24 Hour Challenge

iGive.com just notified me that they are going to attempt to donate $5,000 in just 24 hours to the IAEM Scholarship program in the next 24 hours (by Noon, Thursday). We need your help to earn the money. Please read this whole message and help out. Let’s show iGive.com how the emergency management community can rally to meet this challenge!

For each person who joins iGive using the special link below and does just one web search on the site using the iGive search utility (like a google or yahoo search engine) between now and noon Thursday, iGive.com will give IAEM Scholarship Program a dollar, up to 5,000 new members. There is no purchase necessary.

Of course, if you search more (or buy something) you’ll earn even more money for IAEM Scholarship Program. Right now, we're donating $.02 per search and a bonus $5 for that first purchase plus the usual percentage. Shopping on iGive is easy. You visit the iGive mall which links you to more than 300 online stores. Follow the link to the store of your choice and a portion of what you are purchasing comes back to the IAEM Scholarship Program. I shop this way almost every time I am online shopping. I can go from iGive.com to the stores I usually buy from, such as Amazon.com, Ebay, Popcorn Factory, and many others.

If you are not already signed up for iGive.com, follow the link and set up your account. Your charity will be IAEM Scholarship Program. Then, use their search screen to do a search and $1.00 will come to the Scholarship Program. There is a button on the left hand menu that says “Search.” Just click on that and search for any site on the internet that you may want to find. (BTW, you can use this search screen at any time and a few pennies will be sent to IAEM. And, those pennies add up to scholarships for students.)

Here is that special link: http://www.igive.com/welcome/warm_reg_promo.cfm?m=256166

The details:

- Offer active between now and 11:59 a.m., December 17, 2009 (Chicago time).

- New members only (never have been an iGive member previously). All the normal rules of membership, searching, and purchasing apply, our site has the details.

- Once we've given away $5,000, the offer ends.

We only have 24 hours. I am confident that the emergency management community can meet this challenge. Let’s get 5,000 people signed up in the next 24 hours and earn the $5,000. Remember, this will only cost you a little bit of time and will mean a tremendous amount to the scholarship program!!