Absolutely fantastic idea. I was planning on donating as it is, and it's great to do so with my fellow geeks.

I updated the page with my mailing address where you can send a check if the PayPal doesn't work for you.

Absolutley BOSS idea, Aldie!! It feels great to contribute and that running total at the top of the front page is nice to see. (plus I got my Avatar! It's like they say, to get you have to give)

I think this is an excellent idea.

It's pretty horrible out there.

Thanks for setting this up. I'll be mailing something tomorrow. I guess donating to the Red Cross helps, but I wish there were other/better ways of helping the victims (short of inviting them to live with me). At the risk of slipping into politics, I can't help but think that with all the compromises we've made on infrastructure and social programs over the last 30 years or so, all those expensive military toys don't really amount to much in light of this (worsening??) disaster.

It's also a short term solution to the new-ways-to-get-GG dilemma--win win.

Btw, what charities will you be supporting?

Übergeekbadge, Thank you!

Awesome idea Aldie. It's nice to see that our huge community and love of board games will actually help out people in need.