I have an awesome milestone to report for Team Deets: We’ve hit $1,000 in loans issued in just over 6 weeks! Nice work! Here is a breakdown of the stats: Of the loans issued to date, some have already been repaid as much as 24%. That’s fast work. My guess is that Team Deets members [...]
Team Deets is now 5 days old on Kiva. In that time, 15 people have joined the team, and issued $350 in loans to entrepreneurs in: Peru Cambodia Kenya Uganda Mongolia Tanzania Azerbaijan I’d love to see a few more of you motivate your mouses to take you to Kiva.org to join Team Deets and [...]
Team Deets is off to an excellent start on Kiva. Eleven early adopters are on board, and $200 in new loans were issued in the first 24 hours of Team Deets’ existence with the most recent loans going to entrepreneurs in Kenya, Tanzania, Peru, and Uganda. The beauty of that is the money, once in [...]
When Kirk, comes up with a suggestion, it’s often worth paying attention to. For example, he inspired the creation of JucyLucyRestaurants.com. Now, he’s suggested creating Team Deets on Kiva where people like you can work together with me to finance loans to entrepreneurs around the world. Here is a reminder of what Kiva is all [...]
This coming Friday, you can help the youth of America while dining on pasta. As I understand it, many of our inner city kids are raising money for a trip to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, which should be one heck of a great learning and relationship building experience for these kids. You can help [...]
In December 2007 I said “give Kiva a try.” In July 2008 I described a defaulted Kiva loan that was partially funded by a fellow Minneapolis resident. In December 2008 I described the successful completion of a Kiva loan I partially funded. Now I’d like you to watch this video put together by Kieran Ball [...]
All the Ambivalent Muse wants to do is donate a few bucks to CenterPoint Energy’s HeatShare program to help out some people who are having a hard time with their bills. Sounds like a great idea and shouldn’t be too hard since CenterPoint include a donation form with her bill. Well . . .: A [...]
Don’t let your unused frequent flyer miles expire. Put them to work by donating them to people who could use them. Here are a few options. Make-A-Wish Foundation accepts mile donations from most major airlines. American Red Cross does as well. Fisher House’s Hero Miles helps injured members of the military visit their families. Northwest [...]
Before Christmas, Google sent me a gift card to thank me for making them rich. The gift card was redeemable for $100 in donations at DonorsChoose.org – a site that coordinates donations with teachers who could use some funding for their classrooms. I threw the $100 toward a math project at Burroughs Community School in [...]
Michael Krieger over at the Minnesota Lawyer Blog has a bone to pick with the charitable lunch policy of the law firm, Simpson Thacher, who offers summer associates a $60 per diem for lunches. Any money NOT used goes to charity. But is that really charitable? Michael doesn’t seem to think so: ‘Chow for Charity’ [...]
