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From: "John Cardinal" <>
Subject: [TMG] OT: TMG Utility Donations Progress Report
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 16:00:18 -0400
In-Reply-To: <9a.28a4772b.2a6851b1@aol.com>


Please excuse this off-topic post.

Every August, I ride my bicycle 192 miles in two days as part of the Pan-Mass
Challenge (PMC), which is a fundraising event for the Jimmy Fund of the
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. A few thousand riders raise about $15 Million
dollars for cancer research by having people sponsor them. Many people who use
my TMG Utility program, most of whom are members of TMG-L, have sponsored me in
appreciation of my donorware programs TMG Utility and On This Day. My wife and I
both ride, and our combined fundraising minimum is $4000.

Many people have asked me about my fundraising progress, so I put together some
statistics.

All in all, it's pretty impressive. The PMC works because lots of riders get
small donations from lots of people. In my case, I get donations from TMG users
all over the world. I don't have access to the fundraising information for other
riders, but I wouldn't be surprised if I have the most impressive geographical
distribution.

Summary: 74 TMG-related donations from 5 countries totalling $2,135. I also get
donations from family and friends which are not included in the $2135. This
year, the TMG-related donations surpassed the other donations, which has only
happened once before when a generous contributor donated $1500.

The largest donation this year was $200, and the average was $28. The most
common donation was $25. One person made 2 donations; I hope it was intentional!
The fundraising deadline is still a few weeks away, so these numbers may change.

Donations by Country:
USA 62
UK 07
Australia 02
Norway 02
Canada 01
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74

I am especially pleased by the donations from outside the USA. Any positive
activity that spans national boundaries is a good thing. In the USA, 62
donations from 26 states. California and Texas tied for first with 10 donations
each.

USA Donations by State
CA 10
TX 10
VA 05
MA 04
WA 04
OH 03
AZ 02
GA 02
IL 02
MI 02
NH 02
NJ 02
AL 01
FL 01
IN 01
KY 01
ME 01
NC 01
NE 01
NM 01
NY 01
OR 01
PA 01
SC 01
TN 01
WI 01
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62

Thanks to everyone who donated, and thanks to everyone on TMG-L for tolerating
the fundraising messages.

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