When we asked you to help out our friends at DirectRelief, we were overwhelmed by the response. In just five hours, you managed to reach our first goal of $31,415, and in 12 hours you reached our second goal of $62,830. Even more amazing is the fact that over 2900 of you donated. Through your generosity, reddit became the single largest donor to DirectRelief International.
Saydrah has now challenged the community to raise $10pi and many of you responded with a parade of upvotes and donations. A team of volunteers is even being organized to spread the word - so even if you can't give, send Saydrah a message letting her know you'd like to help.
Since we asked for your donations, others in the Conde Nast family have followed suit.
When the first shipment departed for Haiti, DirectRelief sent us photos, and will continue to keep us updated through the /r/Haiti community, so be sure to subscribe to see where every dollar is going.
Since we asked for your donations, others in the Conde Nast family have followed suit.
When the first shipment departed for Haiti, DirectRelief sent us photos, and will continue to keep us updated through the /r/Haiti community, so be sure to subscribe to see where every dollar is going.
In that vein, members of the DirectRelief team have agreed to do an Ask Me Anything interview. Alexis is at their offices today and thanking all of these sleep-deprived but ever-enthusiastic employees and workers -- all of whom have had nothing but thankful about what reddit has done for them, despite being very confused about Alexis' Coat of Arms t-shirt.
To help out our cause, Zach Weiner, creator of SMBC Comics, challened his community to get us to break 100K in donations. He promised an extra comic if they did so. Well, we broke 100K, and keeping true to his word, Zach provided us with this artwork to commemorate that achievement:
On a personal note, we here at reddit HQ are humbled by your amazing response, and by what this community can do. It is this type of generosity and community effort that keeps us coming to work each day, and we thank you for reaffirming our belief that the community can do great work if they want to.
If you haven't already, please pass around the donation link to any friends and family who may be interested but don't know how to help.
http://dri.convio.net/site/TR/Events/Tributes?pg=fund&fr_id=1030&pxfid=1511&JServSessionIdr004=r7t58phav1.app245b
