Courtesy of Mish.
As a result of a Facebook push late last week, the Les Turner ALS Foundation moved up 25 places from 100th place to 75th place in competition for $5 million in grants from JPMorgan Chase.
That was good enough to win a $20,000 grant from JPMorgan.
Things went viral towards the end, with the winner getting a whopping 93,534 votes. Here is a link to the Charity Leaderboard.
Les Turner is on the 8th page with a total of 2469 votes.
Thanks to everyone who voted. It was an uphill battle because the demographic profile of bloggers who simply do not use Facebook that much.
Raffle Reminder and Totals Update
September 27, is the last day on which you can purchase raffle tickets, but donations continue.
If you are unfamiliar with the raffle, please see My Wife Joanne Has Passed Away; Stop and Smell the Lilacs.
My wife, Joanne, of 27 years succumbed to Lew Gehrig’s disease (ALS), on May 16 of this year.
Results as of Monday 9-25-2012
- Donations $45,266
- Tickets $311,400
- Corporate Sponsorships $30,000
- JPMorgan Grant Campaign $20,000
Les Turner gets half of raffle ticket sales and 100% of everything else. Thus the direct benefit to Les Turner as a result of the above is $250,966….
