» Leave a Comment & We’ll Donate $1 To Fight Poverty

October 15th, 2008 by admin

What is Kiva and why are we supporting it?

Well, a lot of us here are self-starters and while we’ve worked hard, we were given opportunities the majority of the world’s population simply don’t have.
You know, little things like quality education, the proper infrastructure (access to the computers, internet, etc), and most importantly financing. No matter what, it takes $$$ to make $$$. Whether its a few bucks to keep you fed while you get going, or a few million to create the next great piece of software, all entrepreneurs need some money to start with.

With Kiva, fortunate entrepreneurs such as us are able to make small loans to those in the developing world that can then turn them into profitable businesses and sustain themselves, their families and in some cases their communities over the long run. And the best part- once these loans are repaid they go to help the next guy/girl.

For more on Kiva checkout their page here: http://www.kiva.org So if you’re reading this- leave a comment- it’s the least you can do and we’ll donate $1 to Kiva.

Or if you have more than the 2 seconds it takes to leave a comment, get involved yourself at Kiva.org or go help out that charity you’ve always told yourself you’d get involved with.

On Monday Ocotber 20th, we’ll tally up all the comments and we will make our donation at that time.

Many thanks for your continued support, Nic, Dave and the Site-Reference crew

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68 comments to “ Leave a Comment & We’ll Donate $1 To Fight Poverty ”

# 1 Steph Woods has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Sweet. I love the organization you are donating to. Thanks for raising awareness. I am going to read into this organization when I have more time!
# 2 Mike Wilton has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I think it’s cool that you took this opportunity to raise money for a cause. I hope your efforts are a success!
# 3 Emma has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Cha Ching This is awesome guys, hope you pay out BIG in the name of charity of course.
# 4 Eric Werner has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Oh definitely we’re all for it!
# 5 The Luau Shirt Company has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
You’re the man Nic! I hope this costs you a small fortune (but its its for a good cause).
# 6 Zak Nicola has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
A great way to get people involved even if it takes no real involvment.
# 7 Lynn has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Cool! My old business started up with just a little money, so I know how far the concept can go! Thanks SR for helping others.
# 8 Dave has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Keep ‘em coming peeps… and please promote it far and wide so we can get OODLES of comments.

Thanks to all that commented so far!!
# 9 admin has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Dave- what are you doing?!? You realize your comment just cost me another buck?

Oh crap…what am I doing? See what you did…now replying to your comment is costing me even more!!!

But in all seriousness- we really appreciate the support here and hope to get this page filled with comment by the week’s end. Blog Action Day is today, but we’re going to keep this Site-Reference drive open all week- so please do help spread the word.

Thanks everyone!
# 10 Mitch Baldwin has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Hi Nic,

You asked for it so here is my comment and for such a great cause.
Micro loans are a great way for those less fortunate to get a little help to pursue their dreams, take care of their families and prosper. http://www.kiva.org is a wonderful organization that is helping many people throughout the world.

Warmly,
Mitch
# 11 Dino Angelov has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Heya there. Just thought I’d drop a line in the name of the dollar

Great cause, even greater that you’re supporting it. Thumbs up
# 12 admin has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Just so everyone knows, we are part of the “Bloggers” group on Kiva (signed up under my name: Nicolas) so if anyone wants to join our group please do so! Here is the link for it: http://www.kiva.org/community/viewTeam?team_id=62
# 13 bright has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
well played!
# 14 Divine Q has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Wonderful!!! Makes me want to comment, like, another 125 times!! =)
# 15 Divine Q has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
P.S. I LOVE Kiva… as soon as I get any money paid back, it goes right out to another person… I recommend it to EVERYONE!
# 16 Jun has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
This is great Nic. Glad SR joined this one.
# 17 Ana Gremion has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
There are a lot of people in this world that needs help and it’s good to know that you are getting involved in such a great cause just to give someone else a “hand”! Very proud of you and very proud of this site!

I hope a lot of members leave a comment!
# 18 JOHNNY has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
HEY HEY U GUYS ROCK!
# 19 Bev has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 6:36 pm
I was so very happy to find Kiva. It makes donating to help change someone’s life painless, and you feel so good afterward.
# 20 Janina Kacprzynski has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
My only wish is that more people get involved in this. More comments please.
# 21 Robert has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
I am glad to see that you are making people more aware of KIVA. It an organization that is getting great results. Keep up good work.
# 22 Matte has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Kiva is great – some great entrepreneurial spirit in evidence there. Support the third world applicants Nic!
# 23 Jody has said:
October 15th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I can’t pass up an opportunity to do my small part to help out others that are less fortunate. Another dollar from you Nic. LOL
Great thing you are doing here.
# 24 Erica Douglass has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Thank you for doing this! I loaned $250 to entrepreneurs on Kiva as part of Blog Action Day as well.

-Erica (entrepreneur blogger; erica.biz)
# 25 Biman has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 9:18 am
It’s a great idea to help someone who need that. And I want to appreciate for this to all of you.
# 26 Alex has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
We took part in Blog Action Day as well. This is great idea, I hope you get lots more comments.
# 27 Dignan has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Awesome job yalls. Keep up with all that hard work and money stuff.
# 28 ScottP has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Hey there, ka-ching. I also participated: http://saabnet.vox.com/library/post/blog-action-day-2008-poverty.html
# 29 Ian Springham has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
What a wonderful idea – we need more of these sort of collaborative and resource-pooling schemes to the greater good of all.
# 30 DenimBlog.com has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
hello. cool idea!

have a great day!
# 31 Johan Kriegbaum has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
great idea…
# 32 Jewlz has said:
October 16th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Fantastic idea and well done for getting involved.
# 33 belena has said:
October 17th, 2008 at 1:44 am
I also took part in Blog Action Day by posting on my blog and discussing it at social network sites. I’m still reading what other bloggers have posgted about it and I think supporting Kiva is a great way to help.
# 34 Smart has said:
October 17th, 2008 at 10:43 am
No doubt that you guys are doing a great job. So in this way I am also adding a small contribution by commenting here.

Take Care my friends.
# 35 jacky has said:
October 20th, 2008 at 4:18 am
No doubt that you guys are doing a great job. So in this way I am also adding a small contribution by commenting here.

http://www.mobilephone02.com
# 36 Peter Johnson has said:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
We just got a dollar in the mail from a company with a vague note attached. It’s amazing the power of a dollar has to this day.
# 37 Lori has said:
October 20th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
What a nice thing to do. You have my support.
# 38 Amin has said:
October 20th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Good idea! Keep it up
# 39 WhoIsJeanKadau.com has said:
October 20th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
The only way to become a whole person is to help others first. “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man how to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” You are doing great work, Kiva!
# 40 Text Message Marketing has said:
October 20th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
In these tough economic times, it’s nice to see that you are doing this. Here’s my dollar and my continued support of your organization.
# 41 jhonoceannob has said:
October 20th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
minor minor busy no night me german
# 42 Josh Voinar has said:
October 21st, 2008 at 12:00 am
Stay Positive.
# 43 admin has said:
October 21st, 2008 at 9:18 am
Thank You to all that have participated. As promised we sent the money we raised to Kiva.org today – helping 4 people reach closer to their goals. If anyone wants to join us please do so here: http://www.kiva.org/community/viewTeam?team_id=62

Many, many thanks again to everyone!
# 44 urfresh.info has said:
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:17 am
This is great! Keep it up!
# 45 bhavneet has said:
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
a great idea and i would like to join more thing to help pepole i am free any time if you need my services feel free to mail
# 46 Professional Lab has said:
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 am
Good work! I generally love to do this kind of work.
Keep it up!
# 47 sauriche has said:
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
plz make comment, for the first time in our life we’ll do something good
# 48 Dan Dunleavy has said:
October 28th, 2008 at 10:59 am
This is great! good luck!
# 49 Amega Mobile has said:
October 29th, 2008 at 6:36 am
Amega Mobile Homed
# 50 Liz has said:
November 1st, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Yay! thanks for doing this.
# 51 Andrew C has said:
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
I like this idea a lot I am happy that people are willing and able to try something like this.
# 52 Paul Kresfelder has said:
November 4th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Well I’m pretty busy but this caught my eye so good on you guys
# 53 Jimmy has said:
November 13th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Same here. Too busy. Sorry dudes.
# 54 Mike has said:
November 16th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
This is very cool. Are you doing any advertising to promote it? It really deserves the attention.
# 55 Ravi Shankar has said:
December 7th, 2008 at 11:37 am
Well that’s great.
My self and few of my friends have started a blog, what ever we’ll be earning from that blog will be donating it to educate unprivileged children here in India.

http://poorchildedufund.blogspot.com/
# 56 Sofia T has said:
January 12th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I totally totally agree on that! You couldnt have said it with a better way..
stsi@mdi.gr
# 57 Abby has said:
January 15th, 2009 at 5:26 am
i think this is a great idea.
every little bit helps.
nice work
=)
# 58 Akoeaja has said:
February 17th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Thanks for imvolving us in your donation.

Keep the good post.

Cheers,

Bob.
# 59 Carl has said:
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:25 am
Way to go! Hope this raises a fortune.
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March 31st, 2009 at 12:53 am
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# 61 chonp has said:
April 24th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
nice cool Thank you very much
# 62 seo techniques has said:
May 19th, 2009 at 12:13 am
I admit, I have not been on this webpage in a long time… however it was another joy to see It is such an important topic and ignored by so many professionals. I thank you to help making people more aware of possible issues.
Great stuff as usual….
# 63 MyDailyBlog.Info has said:
August 15th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
for me just submit..submit..submit
# 64 Shower Favor has said:
August 15th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Alright! I hope this more traffic and donations come to this site.
# 65 klip izle has said:
August 27th, 2009 at 6:55 am
I think it’s cool that you took this opportunity to raise money for a cause. I hope your efforts are a success!
# 66 Mike has said:
October 16th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
Good on you for supporting Kiva with the donations. Looks like a great organisation, doing a lot of good.
# 67 PhatemeTume has said:
December 14th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
How’s it going – This is a great place

Just registered and wanted to say hello.
# 68 Siva Ganesh has said:
January 23rd, 2010 at 6:31 am
Nice..to hear. .
1$ from my side.