2010 Holiday Fundraising Drive
Welcome to the ChrisWeigant.com 2010 Holiday Fundraising Drive!
By popular demand we are kicking off our effort to raise money to pay the upkeep costs of this site. OK, this has taken a few weeks longer than it should have, to which I plead sheer laziness ("Sorry, Your Honor, that's all I've got...").
Here is the current status of our pledge drive (this graphic will hopefully get better over time, as I am fairly thumb-fingered in putting these sorts of things together, so it takes a while, sorry).
Please be advised that donating money to this site is in no way tax deductible, so don't try to claim me on your 1040, because it won't work. Just to warn you. We are (theoretically, at least) a for-profit entity here.
This page contains instructions for donating via check, credit card, or PayPal. These instructions are found immediately below the heart-wrenching kitten photo and plea (yes, this is a shameless attempt to manipulate your emotions, I fully admit). When we kicked off the pledge drive, I wrote an entire post on why you should donate, which is worth checking out frequently throughout the pledge drive because (1.) it has even more gratuitously cute kitten photos, and (2.) I will be using the comment section of this article to update the progress of our pledge drive for the entire the holiday season. But we're more concerned right now with the mere practical information on how to donate. So, scroll slowly past the kitten to get to these important tips.
"Why oh why haven't you donated yet?"
Hey, don't say I didn't warn you. 'Tis the season, and all of that sort of thing. That kitten personally told me he had been ever so good and would really like ChrisWeigant.com's home offices to upgrade to DSL, which would be so much easier if you'd just throw a few bucks into "the kitty" as it were.
OK, that last paragraph is quite possibly the most saccharine I have ever written, for which I immediately apologize. Let's just get on with the practical instructions, shall we?
How To Make A Donation -- by credit card, debit card, PayPal account, or check
Donate by credit or debit card by clicking on the PayPal button over in the upper right-hand column of all our pages here (it can be found under the heading "Donations" between "Our Affiliated Sites" and "Advertising"). This will take you to PayPal's site, which should automatically list a donation to "ChrisWeigant.com" for the company "Pamphleteering Press." Enter the amount you'd like to donate under "Item price" over on the left of this page, and then fill out the information under "Pay with debit or credit card" over on the right.
If you already have a PayPal account of your own, follow the instructions above, and then after entering the amount under "Item price," use the "Log in to my PayPal account" section over on the right, to donate directly from your own PayPal account.
Your donations will show up on your bank statements (or on your PayPal account) as a charge from "Pamphleteering Press" (the official business entity which runs this site).
If you'd prefer to send me a check or money order by snail mail, then post a comment to any article on this site saying: "Send me an email address, Chris, so I can send you a check!" and I will provide you with an address to send it to (or, if you have previously communicated with me via email and thus have my email address already, just drop me an email and I'll send you the proper snail mail address). If you'd like to keep this comment private, post it with three links within the text (suggestion: cut and paste the following, and add it to your comment), as this will cause your comment to be held for moderation, meaning nobody else will ever see it but me:
[I will be attempting some minor site upgrades during the fundraising season, and one of the top items on my list is to get the "Email Chris" page working again. I apologize for it not being currently available.]
And let me close by humbly saying: "Thank you all in advance" -- even if the current economy makes it impossible for you to donate at this time.