HERB - Fw: This site is for real.

[Danie'l Twombly]

Ok I hate Spamming people but this one is for a good cause. It is to help
feed needy children.. and yes it is legic....
Please Click and send to as many people as you know so we can all help.
Brightest blessings
Tarna
----- Original Message -----
From: Lori Beck <loribeck at cport.com>
Cc: Paul Pardee <ppardee at ronan.com>; Michael Strayer <mstrayer at lcc.ctc.edu>;
Lucas <lucasbc at webtv.net>; Lorraine Singer <lorrainesinger at hotmail.com>;
JoAnn Workman <anduiza at kalama.com>; David Benson <dbenson at lcc.ctc.edu>;
Danie'l Twombly <tarna at tic1.net>; Anita Martinez <mtz at tdn.com>; Angela Paul
<angelapaul at hotmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:46 AM
Subject: Fw: This site is for real.


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Matt Cassi <caz420 at hotmail.com>
> To: <diva24 at hotmail.com>; <denton at kalama.com>;
<billyjoebobjr at hotmail.com>;
> <keely_b at hotmail.com>; <kaquirk at hotmail.com>; <loribeck at cport.com>;
> <pjlewis at tdn.com>; <dcorrell at lcc.ctc.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 11:55 AM
> Subject: Fwd: This site is for real.
>
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> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Mike Cheney" <M-c at deainc.com>
> > >To: <akoostick at aol.com>,<caz420 at hotmail.com>,<mstrtarquin at hotmail.com>,
> > ><mjcheney at kalama.com>,<biffers at pacifier.com>,
> > ><jennifer at prrnlaw.com>,<omfox at rmc.com>, <slw at rw-law.com>,
> > ><Cstaggs at SWWHD.WA.GOV>,<aauger at tdn.com>, <caz420 at tdn.com>
> > >Subject: This site is for real.
> > >Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 09:47:01 -0700
> > >
> > >Hello Guys~
> > >
> > >I don't normally do this sort of thing but if every little bit helps,
> > >please pass this on. This site is for real.  It has been checked out by
> the
> > >sources below, and on the urban legends.com site.
> > >
> > >Mike
> > >
> > >Is the Hunger Site Legit?
> > >
> > >  Dear Guide:
> > >
> > >  I received this message today and did not find it listed on your
> current
> > >  hoaxes, etc. page. Have you heard of this? It can't possibly be
> legit...
> > >
> > >      Subject: FWD: The Hunger Site
> > >
> > >      This looks like it's for real and it's a really
> > >      neat website! All you do is click a button and
> > >      somewhere in the world some hungry person gets
> > >      a meal to eat at no cost to you. If you look
> > >      carefully at the map that every time someone
> > >      dies of hunger - India blinks the most..... The
> > >      food is paid for by corporate sponsors. All you
> > >      do is go to the site and click.
> > >
> > >      Visit the site and pass the word.
> > >
> > >      http://www.thehungersite.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  Dear Reader:
> > >
> > >  You can't be blamed for being skeptical. There's not much to
> > >differentiate
> > >  this warm, fuzzy offer from the dozens of "forward this to everyone
you
> > >  know" scams and hoaxes already out there. It even appears to promise
> > >  something for nothing, usually a classic sign.
> > >
> > >  On closer examination, however, this Website turns out to be unique.
> The
> > >  Hunger Site doesn't ask much of you, but it does require that you
view
> a
> > >  small blurb from one of its sponsors when you click the button to
make
> a
> > >  donation. In exchange for that exposure, the sponsors contribute
funds
> > >  which are channeled to reputable international programs to feed the
> > >  hungry. All the available evidence indicates that the Hunger Site,
> > >founded
> > >  by private citizen John Breen as a personal contribution to improving
> the
> > >  plight of the world's poor, is completely legitimate and really
works.
> > >
> > >  In a recent edition of the Internet Tourbus ( click here to subscribe
> for
> > >free
> > >  to this valuable resource), Patrick Crispen confirmed the site's
> > >integrity
> > >  through one of its sponsors:
> > >
> > >       I know this whole "click on a button, feed a hungry person"
> > >       story sounds too good to be true, but I called one of the Hunger
> > >       Site's sponsors and they confirmed that they were indeed
> > >       donating 3 cents for everyone who clicks on the site's "Donate
> > >       Free Food" button. The sponsors are donating the money to
> > >       generate goodwill (and, truth be told, sponsoring the Hunger
> > >       Site is also a brilliant marketing move -- once someone clicks
> > >       on the "Donate Free Food" button, they are taken to a page that
> > >       shows a small ad for the sponsor. The click-through rates for
> > >       these ads must be phenomenal!)
> > >
> > >  Anthea Webb of the United Nations' World Food Programme verified that
> > >  it is receiving donations from the Hunger Site and calls the project
> > >  "innovative." According to Webb, "Cash donations equivalent to more
> than
> > >  a million servings of food have been donated since the site opened in
> > >June
> > >  1999."
> > >
> > >  For more information, see the BBC Radio Special Report, dated July
17,
> > >  1999.
> > >
> > >  You can also visit the Hunger Site itself to learn more or make a
> > >donation
> > >  at http://www.hungersite.com.
> > >
> > >
> >
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