Dollars for Comments Charity Campaign
Help feed the hungry
I love receiving comments from people around the world at my humble Giggle On! blog.
I also LOVE donating to charity, especially anything involving feeding the hungry. I guess it’s that “mangia, mangia” Italian girl mentality!
Here’s the deal
For every comment left on my blog (not just this post but the entire site) from December 21st to December 28th, I will donate $1.00 to the Food Bank of Delaware.
Since my bank account isn’t overflowing like Oprah’s (not close), I will place a cap on what I can donate, unless of course Charity Santa Claus (or other corporate donors) work some serious magic.
I was inspired to participate in a comments for charity campaign after visiting Melissa Morris Ivone’s blog, Operation Nice, a web site where people share stories of being kind to each other! Go check it out!
We hear so much in this world about bad news but there are MILLIONS of fabulous people in the world doing nice things for others every day.
Let’s feed people AND get our Giggle On!!
Rules & Eligibility: Only one comment per person per post will be tallied for this contest.
Please tell everyone you know about it and thanks for participating!
Giggle On! with the goodness.
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39 responses so far ↓
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Lea Kelley
// Dec 21, 2008 at 2:26 pm
I love this! Good on you!
Maybe Oprah should write a blog too!
Lea Kelleys last blog post..Thank You for My Darkest Hour
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Maria
// Dec 21, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Great idea! Feed the world at Christmastime, so the song says.
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Babs – beetle
// Dec 21, 2008 at 5:20 pm
What a lovely idea! I’ll try and pop in regularly ;O)
Babs – beetles last blog post..Mo singing ‘A Merry Little Christmas’
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Anita
// Dec 21, 2008 at 5:22 pm
You never stop- your heart is the biggest-go giggles
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Yu-Jie Lin
// Dec 21, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Thanks for inspiring me! I’m in, too! But my donation will go to World Vision.
Yu-Jie Lins last blog post..You comment, I donate!
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JD at I Do Things
// Dec 21, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I love it – what a great idea! Here’s my comment. Um. YAY!
JD at I Do Thingss last blog post..I Eat Braunschweiger so you don’t have to
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Melissa M
// Dec 21, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Hi Christa! Thank you so much for participating in a project like this! I hope you have as much fun with it as I did.
It was so exciting each time I received a new comment!
Melissa Ms last blog post..Dollars for Comments Results!
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Shawn at DIY Dollars
// Dec 21, 2008 at 10:33 pm
This is a great idea not only to get people to join in the discussion on your blog – but to do some real good for people who could use some financial help! So I hope you get a lot of comments!
Shawn at DIY Dollarss last blog post..Do What the Millionaires Do
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susan
// Dec 21, 2008 at 11:10 pm
Christa,
I just wanted to thank you for all you did when my friend suicided, and all I learned from you.
I have an award on my site I would like to give to you, you are a special wonderful woman, and I would be honored if you took it.
Very Happy Holidays.
-Susan
susans last blog post..Inaugural A Hoy Awards
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K
// Dec 22, 2008 at 9:39 am
Great idea. I’ll post a blog on my site about it tomorrow (I don’t think I’ll have the time to get it done today).
Good luck and happy holidays.
Ks last blog post..Dear Santa
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Annie B Lawrence
// Dec 22, 2008 at 11:37 am
Love your blog..giggleon! I am going to add a link on my blog and post about your great idea. I am so happy that you are sharing the circle work we shared in Sedona. There is a blog post that uses the circle and also includes a bowl burning ceremony which is a great ceremony for ending the year and clearing 2008 so that we can begin 2009 with new giggle energy.
Hope to have you visit my blog and share the bowl burning ceremony with your readers.
Congratulations on GiggleOn! Love it!
blessings,
Annie Lawrence
Retreat and Heal dot com
Annie B Lawrences last blog post..Winter Solstice, Group Visualization and Spiritual Healing
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Annie
// Dec 22, 2008 at 11:58 am
ROOOCK!!!
Dude! This ROCKS!!! YOU ROCK!!! SPRINFIELD and SFA FOREVER!!!
Do not ever stop. Thanks for all you are and all you do.. a HUGE inspiration to so many!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, Giggsie!!!
xo
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Murray
// Dec 22, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Thanks a bunch for supporting the FBD and a Merry Christmas to all !!!
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Annie
// Dec 22, 2008 at 12:38 pm
HEY!!!
…such a radical librarian!!!
PRODUCT QUESTION:
How can I get Giggleon postage stamps and the sparkley tee shirt??? I will be buying the THONG for my mother for Christmas!
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Chris
// Dec 22, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Very nice of you.
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Ivanhoe
// Dec 22, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Wishing you & Rosie wonderful Christmas
)
Stay warm, girls ;o)
Ivanhoes last blog post..Baby It’s Cold Outside
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Ben
// Dec 22, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Sweet. This is a better deal than Chales Dickens’ gig getting paid by the word to write for a newspaper.
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Christa
// Dec 22, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Annie – the sparkly t-shirts are coming! Stay tuned!!!
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Christa
// Dec 22, 2008 at 10:23 pm
Susan – thank you for the award! I will work on passing the A Hoy Award along to 2 other worthy bloggers. I have a few people in mind!
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susan
// Dec 22, 2008 at 10:38 pm
No worries Christa-You deserve it.
Have a wonderful holiday.
susans last blog post..3 am again, musings
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Christa
// Dec 23, 2008 at 3:01 am
As you know, this post was inspired by the folks over at Operation Nice. Operation Nice likes to hear stories where people are kind and thoughtful to one another.
I want to share a really nice thing that happened to me tonight at the supermarket. It helped add another $10 to my Food Bank of Delaware kitty.
Once my cart was filled with goodies, I strolled over to the checkout area, admired photos of Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie in the racks and waited for the cashier to greet me.
I used to be a cashier for a home improvement store, coffee shop, deli and a few other places I blocked out. I KNOW exactly what it’s like to be on the other side of the counter. If you’ve ever been in the retail or food service industry, you understand what I mean.
Saying hello, making eye contact and using the words “thank you” to someone go a long way!
It was a relatively inexpensive trip to the market for some basics like toilet paper, 6 fancy Christmas cards, blueberries, hummus and a yo-yo (not for me, for my nephew). I also got cheese, detergent, coffee…yeah yeah…coffee…wrapping paper…..man, I got a lot of stuff!
The cashier and I chatted and smiled at each other. She rang everything up and told me my total. $107.89.
GULP. OK…but I have my shoppers card, let’s see what kinda discount I get.
SHA-ZAM! My card shaves $10 bucks off the total. Now I owe less than $100 for my loot.
I was so excited to see my discount that I smiled and yelped “oh yeah”! I acted like I just won the lottery.
The cashier looked at me, grabbed a coupon of something from somewhere, hit a few buttons and said, your total is now $88.13!
“Really?” I asked.
She nodded her head yes and smiled.
“How did you do that?”
She said, “I have some fancy money saving tricks of my own”.
I proclaimed “THANK YOU Santa” directly to her.
Her kindness made my night!
I didn’t hesitate to tell her what I was going to do with the $10 she helped me save.
$10 won’t save the world from hunger but it will feed one person a hot meal or two through the Food Bank of Delaware!
Niceness. It ain’t rocket science people. It’s easy.
I was nice to her. She was nice to me. Now I take that niceness and pay it forward!
HOW COOL IS THAT?
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vodkamom
// Dec 23, 2008 at 7:19 am
THrow that dollar in the “bank!” Food banks have always been a favorite charity of mine.
vodkamoms last blog post..Have Some Balls
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{ashley b}
// Dec 23, 2008 at 10:03 am
How awesome are you?! Merry Christmas! I’m glad to leave a comment for your cause.
{ashley b}s last blog post..{a sprinkling of christmas}
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Anna Lefler
// Dec 23, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Christa, it’s so great that you’re doing this! Have a wonderful holiday season and a fabulous, funny 2009!
Take care and talk soon…
XO
Anna
Anna Leflers last blog post..We [VERB] You A Merry Christmas
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Christa
// Dec 23, 2008 at 12:26 pm
We’re picking up momentum here at the Giggle On Dollars for Comments Campaign! I’m so excited!
Yu-Jie Lin decided to taking this dollars for comments idea and run with it his blog, go here. He is donating money to World Vision for every comment left at his site. Woo Hoo Yu-Jin!
Kim from Interstitial Life is paying it forward by telling her readers to stop by my blog and comment. Thanks Kim – I appreciate the support!
Giggle On my friends, Giggle On and keep the comments coming.
Ho Ho Ho and Mangia!
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Linda R. Thomas
// Dec 23, 2008 at 12:48 pm
This is a wonderful idea. Keep doing what you are doing.
Have a happy and healthy Holiday Season. Best wishes for a prosperous New Year!!
Linda R. Thomas
Shortlidge Academy
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Yu-Jie Lin
// Dec 23, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I’m a boy, actually.
(must be confused by my nickname, livibetter)
Anyway, I am very happy to participate this meaningful action! Thank you, Christa and everyone. Oh… and Merry Christmas!
Yu-Jie Lins last blog post..Merry Christmas!
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Jacqueline
// Dec 23, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Hi, Christa.
I LOVE this!
We’ve made a regular practice of donating things like clothes and toys, and food for the food bank. I never think about how it will come back to me, just those in need. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. It ain’t pretty.
This year, it’s coming back to us.
The guy who bought our house at auction the day it foreclosed wanted us out on Thanksgiving, with 6 days notice, but the attorney gave us more time. Then Fannie Mae gave us a little more. I had a hearing last week. The judge ordered a trial to contest the sale of my house because Countrywide refused my payment and refused to refinance.
I had sold everything I could to keep the utilities on over the summer, after my husband left, including Christmas stuff. We didn’t have a tree, but Christmas for us was just being in our house. Last Friday, someone delivered a Christmas tree, with lights! The next day, a neighbor brought us everything for a Christmas dinner. Later, we found a bag of treats on the porch for the kids. Then, someone gave me some money to buy gifts for my kids. They will have presents under the tree after all!
Kindness is alive and well in this world, and I’m thrilled to see you spreading it, Christa.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Jacqueline
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Christine LaMonica
// Dec 23, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Not really a comment- Just wanted to do the food donation thing- You are a good soul in so many ways. I hope that you, Rosie and your family have a wonderful holiday!
Peace Out!
Chrissy
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mielikki
// Dec 23, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Came here from K’s blog. Thanks for doing this, it’s great, especially at this time of year.
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So Not June Cleaver
// Dec 23, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Cha-ching!! Send in that dollar. This is a great idea!
So Not June Cleavers last blog post..See June Lose It
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carol kingery
// Dec 23, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Hi Christa;
Thanks for guiding the old gal thru this. You have such creative ideas!
Great idea.
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Tina T
// Dec 23, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Just found out about this at Interstitial Life. What a nice thing to do. Hope you get lots of comments.
Tina Ts last blog post..Will the New Year Find You Looking for Love the Wurbble Way?
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Jen @ JenuineJen
// Dec 24, 2008 at 11:26 am
What a great idea. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!
Jen @ JenuineJens last blog post..Extreme Christmas Lights – Installment Three
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Natural
// Dec 26, 2008 at 11:53 pm
this is a really nice thing to do. glad i made it here just in time to help you contribute.
Naturals last blog post..Should You Care What Other People Think?
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carry
// Dec 27, 2008 at 9:32 am
Christa: In England in the pre-electric days there were people who went out at dusk and with a long pole and a flame lit the oil lamps along the streets. They were called lamplighters. Where there was darkness, there was now light.
You are a lamplighter Christa. Keep up the good work. Great foodback idea.
Happy New Year to all. Many blessings.
How is the pup???
Carry
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Edward Brown
// Dec 28, 2008 at 6:48 am
Great idea! Here’s my comment…glad I could help.
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There are some posts that teach you how to make money on my blog!
Have a great day! -Edward Brown
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CDB
// Dec 28, 2008 at 4:21 pm
This is a great idea, and I’m so happy to support it by commenting.. thanks for doing this! Great blog, I’m in love with your boxer.. (: Have two labs and a human child of my own..
cdb
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Claire
// Mar 26, 2010 at 4:46 pm
WOW! Great idea! You rock.
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