Chase-ing the Votes!

Posted by Amanda Farrar on November 19, 2009

You want to give BOM $25,000 to help us do our important work but don’t have the cash on hand?  It is possible!  Are you on Facebook?  If so, you may have noticed the barrage from nonprofit organizations in the last week to get your votes for their organization through Chase Community Giving.  We have been one of those organizations!  This is because Chase has decided to go to the public to decide who should get their very-much-needed-and-in-demand charitable donations which will total $5 mil.  Therefore, they have gone to the premiere social networking site (sorry, Myspace and Friendster!), Facebook, to collect these votes.  Each person gets 20 votes, but can only vote for a single nonprofit once (Not at all like what we’ve become accustomed to from reality television shows!). 

As of 3:05pm on Thursday, November 19, 2009, we have 60 votes!  This is pretty incredible, but I’m sure it is going to take more than that to get to the $25,000+ that Chase is offering to 106 different charities. 

In order to take part in the voting, become a fan of Chase Community Giving, then search for your favorite charities (hopefully us first!), and get to voting.  Don’t forget to post your votes to your profile to encourage all your friends to take part as well!