Bernie’s Kids
As you may know, the posters on our forums occasionally band together on an informal basis and donate money to some worthy cause, be it sick kids or replacing a dude’s stolen camera. It’s time to do it again.
Somebody found Kiva.org, a program that lets you directly loan money to people from poor countries trying to start businesses. Give a man a hot dog and he eats for a day, give him an industrial hotdog shooter and he’ll eat for a lifetime. It’s a brilliant idea, because a $100 donation (worth exponentially more in their currency) can wind up providing multiple jobs and a steady source of income for who knows how many people down the line. The economic benefit ripples out in ways straight charity never could.
So I have been appointed to collect the money, because I’m the one guy who you know will never leave the forums. You all know where to find me.
If you want to donate to the program, you can give via Paypal at my address:
dwong187@gmail.com
If you’ve never used PayPal before, it’s as simple as going to Paypal.com and clicking the “send money” link at the top. It takes seconds, and anyone with a credit card or bank account can do it.
If you want more details on how Kiva works, click here.
We have set up a lender’s page HERE.
There you will be able to track all of our loans and such. We have decided to name ourselves “Bernie’s Kids,” after 70 year-old stripper and long-time forum hero Bernie Barker:
We have a forum thread with further details and where questions can be answered.
