city park needs your help...

[bywterbro]

Burger King is donating money to the top vote getters...
Please pass this on to your friends. City Park is in second place in
the voting and I know we can take it over the top. You can vote once
every day until July 13th so it is a short time to help City Park.

Patricia L Williamson VP MAI
Whitney Bank Appraisal Department
228 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 408
New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 552-4771
(504) 552-4712 fax
8-10-4771 in net


This is incredibly important to New Orleans City
Park so listen up. Second only to New York 's
Central Park in size, New Orleans City Park has
never received the financial support it needs to
be a first class urban green space. But here is
your chance to help the park receive some much
needed funding. Burger King is willing to donate
money to a New Orleans and Baton Rouge charity,
and though there are some good organizations
nominated but none are more needy and deserving
than the park.

So,
1-click on the link
2-click here to vote for New Orleans
3-enter your date of birth
4-click friends of city park
5-sit back and feel that you've done some good today

http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

Come on, it can't be any easier and the park
needs your help. Things are so bad that people
are bringing their own lawn mowers to help cut
the parks grass. Storyland and the amusement
park recently reopened, but the golf courses,
the casino, Tad Gormley and many other areas
of the park received extensive damage from
the storm and need help coming back. Here
is a place you can help.

So please help.

Voting is up until July 13th. Add this link to
your favorites and vote each day. PLEASE HELP!!!

Want to do more? Forward this to as many people
as you can.

[NYMAMA]

Done

[McGregor]

I got this in an email from a friend in NO earlier today.

vote, vote, vote

You can only vote once per day but you can vote every day.

[Zydekitten]

Done and done!

[bywterbro]

bump 4 city park

[festivalgirl]

done!!

[Corona]

done! We'll have to keep bumping this so we can remember to vote everyday.

[grisgris]

And for everyone in NOLA the July tropical plant sale is this Saturday. Lots of great plants at great prices. Please go & buy to add to your gardens.

[Corona]

And for everyone in NOLA the July tropical plant sale is this Saturday. Lots of great plants at great prices. Please go & buy to add to your gardens.
Damn...City Park is still in 2nd place with 21%...c'mon threadheads!!
Oh yeah, thanks for posting Gris....I forgot already....we have to keep bumping this every day if we can.

[rosetree]

Damn...City Park is still in 2nd place with 21%...c'mon threadheads!!
Oh yeah, thanks for posting Gris....I forgot already....we have to keep bumping this every day if we can.

But only 2% down!!!!! C'mon people, the glass isn't half empty, we can do this!

[Corona]

But only 2% down!!!!! C'mon people, the glass isn't half empty, we can do this!
still at 21%....c'mon people.....voooooooote!!!!

[Belle]

I can follow directions Lis! Done

[Chas_P]

One more vote. Wish I had visited the borad again sooner.

[ChiTownHuck]

done.

[beybey]

done 2

[rosetree]

We're still behind....
What is the Father Harry Tompson Center???

[mightyradgumbo]

We're still behind....
What is the Father Harry Tompson Center???

http://harrytompsoncenter.org/

It provides services to the poor and homeless. I think PB's fellow priest may be involved with this but my vote goes to the Park. Sorry, Bro.

[Belle]

We're still behind....
What is the Father Harry Tompson Center???

I wondered the same thing but thought this Virginia girl shoulda known!

[Belle]

http://harrytompsoncenter.org/

It provides services to the poor and homeless. I think PB's fellow priest may be involved with this but my vote goes to the Park. Sorry, Bro.

Sure seems like a great cause!

[stynger]

done

[mdfest]

I hope those women find some excellence

[McGregor]

You almost have to wonder if the percentages are being updated. They've remained the same all week which seems pretty odd.

[Carolina Beadhead]

You almost have to wonder if the percentages are being updated. They've remained the same all week which seems pretty odd.

It looks like they are... at least every so often. I just voted and City Park is on top now.

[bywterbro]

It looks like they are... at least every so often. I just voted and City Park is on top now.

wow.....threadhead power.....raising fist in exultation...:D

[rosetree]

Wow, the percentages really changed in one day!
Keep voting .....

Friends of City Park 24%
Mount Carmel Academy 21%
Archbishop Chapelle High School 17%
Father Harry Tompson Center 16%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of New Orleans 9%
Audubon Nature Institute 3%
Special Olympics Louisiana 3%
Women in Search of Excellence, Delgado College 3%
Advocacy Center New Orleans 2%
Junior League New Orleans 1%

[mightyradgumbo]

I think they are updated weekly. TH Nation is kicking Azz for sure, though. We need to keep focus as there are campaigns going on for the competition.
You can do it! /in best Rob Schneider voice from "Waterboy"/

[funkkjunkie]

Yall please keep bumping this so i won't forget.

[saturn]

Yall please keep bumping this so i won't forget.

And here is the link, to save you the hard work of scrolling to the bottom ;) --

http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

[luvdancin]

Done

[funkkjunkie]

Thank you kindly, saturn.

[Amyloves...]

I went to Chapelle High School and they're sending out emails every few days asking for votes. They were in the lead actually at first and then there was an article in the local paper about it and that weekend everything changed!

[mightyradgumbo]

Or was it the TH bump? hmmmmmm, coincidence, I think not ;) I am sure they are all good causes. Good to see everyone gets a slice of the pie (or burger if you will). Just voted again.

[NYMAMA]

Wooo Whooo FOCP 24% #1

[NYMAMA]

And here is the link, to save you the hard work of scrolling to the bottom ;) --

http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

Don't forget to vote!

[Corona]

I just voted and they're not showing results anymore...was it still #1 when you posted this Mama? Hope so!!! Thanks for the reminder...I forgot AGAIN!! lol

[McGregor]

I just voted and they're not showing results anymore...was it still #1 when you posted this Mama? Hope so!!! Thanks for the reminder...I forgot AGAIN!! lol

It was 24-21% earlier today.

[Corona]

with city park in the lead?

[McGregor]

with city park in the lead?

Yes indeed.

[Corona]

wahoooooo!!!! keep voting :)

[McGregor]

bump\
We're in the process of verifying votes, therefore the progress tracker will not be updated on the site this last week of voting. We thank you for participating and encourage you to continue to vote once a day until the contest ends this Friday, July 13 at 11:59PM CST. Announcements on the vote tally will be made on August 1 for both Baton Rouge and New Orleans and all finalists are winners!
4 more days!

[NYMAMA]

http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

Here's the site. Vote

[Corona]

done...thanks for bumping again...why can't I remember this on my own!!:o

[NOLA]

done...thanks for bumping again...why can't I remember this on my own!!:o

Been into the jello shots again? ;)

[mightyradgumbo]

voted again, but they are in the tallying process so there are no results visible. Guess I will just have to vote like we are way behind. Lets see there are 218 PCs in my department and times that by four days gets 872 extra votes. Nice!

[rosetree]

voted again, but they are in the tallying process so there are no results visible. Guess I will just have to vote like we are way behind. Lets see there are 218 PCs in my department and times that by four days gets 872 extra votes. Nice!

We'll bump it like Bonds on the All-Star team! LOL ;)
Done again today....:D

[Corona]

Been into the jello shots again? ;)
;-p~~~~~~

[bluedog]

voted:) tanx for bumping .. .I woulda missed it!

*warning* quik thread drift - RT I gotta get back witcha on those fan pulls! I'll send ya an email!
K back to our regularly scheduled program ... vote! Vote VOTE!:D

[rosetree]

voted:) tanx for bumping .. .I woulda missed it!

*warning* quik thread drift - RT I gotta get back witcha on those fan pulls! I'll send ya an email!
K back to our regularly scheduled program ... vote! Vote VOTE!:D

No problem blue...I'm just sittin' here la la, waiting for my ya ya.....

[Corona]

Thanks again for the bump.....here's the link:
http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

[mightyradgumbo]

I just voted again. I just got my staff and thier staffs to vote-couple hunnert votes for city park-cha-ching. Apologies to my employer for the temporary misuse of company time and property but hey its for charity.

[NYMAMA]

I just voted again. I just got my staff and thier staffs to vote-couple hunnert votes for city park-cha-ching. Apologies to my employer for the temporary misuse of company time and property but hey its for charity.

Oh you naughty naughty boy.;)

[linza22]

Done


done!

[papafrog]

bump for city park..

[Corona]

thanks...done

[NYMAMA]

Done again!

[Corona]

done again from work..
http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

[Chas_P]

done again from work..
http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

DOH!!!! Never thought about voting from home too!

[NYMAMA]

DOH!!!! Never thought about voting from home too!

double DOH!!!! me too.(Slaps forehead)

[Corona]

roflmao...you guys are cracking me up :)

[mightyradgumbo]

A day and a half left for the contest-just voted again and again and again and...

[NOLA]

A day and a half left for the contest-just voted again and again and again and...

Like we say in Louisiana, vote early and often.

[Chas_P]

Stuffin the box, stuffin the box...

Just voted 3 more times at home. I guess any blocks they have are cookie related ant not based on IP address. Yes, I said three times!!!! If I find the other power cords and drag others out of the closet, it could be 5 more votes!!!! Ain't that sad.

[grisgris]

Tomorrow is the last day to vote. City Park is a wonderful place to visit while in NOLA. I go down there for plant sales & City Park is a beautiful place to visit during Christmas time. Lots of lights, Christmas trees decorated by the schools, the Merry Go Round & the train. Thanks so much for helping out a wonderful place in NOLA that needs some help.

[AtPontchartrain]

done again from work..
http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

Nonprofits rally votes online for donation

For someone who is not a politician, Julie Scott of Career Compass of Louisiana has, by her own admission, become quite adept at politicking.

Over the past several weeks, the Prairieville resident has not been bashful about hounding family, friends, clients — anyone who will lend her support in a unique online election.

She’s an active participant in a “viral marketing” campaign in which voters are deciding online which local charities will split $100,000 from Burger King in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

“Everywhere we go, we even talk to strangers about who we are and what we do,” said Scott, whose organization is one of 10 nonprofit finalists squared off in Campaign for Your Cause.

The election has yielded valuable insights into “viral marketing,” the cyber version of word-of-mouth advertising.

Daily appeals for votes spread like wildfire over the Internet — through e-mail “listservs,” over Web site hyperlinks and blogs. Supporters were asked to forward their own appeals to other potential voters.

“We were little surprised at how fast it took off and the velocity,” said Tom Martin, president of Zehnder Communications, which dreamed up the promotion. “At one point, we were getting the equivalent of one vote every 20 seconds, and we didn’t spend a dollar,”

The balloting closes today, and about 500,000 votes have been cast in both cities.

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/businesstoday/

[bywterbro]

bump for city park

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NsP0Mq0L7xA

[Chas_P]

That's another vote from work, will stuff the box 3 more times from home.

[McGregor]

I've voted twice a day for the last ten days.

Can't wait to see the results!

[mightyradgumbo]

done again from work..
http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

here is the link pushed up for convenience. C'mon peeps it is almost the 11th hour so we have to stuff it for Da Park. Unfortunately not at work today so I cannot misuse company inventory :p to stuff but did my part from home.

[linza22]

I've voted twice a day for the last ten days.

Can't wait to see the results!

man, it let's me vote only once!

[McGregor]

man, it let's me vote only once!
I voted from home and work. It won't let you vote twice from the same computer (I think).

[Corona]

we don't find out until Aug. 1st right? The voting was supposed to be done July 13th.....is that correct?

[Amyloves...]

Voting finished yesterday but results will be revealed on 8/1.

[Belle]

we don't find out until Aug. 1st right? The voting was supposed to be done July 13th.....is that correct?


Been gone for a while vacationing. Love the new pic lady. That is from Crawfish Fest? Missed you all.

[McGregor]

So tomorrow is the day?

[mightyradgumbo]

So tomorrow is the day?

YYR! Go City Park!

[AtPontchartrain]

Awaiting word. The Campaign For Your Cause website says 3 pm. But, somebody must know.

See this from the Baton Rouge Business Report about the BR winners:

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The Capital Area Animal Welfare Society received $50,000 after it was announced today as the leading vote-getter in the Burger King Campaign for Your Cause. The campaign allowed East Baton Rouge, Ascension and Livingston parishes to choose how much money 10 local charities should get by voting online or sending text messages. There were more than 580,000 votes cast during the campaign, which ran for a month and a half. CAAWS plans on using the money for community outreach, spay/neuter programs and humane education. The Baton Rouge General Foundation received $25,000 for second place, and the Istrouma Council, Boy Scouts of America received $11,000 for third. Seven other finalists received $2,000: Career Compass of Louisiana, Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Care Center Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Association of Baton Rouge, St. George Catholic School, Volunteers of America Greater Baton Rouge, Woman's Hospital Foundation and the YMCA of Greater Baton Rouge.

http://www.daily-report.com/

[AtPontchartrain]

At least the big prize went to some good Catholic girls.

New Orleans

1. Mount Carmel Academy – Awarded $50,000
2. Friends of City Park – Awarded $25,000
3. Archbishop Chapelle High School – Awarded $11,000
4. Father Harry Tompson Center – Awarded $2,000
5. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of New Orleans – Awarded $2,000
6. Audubon Nature Institute – Awarded $2,000
7. Women in Search of Excellence, Delgado College – Awarded $2,000
8. Special Olympics Louisiana – Awarded $2,000
9. Advocacy Center New Orleans – Awarded $2,000
10. Junior League New Orleans – Awarded $2,000

http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

[NYMAMA]

Not the 1st prize, but $25,000 not bad!

[McGregor]

I'm assuming Mount Carmel Acad. is a public school?

[mightyradgumbo]

Ummm, two of the three top causes were private schools? Couldn't they just shake down some well-off alumni ?(I went to a catholic high school and they shake me down all the time-and I ain't even well-off, off maybe but not well-off)

[AtPontchartrain]

I'm assuming Mount Carmel Acad. is a public school?

Catholic school run by the Archdiocese of New Orleans since 1833 ... those are some old nuns!

[McGregor]

Is it not odd for a private school to get money like this?

[mightyradgumbo]

Is it not odd for a private school to get money like this?

This is what I'm saying

[festivalgirl]

At least the big prize went to some good Catholic girls.

New Orleans

1. Mount Carmel Academy – Awarded $50,000
2. Friends of City Park – Awarded $25,000
3. Archbishop Chapelle High School – Awarded $11,000
4. Father Harry Tompson Center – Awarded $2,000
5. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of New Orleans – Awarded $2,000
6. Audubon Nature Institute – Awarded $2,000
7. Women in Search of Excellence, Delgado College – Awarded $2,000
8. Special Olympics Louisiana – Awarded $2,000
9. Advocacy Center New Orleans – Awarded $2,000
10. Junior League New Orleans – Awarded $2,000

http://www.campaignforyourcause.com/

I can't imagine that the Church is hurting for money. Maybe the Alum who were tired of giving money voted alot. It would have been nice to give the Special Olympics more.

[McGregor]

This is what I'm saying

I went to an Episcopal private school and the last thing they need is money (which doesn't stop them from asking).

Very strange indeed.

[Corona]

I went to an Episcopal private school and the last thing they need is money (which doesn't stop them from asking).

Very strange indeed.
hmmmm.....that does sound kinda funny....private catholic school girl here too....nope, they weren't poor by any means....

$25,000 for the park ain't bad at all :)

[NOLA]

I'm sure they had a big alumni push for votes...

[McGregor]

That's almost comical. I never really thought about it while the voting was going on but giving a private school money with all the current needs in New Orleans? What can do you but laugh about it?

I mean if a private school needs money, all they do is raise tuition. I was reading the rules for the contest, it seems like some organizations/schools should not have been permitted to enter (obviously).

Maybe the school will do something good for the community with the money ..or they may build a new soccer field.

[Blainn]

They promised the student body 2 or 3 pizza parties if they won

[mightyradgumbo]

Whatever happened to bake sales and candy sales for school fundraising.

[NOLA]

Whatever happened to bake sales and candy sales for school fundraising.

Why work for it if you can get it for free?

Although in their defense, Mt. Carmel did have 8 - 10 feet of water damage, got no state, federal or other public funding to help them get re-opened, and yet still pulled together enough resources and help from parents, teachers and students to re-open months before any nearby public schools. The cynical might say they had to re-open to re-start the flow of tuition funds, but nevertheless they were there accepting students before any public school was.

[rosetree]

Why work for it if you can get it for free?

Although in their defense, Mt. Carmel did have 8 - 10 feet of water damage, got no state, federal or other public funding to help them get re-opened, and yet still pulled together enough resources and help from parents, teachers and students to re-open months before any nearby public schools. The cynical might say they had to re-open to re-start the flow of tuition funds, but nevertheless they were there accepting students before any public school was.

Being a parent of two high school children in private schools in New Orleans, I can tell you that the well is only so deep. Raising tuition after the storm did happen. We are limited, even more now, to how much more we can give. At first I was a little disappointed that a school got it over the park, but realizing how much damage was done to Mt Carmel, good on them for getting this grant!

[NOLA]

Being a parent of two high school children in private schools in New Orleans, I can tell you that the well is only so deep. Raising tuition after the storm did happen. We are limited, even more now, to how much more we can give. At first I was a little disappointed that a school got it over the park, but realizing how much damage was done to Mt Carmel, good on them for getting this grant!

My sentiment exactly - a little disappointed at first, but $25K for City Park is probably more than they've gotten in public money - ever. And the schools no doubt got the word out to their supporters, parents, etc. to vote early and often...

[where yat brah]

I can't imagine that the Church is hurting for money. Maybe the Alum who were tired of giving money voted alot. It would have been nice to give the Special Olympics more.

Probably not but a huge chunk of change (I think over $660 million) went to the victims of the priests in CA. not too long ago.