What's an Invite Worth?
Posted by James Wed, 10 May 2006 21:34:00 GMT
So Geoff, being the eBay genius around here has put up an invite for auction on eBay.com to help raise money for our Nepal trip this fall. Now, we don’t care to make money off this for our own sake. The money from this auction will go towards the purchasing of stoves for families in Nepal.
Many homes in Nepal have very unsafe stoves, or no stoves at all. In homes without stoves, cooking is often done over an open fire. This leads to very poor air quality, and as a result, children develop respiratory conditions very early on in life. By providing stoves to families, we hope to improve their lives in a very practical way.
Each stove costs ~$100 to purchase, deliver, and setup, and teach a family how to use and maintain it. The stoves use propane which are much cheaper to run than the current kerosene stoves that they are using now. This will also free up money for the families to pay for other necessities like education for their kids.
We’re not sure how much we’ll get for the invite and the shirt, but every extra bit will help.
Hi, just got my invite and I’m excited to see what eBible has to offer. I wish you guys would spill a little more about it, but I’ll wait.
Also, I noticed you guys are raising money and even using the power of eBay. What about the power of Bloggers? I would be willing to place a small(non-intrusive) banner ad or button on my blog to help you with your cause. Granted, I don’t know how effective it would be since I’m not a ProBlogger, but hey, it’s worth a shot and it’s definitely worth the cause.
I’ll mention it in a future post of mine and maybe we can spread the word for your cause… oh, and eBible(i knew you would like that).
Nice work on the eBay auction, you are up to $31 in the first day. I hope you’re able to use the proceeds to good use. Nepal’s has had more than their fair share of trouble as of late for sure. Blessings.
hi, to bad you will not ship to europe. they are christians here too.
Sammy – blog away my friend, we love bloggers and will work on getting some cool eBible.com buttons made up. Actually we are thinking about some cool “web badges” that bloggers could add to their sites. Something like “My favorite Bible Verses” that get pulled directly from your bookmarks or “My latest Bible searches”, etc. Not sure yet but open for ideas!!
@Mark: Both “My favorite Bible verses” and “My latest Bible searches” web badge ideas sound awesome. Definitely someting I would see myself using. God bless you all.
$100? wow, that’s expensive.
Great idea. $100 isn’t that expensive for a stove.
Dont know if this is still going on, but posted this at Mobile Ministry Magazine. Best of blessings on your trip and if we can help get the word out about any more efforts you all are doing, just drop us a line.