Donate to Movember

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It's November, that means Movember! time to grow out that moustache and or donate to the cause.  For those of you that do not know what Movember is, it is a time for people to grow out their moustache's in the month of November to raise vital awareness and funds for men's health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer (you can sign up here).  Last year in 2011, Movember had over 854,000 join the cause worldwide raising 126.3 million US dollars.  I hope this year matches or beats that amount.

This is my first year doing Movember as I generally look terrible with a moustache, but my face can take a month of punishment for a good cause. Per the rules I clean shaved on November first and the current picture is from November 7th, I will put up a weekly picture so you can see the progress.  As of right now  I have raised 5 dollars,  I am glad I raised something (thank you Douglas Kiner) but I believe that I can raise much more.  I ask the sddialedin readers and community to contribute.  I don't care if you give five dollars or five hundred dollars anything helps.  To make a contribution just follow this link and I appreciative your support and I will continue to grow this moustache (hopefully into a Ron Swanson).  In addition, by contributing to my Movember page you are also contributing to team 91X.

Again you can donate here, thank you

Seth Combs Gets The Bieb For Charity

I thought I'd posted a link to my photos from last week's fundraiser, but alas, I had not. The party at U-31 got off to a slow start, I imagine you working folk couldn't quite get there at 5, but once it got going, there was a great turnout. A representative from the San Diego Humane Society was on hand to receive the total of $966 in donations (well over the $300 for the hair and $700 for hair/beard/mustache). As party-goers got in on the beard and mustache fun, Rob Deez performed with Josh Damigo as his sidekick, and of course they played the Seth Combs song. As Seth got his hair cut, courtesy of Salon Tonic by stylist Dario, Gregory Page performed a set, followed by Long Live Logos. It was a super fun time and Seth was as good a sport as any. All of this now is even funnier as some media outlets try and get a juicy story out of Josh and Seth in regard to Josh's SDMA acceptance speech which he closed with "and Seth Combs can suck my balls".

Make Seth Combs Get "The Bieb"

I'm very reluctant to align myself with charitable causes, because when it comes down to it, aren't we all worthy of a benefit?

However, tonight, while at the Casbah, my friend (and occasional sddialedin contributor) Bonnie Vanderwater was daring Seth Combs to cut his hair, and I was on board. Bonnie challenged Seth. If Bonnie can raise $300 for the Humane Society, Seth agreed that he would cut his hair like Justin Bieber. So when they were asking me to lay money on the line (my broke, unemployed ass), I wanted to know if that meant the beard, too. For $500 Seth said no. But, if we get $700 worth of confirmed donors, Seth will cut his hair in the style of Justin Bieber AND also shave the beard. So step up, San Diego. No donation is too small. Find me or Bonnie Vanderwater on Facebook. Make a financial commitment. 100% of the moneys raised will go to the San Diego Humane Society and then we can all be free of the threat of attacks from whatever wild animals have made Seth Combs' beard a home. Do it for the animals. Do it for San Diego. Do it for the poor Lesbians who look like Bieber.

Of course, Seth laid down some conditions. All of the money must be donated prior to the cut and shave date, so just saying you'd pay to see it doesn't count. We need cash. I am collecting no money, but I will put you in touch with Bonnie who is accepting responsibility for the collection. This could be really good. Let's do it! You know how to find me. And I know how to find Bonnie. If we get $700, I'm pretty sure we can make Seth's cut and shave happen in a public forum. This could seriously be awesome. It's for the animals. DO IT.

A Repost For Ok, Go! : AmEx Members Project

You've seen those American Express commercials about the Members Project, right? Well, I might not have reposted this, except if you take the time to read through the whole letter, you'll see that a Proctor & Gamble project is winning... can't they put up their own $5 million? Anyway, take the time to read through and go vote (if you have an AmEx card).
This message was originally posted by Damian of Ok, Go!



Hello people,

It's me, Damian, in Australia. We're getting ready for a short little tour here, which is exciting because, like absolutely everyone, I'm super into marsupials, and it's a rare chance for a boy like me to watch the toilet flush backwards.

I'm writing to ask for your help with a little good old-fashioned world-saving. My close friend and former band-mate*, Oliver, is one of the brains behind DonorsChoose.org, one of the coolest non-profits I know of. They're finalists to win a huge grant from the American Express Member's Project and they need your vote -- it'll only take a couple minutes of your time, and it'll do a lot of good.

DonorsChoose.org is a website listing public school teachers' best ideas for classroom projects. Public school teachers, who are so chronically under-funded that they often have to pay for books and materials out of their own pockets, submit projects they need money for, and real people like you and Jorge and my mom (bless her heart) can browse the various submissions and choose to directly help fund the ones that strike a chord. It's an ingeniously simple system that actually helps the people who need the help; 100% of the money ($13 million so far!) goes to classroom projects, unless donors specifically earmark their donation to help keep the lights on at DonorsChoose.org.

The AmEx grant is huge (up to $5 million), and chosen by an online vote open to all AmEx cardholders. If we vote DonorsChoose.org to victory, every penny will go to fund the more than ten thousand classroom projects in their database; DonorsChoose.org won't keep a dime. Which is pretty cool.

Right now, our heroes are in 2nd place behind a project that's semi-secretly funded by Procter & Gamble (a $68 billion pharmaceuticals/manufacturing mega-corporation with 140 thousand employees), who want the grant money to help distribute their "Pur" water filtering system. This affiliation isn't mentioned on the site, but the NY Times wrote about it last week. Here's the article, and here's another one from Consumerist.com.

So, if you have an American Express card (or one of these other ones), do me (and 250 thousand public school kids) a favor and vote for vote for DonorsChoose.org.. And if you don't have an AmEx (or an advanced Hogswarts degree in computer hackery), forward this email to people who might.

In any event, you should check out DonorsChoose.org and see what it's all about. We found a few projects that seemed particularly awesome and put them in this registry. Browse those if you like, or search for your own. Only good things will come of it.

Thanks all,

Damian