One thing I love about blogging is the opportunities one is presented with to help others. Throughout the year I have seen bloggers raise funds for various charities and causes, unfortunately I have never really taken part in any of them. When I was informed about Bloggers for Charity by my friend Mark at The Blunt Bean Counter, I had to take part. Robb over at Boomer & Echo was kind enough to let me “borrow” his intro for the contest, so here it is:
Bloggers for Charity
Bensimon Byrne is an advertising company and client at Mark’s accounting firm, and every year at this time they host a number of events to raise money on behalf of the United Way, including an auction where friends, clients and suppliers of the firm donate goods or services that can be auctioned off.
This year, Mark had a great idea to auction off a guest post on his blog, and he challenged other Canadian bloggers do the same in order to raise money for this great cause.
Any Canadian blogger is welcome to join the effort (the project is not limited to financial bloggers) and encourage their fellow blogger contacts to join the Bloggers for Charity initiative.
Here are the contest rules:
1. We are auctioning off the opportunity to write a guest post on this blog.
2. All bids are made in confidence to us at info-at-financialhighway-dot-com.
3. The auction will close on December 16th, 2011 and the winning bidder will be contacted by email.
4. The winning bidder will be required to send us a copy of a donation receipt between December 17th and December 31st (personal information can be blacked-out) to confirm the donation has been made. (This donation will be tax deductible to the winning bidder as long as the donation is made to a registered charity).
5. All of the Bloggers for Charity guest posts will be published on January 17th, 2012.
6. The winner is welcome to write a post on any topic, although in the spirit of the contest, it would be great if the post is about a charity or charitable experience, but that is not a requirement. The guest post can’t be a marketing piece, but the author can provide a brief bio that will be used in the introduction. Alternatively, the author can remain anonymous.
7. All bloggers who participate are asked to email Lynda at Lynda@cunninghamca.com to note their participation and then contact Lynda with their winning bid so that Mark can tally the donations received. All individual donation totals will be kept confidential.
Bloggers, please take this opportunity to join the Bloggers for Charity project and extend this offer to your readers.
Readers, this is your chance to guest post on Financial Highway and, more importantly, to support your favorite charity.
I will post updates in the comments section, so if you are interested in keeping track of things just subscribe to the comments!
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Our first bid is in at $100!