The Discography and Amazon, 2007 Q3
In late 2005, I established an associates account with amazon, going primarily from
my discography page. Any amazon.com sales generated by people navigating to amazon from my site generates commissions, that amazon eventually sends my way.
As I noted at that time, anything that comes my way from amazon.com will be turned over to charity, on a quarterly basis, doubled by a match from me. All selected charities will be from the set of charities documented at
http://bruce.orel.ws/charities.html.
During Q3 2007, a total of 54 items were sold by amazon off links from the site. Total commissions for the quarter were $50.35. With rounding, this quarter's donation+match is $100.00. This brings the total raised for charity since the inception of the amazon account up to exactly $1100, to 12 different charities. To see a list of the beneficiaries to date, please see
http://bruce.orel.ws/donations.html.
The donation for Q3 is to the Melanoma Research Foundation. The Melanoma Research Foundation (
http://www.melanoma.org) has been actively supported by Danny Federici. The foundation was mentioned on Bruce Springsteen's website when Danny recently took a leave of absence from the E Street Band in order to undergo treatment for melanoma. The Melanoma Research Foundation is The largest private, national organization devoted to melanoma.
If you buy things at amazon (doesn't have to be Bruce stuff), please consider going through one of the links off
http://bruce.orel.ws/discography.html, or the left panel link on any page within the sub-site
"The Songs of the Seeger Sessions". Or, if you're viewing the blog, just click to amazon logo above. You'll get the same prices as ever, and a percentage will end up with one of the charities. If you have any recommendations for the next recipient, please contact me at
matt@orel.ws.
Thanks to everyone who has participated!
Results for Q4, along with the next recipient, will be up in a couple months.
Labels: amazon, charity, discography
The Discography and Amazon, 2007 Q2
In late 2005, I established an associates account with amazon, going primarily from
my discography page. Any amazon.com sales generated by people navigating to amazon from my site generates commissions, that amazon eventually sends my way.
As I noted at that time, anything that comes my way from amazon.com will be turned over to charity, on a quarterly basis, doubled by a match from me. All selected charities will be from the set of charities documented at
http://bruce.orel.ws/charities.html.
During Q2 2007, a total of 43 items were sold by amazon off links from the site. Total commissions for the quarter were $32.19. With rounding, this quarter's donation+match is $65.00. This brings the total raised for charity since the inception of the amazon account up to exactly $1000, to 11 different charities. To see a list of the beneficiaries to date, please see
http://bruce.orel.ws/donations.html.
The donation for Q2 is being made on November 7, 2007. This evening, Bruce Springsteen is appearing at an event titled
Stand Up For Heroes: A Benefit for the Bob Woodruff Family Fund. To commemorate this event, the Q2 2007 donation is being to the Bob Woodruff Family Fund.
The Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury assists service members injured while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Special emphasis is placed on the "hidden signature injuries" of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – traumatic brain injury (TBI) and combat stress injuries including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The Fund works with private industry and government to develop public awareness and excellence in research, education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, support and resources for the injured and their families as they reintegrate to duty or civilian life.
To donate to the Bob Woodruff Family Fund, please
click here.If you buy things at amazon (doesn't have to be Bruce stuff), please consider going through one of the links off
http://bruce.orel.ws/discography.html, or the left panel link on any page within the sub-site
"The Songs of the Seeger Sessions". Or, if you're viewing the blog, just click to amazon logo above. You'll get the same prices as ever, and a percentage will end up with one of the charities. If you have any recommendations for the next recipient, please contact me at
matt@orel.ws.
Thanks to everyone who has participated!
Results for Q3, along with the next recipient, will be up in a couple months.
Labels: amazon, charity, discography
The Discography and Amazon, 2007 Q1
In late 2005, I established an associates account with amazon, going primarily from
my discography page. Any amazon.com sales generated by people navigating to amazon from my site generates commissions, that amazon eventually sends my way.
As I noted at that time, anything that comes my way from amazon.com will be turned over to charity, on a quarterly basis, doubled by a match from me. All selected charities will be from the set of charities documented at http://bruce.orel.ws/charities.html.
During Q1 2007, a total of 58 items were sold by amazon off links from the site. Total commissions for the quarter were $49.01. With rounding, this quarter's donation+match is $100.00.
While I had considered going to a single charity going forward, recent tragic events made the choice of recipient very easy. I have selected Joan Dancy and PALS Support Group as this quarter's recipient. The donation is made in memory of Terry Magovern. PALS is a grassroots organization that helps and provides assistance, services and programs that support ALS patients and their families. PALS also aims to aid patients by loans of equipment, to award direct monetary grants to ALS patients and/or their families, to enlarge the body of ALS knowledge, to educate the general public on the disease and to encourage scientific research for the prevention, alleviation, care, treatment and cure of ALS patients.
Unfortunately, there website for Joan Dancy and PALS is still incomplete, and does not include online donation capability. To donate by check, send to:
Joan Dancy and PALS Support Group
Riverview Hospital
1 Riverview Plaza
Red Bank, N.J. 07701
Since I started the amazon association, more than 450 items have been sold at Amazon via links from bruce.orel.ws. These sales resulted in total donations of more than $900. A listing of the results by quarter is available at
http://bruce.orel.ws/donations.htmlIf you buy things at amazon (doesn't have to be Bruce stuff), please consider going through one of the links off
http://bruce.orel.ws/discography.html, or the left panel link on any page within the sub-site
"The Songs of the Seeger Sessions". Or, if you're viewing the blog, just click to amazon logo above. You'll get the same prices as ever, and a percentage will end up with one of the charities. If you have any recommendations for the next recipient, please contact me at
matt@orel.ws.
Thanks to everyone who has participated!
Results for Q2, along with the next recipient, will be up in a couple months.
--Matt
Labels: amazon, charity, discography
Discography charity fundraising update
In November 2005, I established an associates account with amazon, going primarily from
my discography page. Any amazon.com sales generated by people navigating to amazon from my site generates commissions, that amazon eventually sends my way.
As I noted at that time, anything that comes my way from amazon.com will be turned over to charity, on a quarterly basis, doubled by a match from me. All selected charities will be from the set of charities documented at http://bruce.orel.ws/charities.html.
During Q4 2006, a total of 105 items were sold by amazon off links from the site. Total commissions for the quarter were $153.16, the highest of any quarter so far. With rounding, this quarter's donation+match is $300.00.
I have selected 3 organizations as recipients of this quarter's donations:
1)
Hungry For Music. Hungry for Music (HFM) began as an annual homless benefit concert on April 15, 1992. HFM's primary mission is to aid in cultivating the self-esteem of disadvantaged children through music education.
2)
The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic. The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic's mission is to sustain Louisiana's musicians in mind, body and spirit by developing access to primary care and preventative health services and by addressing the health care needs of the musicians and their families.
3)
Special Olympics. Special Olympics, founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968, provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for individuals with mental retardation, thus giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
During the 2006 calendar year, a total of 368 items were sold at Amazon via links from bruce.orel.ws. These sales resulted in total donations of $785. A listing of the results by quarter is available at
http://bruce.orel.ws/donations.htmlIf you buy things at amazon (doesn't have to be Bruce stuff), please consider going through one of the links off
http://bruce.orel.ws/discography.html, or the left panel link on any page within the sub-site
"The Songs of the Seeger Sessions". Or, if you're viewing the blog, just click to amazon logo above. You'll get the same prices as ever, and a percentage will end up with one of the charities. If you have any recommendations for the next recipient, please contact me at
matt@orel.ws.
Thanks to everyone who has participated!
Results for Q1 2007, along with the next recipient, will be announced in approximately 4 months.
--Matt
Labels: charity, discography
