one hit wonder

Here is a great idea that is easily achieved! My dear friends and colleagues from Third Place Communities and Forge Tasmania have come up with a way of blessing the world’s poorest. And all it will cost you is $1!!! ? Its called One Hit Wonder. Here it is…

We hope to gather 7.29 million dollars, one-dollar at a time, then give it all away to those who need it most. Here’s how we seek to do it.
What if everyone in the world gave you one dollar? Have you wondered what you’d do with it? We have, & we’d like to see how many people across the planet will give a dollar & then give it away to the poorest communities in the world. Currently 729 million people have internet access. Imagine if just 1% of these people were willing to get involved & give one dollar. That would amount to over 7 million dollars to give away. Not bad for a measly dollar!
On December 25, 2008 we’ll begin to give away every dollar-90% to the poorest communities in developing countries, & 10% (plus interest) will be utilised locally. The money will be given through registered well-known organisations across the globe covering many regions & needs. Not one dollar will be used for administration or any other associated expense. These costs will be covered by us & our partners. For those concerned this is a scam we’ve asked Deloitte, one of the world’s leading accounting firms to audit onehitwonder.

So, here’s how you can help us turn this into something great.

1. Participate in the wonder // check out onehitwonder.org & if you’re inspired hit $1

2. Spread the wonder // pass it on via email, text, blog, digg, talk, and so on.
We need your help so please send this email to your family, friends & email contacts. Please only email those you know personally as spam will hinder this initiative. The best way is to copy the text & paste it into a new email with a personal greeting. If you have any questions either reply to this email or go to the website
spread the wonder
Darryn Altclass

November 1, 2007 | Filed Under yes!! |  

Comments

12 Responses to “one hit wonder”

  1. alan hirsch on November 1st, 2007 7:33 am

    Guys, I really recommend that you do this and pass it on. Lets see how far this can go.

  2. Peggy on November 1st, 2007 2:25 pm

    Agreed!

  3. Bob Carder on November 1st, 2007 3:00 pm

    Did you guys give?

  4. Jimmy_C on November 1st, 2007 9:58 pm

    Will do!

  5. alan hirsch on November 2nd, 2007 2:34 am

    Yes, its a dollar. It hardly even qualifies as ‘giving’.

  6. Sam Leung on November 2nd, 2007 11:37 am

    I’ve made a ‘digg’ about this.. please go there and ‘digg’ the article and build the crowd :-)
    Here’s the digg link..
    http://digg.com/world_news/What_if_every_Internet_user_donated_just_1_to_poverty_related_charities

  7. Patrick on November 2nd, 2007 12:31 pm

    Well, I was inspired. Fun to see how this does.

  8. Peggy on November 2nd, 2007 1:31 pm

    Alan,

    I really hope this takes off. I did give my dollar and shared your challenge and post here:

    http://abisomeone.blogspot.com/2007/11/have-you-joined-onehitwonder-phenemenon.html

    Blessings….

  9. alan hirsch on November 2nd, 2007 1:55 pm

    Sam, I can assure your readers and commenter’s that this is no scam. The companies listed will vouch for it.

  10. brad brisco on November 3rd, 2007 12:36 am

    Alan, great idea and thanks for the heads up. I too shared much of what you said on today’s post.

  11. Penney Winiarski on November 6th, 2007 1:03 am

    What a cool idea! Hmm, let me see……$1.00 is equal to 100 pennies, right? That means I could send out 100 little me’s and go global?! Imagine the possibilities?! Now all I have to do is figure out what to wear?

  12. Alan Hirsch on November 6th, 2007 6:41 am

    It could have been called that…the conspiracy of a 100 Pennies! Nice!

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