Blogathon to Raise $ for The Portage County Animal Protective League

 

July 31st at 6 am [PST, 9 am EST] to August 1 at 6 am I'll be joining the 2010 Blogathon to blog 24 hours for charity. Posts will occur hourly for the next twenty-four hours. Yes, indeed, that's actually 24 posts folks, so please feel free to support me with comments, encouragement, criticisms, questions, suggestions and moral support, regardless of your ability to donate, throughout the day.

I really have many causes that are important to me, that I've given time and contributions to over the years. A dear newly discovered cousin is covering Equality issues with his blog today, while an old friend from Pittsburgh is donating to Oil Spill relief (please check out Chad A. Cashman II and Erin Kelly on Facebook to donate.) I took stock in what else, besides those two things close to my heart (my gays and the bays, the environment and guys who like 'Rent,' ha ha) could I make a difference toward? When it occurred to me, it wasn't something that made me shiver or made me ill at the injustice, it simply made me smile. Shelter dogs bring so much joy to many people's lives, and the supplies and staff that support small animal shelters are often spread thin. I wanted to select something small scale, a place that even if I can only raise a small amount like $200, it will make a difference to. And so I chose the small shelter that has give companionship to so many friends and families I knew growing up back in Ohio, including my own, the Portage County Animal Protective League.

Your contributions can be in any denomination, for any reason you'd like. You will donate directing to the APL safely and securely through this site, I will not be accepting any payments in any format. However, if you'd like to designate some fun and inspiring things for me to write about, simply let me know the amount you've pledged and here are your guidelines for playing today:

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• $5 -   I will incorporate a word of your choosing into a blog post. Scan your old SAT vocabulary books or find something repulsive on the web. Be warned, I know more about merkins than you might think! ;)
• $10 -  You can suggest a word as outlined above, and I will write your [user]name/website/something] on a picture and take a webcam pic of it and post it in a blog. 
• $15 - The above are included, and I will answer any question you ask.
• $20-  All of the above and I will fulfill photo requests: within the constraints of public decency, don't try for anything creepy, pervos. 
• Anything bigger: propose and we'll negotiate! I'm not above embarrassing myself. 

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A word about my casual adherence to the Blogathon format today, as we begin. As many of you many or may not know, the official Blogathon is not being carried out this summer, but an AltBlogathon is being executed. While I'd hoped to commit wholey to the spirit and the letter of the experience for my first go at it, you will notice a lag from 1 pm [PST] to 7 pm today while I spend a few hours in the office and then attend a function for work. I pledge to make up those posts and what you can expect from me by 6 am tomorrow morning are at least 24 entries. I can't promise they'll be scheduled out perfectly, but they will be met. 

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