My apologies for the lack of clarity in my initial post about helping the relief efforts. Three points to clarify:
1) While I think it’s great that lots of people are willing to give $200, and I urge you to do so, what I am really looking for is readers who are willing to give an amount up to $1,000, depending on how many readers are participating. That is, each of us will give $200 if there are six or fewer of us (counting myself); we’ll each give $400 if there are between seven and eleven of us, etc.; $600 if there are twelve to sixteen; $800 if there are seventeen to twenty one; and $1,000 each if we can get more than twenty-one of us to give. How much we’re each going to give depends on how many of us are participating.
2) If a gift of this size is beyond your reach, feel free to find friends and pool together funds. For example, if you’re a law student and find 9 friends to join in and divide your gift evenly, you’ll be committing to give anywhere from $20 to $100. When you have your group together, just let me know by leaving a comment or by e-mail.
3)Each of us will be responsible for giving on our own to the Katrina-related charity of our choice.
Also, thanks to the handful of people who have already agreed to participate. It’s much appreciated.
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