Inspired by Anonymous, who was inspired by HinTN who was inspired by Mousebumples who was inspired by MomSense, we have 3 more offers to match new Four Directions GA donations up to a total of $1,000! So much generosity on display here!!
I want to announce our 3 remaining matchers: Madeleine! frosty! la caterina!
Madeleine is first up for the 1,000 match today.
More news: Four Directions has not received confirmation yet on the potential match of $25k from an outside group, but I remain hopeful. In the meantime, Four Directions does have an offer in hand from someone else to match $7,000 of the remaining $9,500 that we are trying to raise. *Fine print: the $7,000 won’t show up in our thermometer, but it does help Four Directions come up with their $25,000 need for the joint project with Fair Fight.
So, starting when this post goes up, until we reach $1,000 in the comments, your donation will be double-double matched.If you donate, say $25, Madeleine matches that so it turns into $50, and then the outside person will match that, so it turns into $100. We already got to the $1,000 match amount from Madeleine!
In case you were told there would be no math, I’ll give you some of the answers:
$10 will turn into $40!
$25 turns into $100!
$50 turns into $200!
Any donation between $10 and $50 is eligible for your double match.
Tell us the amount of your donation in the comments, and they will match with that amount. The $1,000 donation will be made once $1,000 of matchable donations have been noted in the comments.
If you donate more than $50, Madeleine will match $50 of that.
Update: We’re at $1,000 in donations in the comments – so the match from Madeleine will be over, and we’ll be back to a single match from the external person who will match up to $7k. We’ll have another turn at double-double matches with the $1,000 matches from frosty and la caterina!
We will still have two more $!,000 matches this week from frosty and la caterina, and each of those will be double-double matches until they reach $1,000.
Four Directions Organizing Project
with Fair Fight in GA
From myself, Balloon Juice, Four Directions, Fair Fight, native people and every other sane person in Georgia: thank you so very much!
Thank you to everyone who is making this happen! We can do this, right?
sixthdoctor
Just kicked in $25, thanks!
CaseyL
Tomorrow. I get paid tomorrow :)
smith
Just added another $50.
Z!
$50 from the lurker!
WhatsMyNym
Just donated $25.
H.E.Wolf
Thank you to Madeleine, frosty, and la caterina for such great generosity!
Four Directions is enthusiastic about US Senator Raphael Warnock, and with our collective financial help – led by our stalwart match-ers – they will be turning out the substantial Native American vote in GA for his re-election.
rockstar
In for $20, you guys rock!!!
stinger
Chipped in $50 — part of that is on behalf of Juicers who don’t use Paypal. Thanks so much wonderful matchers!
BruceFromOhio
In for $25 via ActBlue. Thanks, matching jackals!
VeniceRiley
Order #AB202294786
$50.00
Playing with matches! Again!
I love spending other people’s money.
eclare
In for $25!
JeanneT
I just got a raise in my monthly social security payment, so I’m celebrating by donating an extra $25 for Four Directions.
Anne Laurie
Chipped in $50 — who could resist?
pat
$50
Faithful Lurker
I just put in $50.
Louise B.
Just donated $50.
Yutsano
Okay fine since I just got paid today. :P
Another $25 in the pot!
Red Cedar
Just donated $25. Love the matches!
Mrs Ragbag
Donated $50.
gwangung
In for $25.
MazeDancer
In for 10.
Thanks to Madeleine, frosty, and la caterina and 4 Winds 7K Mystery Matcher.
Professor Bigfoot
In for $25, thanks!
Catherine D.
Threw in $25 while I can. I’m losing my higher paying job next month so penny pinching has started.
NicaKnit
In for $25
Kristine
Just kicked in $25.
Regine Touchon
Count me in for $50.
SiubhanDuinne
Just tossed in another $50.
Leslie
Wow, this is great! Thanks to everyone who’s making this happen. Another $25 here.
SiubhanDuinne
@JeanneT:
Cool, how did you make that happen?
HinTN
This is so much fun to watch! Jackals do ROCK!
ETA – We need to send WaterGirl her favorite dessert (which is?) for making all this happen!
sab
$25
Grace
Just put in $25, thanks for the match!
WaterGirl
We’re at $955 in donations in the comments – as soon as we get to $1,000, the match from Madeleine will be over, so we’ll be back to a single match from the external person who will match up to $7k.
We will still have two more $!,000 matches this week from frosty and la caterina, and each of those will be double-double matches until they reach $1,000.
GrannyMC
$10. Wish I could afford more. Thanks for the matches!
ToesintheSand
I’m in for $50.
WaterGirl
That’s it for the double-double match!
Madeleine’s $1,000 match has been met!
We still have the single match up to the $7k, but even if we reach the $7k, that will never show up in our thermometer. That helps Four Directions get to their $25,000 they need for the joint project in Georgia with Fair Fight.
We will still have two more $!,000 matches this week from frosty and la caterina, and each of those will be double-double matches until they reach $1,000.
WaterGirl
Either Madeleine or I will post a comment once her $1,000 match shows up in the thermometer!
Elizabelle
@WaterGirl: Yea WaterGirl.
Missed this one; I’ll be up for the next double-double match.
Have we asked jackals to check if their companies match employee contributions? Probably have, but would not be a bad time to remind of that.
JeanneT
@SiubhanDuinne:
I aged enough to get my full widow’s benefit, so it’s a mixed blessing!
arrieve
Just added $25 — thanks for the very generous matches!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@WaterGirl:
When will the other two $1,000 double- double matches happen this week?
Steeplejack
Just tossed in $50.
WaterGirl
Madeleine’s $1,000 is in! So exciting.
Mike in Oly
Just threw in $25.
Miss Bianca
All right, all right…you talked me into it…$ be lean right now, but what the hell, I’m an old public radio person, I’m a sucker for a matching fund…
mvr
OK, just gave $10. Holding onto some more for later when we get to the double match.
Also thanks to our three donors and the anonymous one. And to Watergirl who seems to have more energy for this website than I have for my life as a whole!
sanjeevs
Just gave $100
WaterGirl
Thanks everyone! I really think we’re gonna get there!
marcopolo
Waving hello to folks.
I threw in $50 @ 5 pm CST.
Everyone have a nice night.
Waving goodbye.
WaterGirl
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I think we’ll have another one tomorrow (Tuesday) in the afternoon or early evening
That $1,000 match will be courtesy of frosty!
WaterGirl
@marcopolo: Thank you!!!
eachother
“The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.”
Benjamin Franklin
In for a C-note. Also called a Benjamin too. (in this case one)
sab
I only gave $25. Rethinking that. With all this talk of the Benjamins, why not honor Grant ( $50) if a Benjamin is too much?
WaterGirl
Thank you so much, everyone. The $1,000 match from frosty will go up this afternoon or this evening.
The first $1,000 in the comments for that match will also be a double-double match where $5 turns into $20 for Four Directions, $10 turns into $40, $25 turns into $100, and $50 turns into $200 for Four Directions.
eachother
@sab: Looking up different slang for dollars, was ‘clams’. 50 clams, 10 clams etc. The origin for clams meaning dollars was the clam shell. First Americans used shells as currency. Wampum is the descriptive word for belts and necklaces used for trade between First Americans and whites hundreds of years ago going forward. One of those was easily worth 50 clams. Unadjusted for inflation or rarity.