Gambling Generosity here at CAP
| By vilasrao - Sep 2nd, 2005 at 1:43 pm EDT |
| Also listed in: Campus Progress Blog |
Every week here at the Center for American Progress, our very own Theo LeCompte, Special Events Coordinator and unofficial Senior Vice President for Fun and Gambling holds Dollar Friday.
The rules are simple: You write your name on a dollar bill, place that dollar bill into the silver ice bucket by his desk. At noon, a dollar is drawn. The person who's name is on the dollar wins all the dollars.
What is typically a $30-or-so game of office excitement turned into something special today.
He and another Communications Team member at American Progress, Anna Soellner, decided to match the funds of Dollar Friday and donate them to the American Red Cross to help the relief effort from Hurricane Katrina. Slowly, e-mails trickled in, with individuals also pledging to match the winnings of the game. It wasn't long before e-mail boxes were flooding with these pledges - it was hard to get work done with the persistent *ding* sound from a new e-mail arriving.
As we looked into the silver bucket, we found that this Friday, people hadn't just put dollar bills, but tens and twenties.
By the end, a typically $30 Dollar Friday had turned into a $189 pot, with 46 pledges to match funds. That's $8694 donated. The winner of the $189 graciously donated it as well to the Red Cross, making this Dollar Friday generate $8,883 and quite a remarkable day of generosity.
The rules are simple: You write your name on a dollar bill, place that dollar bill into the silver ice bucket by his desk. At noon, a dollar is drawn. The person who's name is on the dollar wins all the dollars.
What is typically a $30-or-so game of office excitement turned into something special today.
He and another Communications Team member at American Progress, Anna Soellner, decided to match the funds of Dollar Friday and donate them to the American Red Cross to help the relief effort from Hurricane Katrina. Slowly, e-mails trickled in, with individuals also pledging to match the winnings of the game. It wasn't long before e-mail boxes were flooding with these pledges - it was hard to get work done with the persistent *ding* sound from a new e-mail arriving.
As we looked into the silver bucket, we found that this Friday, people hadn't just put dollar bills, but tens and twenties.
By the end, a typically $30 Dollar Friday had turned into a $189 pot, with 46 pledges to match funds. That's $8694 donated. The winner of the $189 graciously donated it as well to the Red Cross, making this Dollar Friday generate $8,883 and quite a remarkable day of generosity.
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hopefully others will do the same as well ;)