POLL: Which charity benefits from Giant's TAS fundraiser?

[SuperDave]

Fellas,

In another thread I asked you for suggestion on which charity should benefit from the proceeds raised at the Max-Roast at the TAS in October. Well, as it turns out, several Giant's brothers suggested we just do a blanket fundraiser to include, the Max-Roast, online donations, and possibly a silent auction.

I will look into setting up a bank account tomorrow or a Paypal account to receive donations from those who can't be at the TAS. My plan is to combine whatever comes in by mail/online with what we take in at the Max-Roast and possible auction and make a big lump-sum donation on behalf of the Giants members.

Also, remember it's a tax write-off as well fellas.

So what I've done here is set up a poll as to which charity you feel should benefit from the generosity of the Giants members. These are the nominations I received through this thread: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/fg260/19752-charity-should-benefit-max-roast.html

I'll let the poll run until September 14th.

If you need a little background on the Max-Roast, you'll find it here: http://www.flyinggiants.com/forums/fg260/19508-mad-max-roast-tucson-shootout.html

So please, go ahead and vote. I have included these charity website links so you can do some research before voting if you would like. Here are the nominees:

Animal Charities of America: http://www.animalfunds.org/
American Lung Association: http://www.lungusa.org
Children of Fallen Soldiers Relief Fund: http://www.cfsrf.org/
Young Eagles (EAA): http://www.youngeagles.org/
Make-A-Wish Foundation: http://www.wish.org/
Autism Research Institute: http://www.autism.com/
Toys-For-Tots: http://www.toysfortots.org/
Claremont Ability First: no website
Donate to local Tucson Charity of our choosing: many

Please get to votin'. This way I can contact the charity and tell them of our efforts when things get rolling.

[Craven]

Great job Super Dave!!

[SuperDave]

My pleasure.

[madmax]

For Craven, I have chosen the Autism charity for my personal donation ($50), and the highest voted on will receive a donation on behalf of FlyingGiants.com. And to the folks who voted, make sure to get out thy checkbooks.

[feral63]

i don't see "feral wants a 3m yak charity".

[Craven]

	Quote: Originally Posted by madmax
	For Craven, I have chosen the Autism charity for my personal donation ($50), and the highest voted on will receive a donation on behalf of FlyingGiants.com. And to the folks who voted, make sure to get out thy checkbooks.

That's AWESOME! Thanks Max for all your support. Can you imagine an annual FG fundraiser, culminating every year at the TAS, with you giving some huge checks to some very worthwhile charities on behalf of the thousands of worldwide FG members?

[Craven]

Keep the votes coming everyone.....

[SuperDave]

Voting seems to have stalled. We need to see more interest if we are going to do this. Dave

[Craven]

Can we get Max just to leave this thread at the top on the home page?

[50%plane]

Vote people vote!

[Craven]

Voting is close.....

Does anybody really care or is this just a lost cause?

Donating to a good cause is one of the best things you could ever do. You'll feel good about it.

Think about his......Someday, you just might need some help?!?!

[SuperDave]

I'll remain optomistic, but 32 votes out of over 20,000 members is disheartening,