Rock To Wind A String Around

I thought I’d post this email I received just a few minutes ago.  It’s worth a look, and could be a worth a good bit more if we act on it.

Hi Cause Contact,

We know that many causes have had a hard year, so we'd like to try
something new to
help Ethiopian Orphan Relief that requires your participation, but is free
and definitely easy.

iGive.com is going to attempt to donate $5,000 in just 24 hours to
Ethiopian Orphan Relief and other causes.

For each person who joins iGive using the special link below and does just
one web search on our
site between now and noon Thursday, we'll give Ethiopian Orphan Relief a
dollar.  

5,000 new members, $5,000.  No purchase necessary.  

Of course, if they search more (or buy something) they'll earn even more
money for Ethiopian Orphan Relief.
Right now, we're donating $.02 per search and a bonus $5 for that first
purchase plus the usual percentage.

Here's where you come in.  The only way Ethiopian Orphan Relief will get
new supporters and that free $1 (or more)
is if you invite them.  Send your friends, family, and colleagues the
following link in an e-mail, tweet it, chirp it, do a
Facebook posting, put up posters, shout from mountain tops (you know the
drill) and let them know you think
Ethiopian Orphan Relief is pretty cool and deserves their support,
especially since it's free!  You can even just forward
this e-mail.

This is the link:
    http://www.igive.com/welcome/warm_reg_promo.cfm?c=47153

We're really proud of our search capability, powered by Yahoo!  We've made
tons of improvements over the
past four months, so we want lots of people to try it out and put it to the
test.  If they keep on searching or
shopping after testing us out, so much the better for Ethiopian Orphan
Relief and iGive.com.

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.

That's it.  Don't forget to try our search yourself
(http://isearch.igive.com).  You may need to login or register first
(personally, as an iGive member).  We sent you this e-mail because you're
in our records as the cause contact, not as a member personally.

From our families to yours, we hope you have a great holiday season.

Yours,

Robert N. Grosshandler
Founder

If you've thought about joining iGive.com today would be a great day to do so--they don't spam, and they really have
helped provide some much-needed cash for our projects.