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[rose_lemberg]

Thanks to the efforts of this community, we
have raised enough money to keep her out of foreclosure and offer a cushion.

UPDATE: PLUMBING UPDATE  (please give it a look if you can). We've run into unforeseen difficulties with the plumbing, so if you feel like lending a helping hand there, it would be much appreciated.

Thank you,
anxious Rose

We have

Comments

[catrambo]

I am trying to Paypal some money, but don't have the address to send it to. When I click on the Donate button it lets me log into Paypal but doesn't supply the address. Could you post it or mail it to me?

[rose_lemberg]

Cat, thank you so much! I am working on fixing the problem. Meanwhile, the paypal address is:

helpvera@fuzzyorange.com

[coppervale]

Done. Only a few kopins in the till, but happy to put them to use to help Vera.

[rose_lemberg]

Thank you so much! Every copper counts. :)

[savia]

If you go to:

https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick-donations-factory

...it will show you how to set up a donate button that will open a payment window directly. But you have to click on that while you're logged in to Paypal under the address you want to accept donations for.

I'd suggest setting up a Facebook cause for this and linking up to donations, and inviting all of Vera's fans to participate.

FYI, I have never heard of Vera, I came here from Nick Mamatas's journal, but I am donating a wee bit to help out. I do online marketing for non-profits and can tell you that the most important thing after people send a donation, no matter how small, is to send them a personal note of thanks via email, and try to keep all those addresses together so you can send email updates on the progress.

[danceswithwaves]

You could just create a facebook group, and link to this website on the group page so people who sign up can find where to go.

[rose_lemberg]

Thank you so much!

[savia]

I wouldn't sit on them too long - a little immediate thank you goes a long, long way.

[rose_lemberg]

Savia, there's a limit to what we can do immediately. There's only two of us, and we're doing this on top of full time jobs, families and other commitments.
Thank you notes are forthcoming, but they cannot be immediate.
Thanks for understanding.

[savia]

Certainly no offense was intended, my apologies if feelings were hurt. I do this stuff for a living and tend to be direct. Believe me, I know how much work is involved. :)

You have a flash community that's come up around this - I am sure there would be volunteers if a call was put out for help with this aspect.

Or, you know, do what you like. Just trying to be helpful, knowing that timely thank you messages are often turned into more donations by the original donor, and frequently forwarded to friends.

My guess is...

[shweta_narayan]

that the real difficulty is in compiling an email list, not in sending out a thankyou note once the email list is compiled. And since that's not something a volunteer could do, I don't see how we can help Rose and Deirdre.

My sense of the matter is that the community mostly understands that they are busy people who are taking out time they don't have to help Vera, and appreciates all the work they're already putting in, and will be patient.

[krisname]

Here's a little help from me.

[rose_lemberg]

Thank you so much!