The good news is that Okiciyap has the Cheyenne River Food Pantry up and running, thanks in large part to over 200 generous donations from Kossacks!
But... (and isn't there always a but?) Okiciyap is up and running, and has ongoing operational expenses now :) Electric, gas, water and sewer, just like most of us. So I'm throwing up my challenge grant for this March diary, details below that fleur de kos.
We're starting with the ChipIN widget at $12061, and 202 donations. For the next 5 hours (til midnight, EST ;), I will track donations, and for every donation of at least $10, I'll throw in a buck, up to a total of $50 from me if we get 50 $10 or more donations in that time period.
(At the end of the period I'll make my donation and do an update on the diary about our totals...)
YOUR DONATION IS TAX-DEDUCTIBLE
If you would prefer to send a check:
Georgia Little Shield, Board Chair
Okiciyap
PO Box 172
225 W. Utah St
Isabel SD57633
You can also send clothing donations to the food pantry.
9:02 PM PT: Well, we got 7 $10 donations during the challenge time, so by the challenge itself, that would only be a $7 donation from me, which doesn't quite seem worth it, so I'm bumping my donation to $30, to give a $100 raised final tally for tonight :)
Mon Mar 19, 2012 at 4:44 AM PT: Laugh, and after I went to bed we got another $42.59 from 2 people, so thanks to those folks too :)
Mon Mar 19, 2012 at 7:57 AM PT: Whoops, I can't count, $30 of that 42.59 was my pledge, so that's another 12.59, which is all good too :)