Let's Make A Deal

posted by lindsay on February 27th, 2009

Alright, ladies and gentlemen...I've got a challenge for you! :) This weekend is going to be pretty busy for our family, so I'm not planning to post on the blog again until Monday. (Except for the losers, I'll be posting your encouragement throughout the weekend.) However, I think we can still do some good this weekend, even though I won't really "be here." So, this is the deal:

On my blog-friend Beth's blog, I read that one of her blog-friends is doing this thing where she's going to donate money in exchange for blog comments. And I thought, "What a neat idea!" So I devised my own plan to help boost Zach and Sarah's adoption fund. It's called, "Make Us Pay!"

Make Us Pay

For every original comment left on this post, Mike and I will donate $5 to Zach and Sarah's adoption fund. If you also make a donation (of any size...$1 to $1000), we will donate another $5 to Zach and Sarah's adoption fund. So, if you leave a comment here* and donate to the Chip In**, you will "make us pay" $10 to Zach and Sarah's adoption fund***.

In addition to that, you have a chance to "make us pay" YOU! Mike and I will be hosting the first-ever Not2Us giveaway. If you comment on this post, you will be entered into the giveaway. If you make a donation to Zach and Sarah's Adoption Fund, then you will be entered a second time. If you pass along this challenge (on your own blog, on Twitter, or on a message board), then you have the opportunity to be entered two more times! You must come and post an additional comment with the permalink to your blog post, message board post, and/or the link to your twitter account. You can follow Mike at http://www.twitter.com/mikegoodwin, and you can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/not2lindsay.

What are we giving away? Well, you get to choose!! (Kind of.) :) Mike and I will be giving away a $100 giftcard (or two $50 gift cards or four $25 gift cards) to the place (or places) of the winner's choosing. We have a large list of options!

Disclaimers:

This challenge/giveaway is open to all U.S. and Canadian residents and will remain open until the maximum donation is reached or midnight on Friday, March 6th, 2009...whichever comes first. The winning comment will be chosen by Random.org's True Random Number Generator. (That's why you need to leave an additonal/separate comment for your blog posts, message board posts, and tweets.)

* The matching is only applicable to original and unique comments. In order to assure that no comments are being generated by an automatic program, anonymous comments will not be included in this challenge. Not to mention, we need some form of contact information to alert you, if you win!

** If you have already donated to Zach and Sarah's Chip In, we will still donate $5 in honor of your gift! You don't have to give again, unless you really want to. :) However, if you want to "make us pay" another $5 and be entered into the giveaway, you will need to comment on this post.

*** Maximum Donation of $3000.

Comments

you.are.awesome!

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 20:42 — Kirsten

Way to go guys! I am *super* impressed. What a fantastic idea! I'll post this on FB and my blog. You are amazing friends.

great idea

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 20:50 — Debra

what a fun idea guys! Hope you get lots of traffic and we get up to the maximum donation. Woohoo! I am excited about this.

Wonderful

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 21:25 — Stephanie

What wonderful, caring, generous people you are. Zach and Sarah are so lucky to have such fantastic friends!

Contribution

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 21:42 — Jenny Hunter

We just made a contribution. We're looking forward to hearing more as the story of the growing of their family moves along. We are excited to be a little part of the process.

Twitter

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 21:47 — Jenny Hunter

I also put up a twitter message...

http://twitter.com/jenny_hunter

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 21:55 — Debra

posted a tweet. twitter.com/getcrabbed

Love this.

Fri, 02/27/2009 - 22:45 — Beth at I Should Be Folding Laundry

Donation made, you guys are amazing.

Hey, look!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 00:18 — Brodi

It's a comment!

What a wonderful fundraising idea!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 00:19 — Kristy V

I am so glad to see the internet/blogging community helping a family grow!

whew

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 06:00 — Miracle McDaniel

this idea sounds expensive lindsay

How wonderful!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 10:21 — Aubrei

I think it is so awesome how blogging can influence lives....through weight loss, adoption, friendship, etc. You Goodwins are great!!! Heres to raising the total money this weekend!!!

-Aubrei

Donation!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 10:26 — Aubrei

Dan and I just made a donation! I can't wait to see the results Monday!

You are truly amazing

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 10:47 — Anonymous

You are truly amazing friends! God's blessings on your efforts!

Pass it on!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 10:49 — Aubrei

I emailed some friends/family (copied you in the email!) and posted it on my facebook... I'm not sure how to link it here but I think you are my facebook friend!

Wooooooo hooooooooooo!

Debra referred me here to

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 12:10 — Lora

Debra referred me here to comment -- this is a great idea! Lots of prayers!

Zach and Sarah's Adoption

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 13:14 — Rwandan Baby Lover

This is an awesome way to help them raise money!! Thank you for helping them!!

what a great idea!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 14:21 — ang. m.

What a great fundraising idea! You and Mike are very generous. I hope it all goes amazing for you!

Just donated!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 14:52 — Janell

Thanks for the chance to help out! I just donated!!

Awesome!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 21:59 — Christi

This is so wonderful of you to be so faithful in helping your friends expand their family. What a tremendous gift you are helping them with!

AMAZING IDEA!

Sat, 02/28/2009 - 23:08 — Jessica

God is good, and it's amazing to see how he's using you two to bless Zack & Sarah. Which BTW will be AMAZING PARENTS!

Something to think about....if you win think about donating those gift cards to Zack & Sarah! Can you imagine how blessed they'll feel after all this love is poured out for their kids?

Here's my blog post....

http://comeforeverythingisnowready.blogspot.com/2009/02/check-this-out-its-amazing.html

Here's my fb status post... I think this is the right link

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?id=1411211293&ref=nf

You are amazing friends!

Sun, 03/01/2009 - 00:22 — Mandi

Debra shared your story with me. You are doing such an amazing thing for your friends! We need more kind, caring and compassionate people in this world like you! Best wishes to all.

Helping : )

Sun, 03/01/2009 - 01:14 — Kiersten

Hey this is Kiersten from the MM's. Good Luck on raising money for the adoption : )

Cool idea :-)

Sun, 03/01/2009 - 09:16 — Amy F.

You're so creative...and Zach/Sarah and their children are so blessed.

:-)

Stephanie G.

Blog Post

Wed, 03/04/2009 - 22:42 — Stephanie G.

So I'm sorry that my last comment posted like 4 times! I wanted to put my last initial because I think there's another Stephanie on here. =) Here's a link to my blog post:

http://goodwordgoodwins.blogspot.com/

It was good to see you guys this weekend/week! =)

Love,

Stephanie G.