James Kim charity fundraising raffle at ZatzNotFunny
I wrote about James Kim previously. A lot of us at TiVo saw his CNET reviews on TiVoCast, and were moved by the story of his tragic death. As a fundraiser, our events coordinator, Greg, had two unique items created — a TiVo snowglobe, and a TiVo toaster. You can read about this TiVo Inc. employee fundraiser over at TiVoLovers, where the internal mail was leaked (not by me).
Right now, the only way to get these two items is if you’re a TiVo employee. But Dave Zatz, owner of ZatzNotFunny (a great site for commentary and reviews on digital entertainment technology, with lots of coverage of TiVo) had the bright idea of creating a fundraiser that’s open to everyone, and he worked with me to get one of the toasters as a raffle prize.
Head to Dave’s entry for today to get the details, but the basic idea is you send a $10 paypal entry to Dave Zatz (don’t worry, you can trust him) for a chance to win the toaster. Dave is generously donating the toaster and the PayPal fees, as well as all of December’s advertising revenue from his site, to the James Kim fund. One lucky winner from all the raffle entries gets the toaster shipped to him or her.
James had two young daughters who are now without a father. Your entry into the raffle not only gets you a shot at a unique item, but also helps pay for their college and other expenses. Please consider entering the raffle.
If you found out about this through my site and chose to enter the raffle, let me know by leaving a comment here. I’ll make a matching $10 donation for the first ten people who enter the raffle.
May 29th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
[...] I wish I’d thought of this. Remember the TiVo Snow Globe and Toaster I posted about in December? Dave Zatz over at ZatzNotFunny worked with E. Stephen Mack, the Director of TiVoCast Operations, to reserve one of the toasters for raffle. For every $10 sent in via PayPal you get one virtual raffle ticket. At the end of January, one winner will be randomly selected and the toaster will be shipped to them. Dave will send all of the ticket fees, plus the AdSense income for ZNF for December, to CNet for the James Kim Memorial Fund. Details on getting your raffle ticket(s) are here. [...]