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Re: OldAIMGuy post# 14840

Thursday, 12/30/2004 4:16:51 AM

Thursday, December 30, 2004 4:16:51 AM

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OT: I just read that this is the largest natural disaster since 1991 when a cyclone killed 130,000 people. The U.N. are gearing up to ask for donations on what will be a massive effort to help the survivors.

Apparently there are millions of people with no clean water, food or shelter and there's expected to be a second wave of deaths, among the survivors, due to disease and contaminated water/food.

I've been to a few places and saw first-hand some people that are so poor they barely subsist in the best of times; add a disaster of this magnitude and the odds are definitely stacked against their survival over the next few months.

I think that any donations we give can save some lives (even small amounts that most of us would think couldn't make a difference).

For those thinking about donating to this cause, I'd like to offer the following...

If you (or your friends) donate at least $197 U.S., before January 5th, 2005, directly to the Red Cross (Canada --> http://www.redcross.ca or USA --> https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp -- if you're from another country go ahead and donate to your local Red Cross) I'll send you a fully registered copy of Automatic Investor 3.0 SP1.

Just specify that your donation goes to the "International Response Fund" in the U.S. or the "South East Asia Tidal Wave and Earthquake" fund in Canada and then email me (mhing@automaticinvestor.com) a copy of the receipt you receive from the Red Cross.

You can make the donation in your own name (so you receive your income tax receipt) and if your credit card number appears on the receipt, feel free to erase it before sending it on to me.

A year from now I'm sure we won't miss our donations at all, we won't have suffered any because of them and we might not even remember what we gave, but those same donations will probably end up allowing some people to ring in 2006 with us who would otherwise be dead.
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