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March 22, 2008

Money & Match It For Pratchett

The amount of money the campaign has taken through the Donation Jar has been staggering. The jar itself was just an after-thought, quickly added to the web site when I saw Typepad made it very easy it set one up. I only ever expected it to be a connivence for those who had Paypal accounts and for it to collect a small amount of money. In some ways this is true, much much more money has gone straight to the charity. However several thousand dollars in my Paypal account is more than I expected to handle and this has been worrying me.

To the rescue comes Rebecca, CEO of the Alzheimer's Research Trust. We had a good chat yesterday and the Trust is in the process of setting up its own Paypal account. Once its up and running, I will switch the Donation Jar so that it pays direct into their account instead of mine. All the money collected so far will also be transfered over. Because of the bank holiday and the hoops the charity needs to go through to set up their Paypal account this is not going to happen until next week. In the meantime I will continue to give regular updates and list each and every donation on the Detailed Accounts page.

The money from the T-Shirt's will still flow into my account and be forwarded on to the charity at regular intervals. However I will be updating the site slightly to make it clear how much of each shirt goes to the charity. (Its $10 per shirt).

Rebecca has promised to keep us informed of how much has been raised and she sends her thanks to everyone who has donated, posted on their blog about the campaign or simply told a friend about it. The response of Terry's fans around the world has been fantastic.

Posted by Chris Tregenza at 10:41 AM |

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Posted by: Laila | March 22, 2008 at 01:56 PM

Scumbag spammers abusing a charity website for their own benefit.

This is an excellent initiative, well done. It's worth asking Paypal if they'll waive some or all of the fees as it's for charity, you never know your luck.

Posted by: wonkotsane | March 22, 2008 at 10:31 PM

Wonkstane - Laila isn't spamming, She providing useful information on fund raising. Most of the information on this web site comes from people like Laila who take the time to tell me whats going on.

Posted by: Chris Tregenza | March 23, 2008 at 11:13 AM

Chris -- when the Alzheimer's people get their PayPal set up, let me know so we can use their info to build a web donation widget that people can pass around and pick up at will. The more viral this gets, the better. :)

BEst! D.

Posted by: Diane Duane | March 23, 2008 at 09:32 PM

Hey, why not set up a fund-o-meter of some sort, to have a nice visual of how much money's being raised?

Posted by: AmZ | March 23, 2008 at 09:47 PM

Any update on the amount that has been donated directly to the Alzheimer's Research Trust? :)

Posted by: Jem | March 24, 2008 at 01:41 PM

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  • What's This All About Then?
    Terry Pratchett, author of the bestselling Discworld novels, has been diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's. He has donated half a million pounds (approx $1 million) to Alzheimer's research and appeared in the media highlighting the low levels of research funding Alzheimer's receives.
    Match It For Pratchett is a spontaneous, grassroots, totally unofficial campaign by loyal readers from around the world to raise money on behalf of the Alzheimer's Research Trust in the UK and Alzheimer's research in general around the world.

    What is Alzheimer's?
    Alzheimer's disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common cause of dementia, afflicting 24 million people worldwide. Alzheimer's is a degenerative and terminal disease for which there is currently no cure. In its most common form, it occurs in people over 65 years old although a rarer early-onset form also exists.

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    1. Give money directly to Alzheimer's Research Trust. If you are a UK citizen, this qualifies for Gift Aid

    2. For a fast, three click donation, use the Paypal button below.

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    3. Tell people about Match It For Pratchett. Use your blog, Twitter or Facebook. Email your friends, tell strangers in the street, dress up as an orangutan and hang from a tree. Do whatever you can to spread the word.



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