ThumperTalk.com 2007 Holiday Fundraising Effort

[Coffee]

ThumperTalk.com Holiday Fund Raiser is now over. Thank you for all your generous contributions made.
We still can accept donations all year by paypal at donate@riderdown.org or check (address below).

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No other organization on the planet does as much good as RiderDown organization in its tireless efforts to help riders downed participating in the sport they love so much. We are all honored that RiderDown has allowed this inaugural fundraising effort to be conducted on the RiderDown forum and it is our hope that this effort will become an enduring annual tradition.

The goal for this fundraiser is just one 1 penny for every registered ThumperTalk member (equivalent to roughly $15.000). This may sound like a lot, but with a community as large as ThumperTalk, we believe this is possible and frankly, why shoot low! However, anyone is welcome to participate in the fundraising efforts, ThumperTalk member or not. This is not for anyone’s glory but for caring for others that need help when they are down.
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This is a fantastic opportunity and we hope that every member of ThumperTalk can contribute – no donation is too small (or to large)!
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Rider Down Foundation
Thumper Talk Holiday fund 2007
30296 Buffalo Park Road
Evergreen, CO 80439
(a tax deductible receipt will be mailed if address is provided)<o:p></o:p>[/B]



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[I]The RiderDown Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping responsible off road motorcyclists and ATV racers who have been injured while riding. Proceeds are used to provide assistance to the riders and their families when faced with medical expenses and related issues.

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[Tatonka]

Wow!! :thumb This is a fantastic gesture by the folks over at ThumperTalk. The entire riding community stands to benefit from cooperative ventures like this and it certainly says a lot about the caring and generosity of the online off road family!!

Ride ON!!

ps. Thread is now Stickied!

BV

[Riding the Metro]

Thank you ThumperTalk.com and thank you Coffee for leading the charge.
This is a win-win for all injured riders everywhere.
Art

[mommotox]

Fantastic! Thanks, ThumperTalk!

[Coffee]

Lets do it!

Lot of generous people on TT that is for sure. :thumb

[Tatonka]

Drumroll please.....

The total donated so far is;

$7,603.39

as of 11:30am (MST) 12/27/2007 & counting recurring donations as complete for all 12 months!

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[erik727]

That's great of Thumpertalk to do this

Thank you !!!!

[Riding the Metro]

That's great of Thumpertalk to do this

Thank you !!!!

I agree. The folks over at ThumperTalk.com are top notch.

[Tatonka]

I just had a chance to take a look at the www.ThumperTalk.com forums and homepage where they are promoting this and have to say, NICE JOB! They've even got a sweet progress meter measuring the donations and how close to the Goal they are!

[Coffee]

I just had a chance to take a look at the www.ThumperTalk.com (http://www.ThumperTalk.com) forums and homepage where they are promoting this and have to say, NICE JOB! They've even got a sweet progress meter measuring the donations and how close to the Goal they are!


Just got back into town and saw that - fantastic!

[Riding the Metro]

Just got back into town and saw that - fantastic!

I'm having a hard time staying away from that meter. I love seeing it increase each day.
Art

[Tatonka]

I love seeing it increase each day.

psssst - it's only supposed to be getting updated once a week. ;)


But we'll try and keep a more current number on here! It'd be cool to have a progress meter on here too!!

[Riding the Metro]

I agree. Hey JL, can we do something like that here. Maybe on the home page to show progress?

[Tatonka]

ps... the totals are being updated in this thread on page 1 :thumb

[Coffee]

ps... the totals are being updated in this thread on page 1 :thumb

Thank you for mentioning this - I kept hitting the refresh button LOL

$355 sounds kind of low actually... it is still early in the season though

[TwinTurbos]

Quite a jump in activity here in the last day or so!! :thumb I haven't gotten my TT newsletter yet but I'm sure that will have an impact!

[YdogsflY]

:cheers:

Than you Riderdown, for helping riders when others will not.:thumb

[Riding the Metro]

We must have broken the 1K mark with donations right, TwinTurbos?
AJ

[Coffee]

We must have broken the 1K mark with donations right, TwinTurbos?
AJ


Hope so - someone just said they donated over $200 - today?

[Tatonka]

Over 10% of the goal......:thumb

$1500.39

[BOLT]

I got my 10,000 pennies last night ! Hurrah http://ridersonline.org/images/smiles/coolbanana.gif

[Coffee]

Any 11/28/07 updates?

[Tatonka]

As of 11/28/07 at 12:02pm

$2010.39

:thumb :thumb

[cutting torch]

How's it looking so far? There should be a good jump from today's donations. Another TT member really laid down the gauntlet today, and I had to pass him. I hope someone ends up making both of us look cheap!

torch

[Tatonka]

I know there's been a lot of good sized activity just lately and some pretty cool auction items coming up also. Hopefully the amounts will get updated today! :cool

[gandalf]

How's it looking so far? There should be a good jump from today's donations. Another TT member really laid down the gauntlet today, and I had to pass him. I hope someone ends up making both of us look cheap!

torch

You got that right, when I saw that post I was impressed and proud of that TT member and a big kudos to you as well, torch. You've been nice and vocal over there! Nice job:thumb

--gandalf(thaigan from TT)

[cutting torch]

You got that right, when I saw that post I was impressed and proud of that TT member and a big kudos to you as well, torch. You've been nice and vocal over there! Nice job:thumb

--gandalf(thaigan from TT)

You are helping a lot as well! With the two of us going back and forth, we are keeping the threads fresh, which adds to thier exposure. Good stuff there!

[cutting torch]

A member at TT donated $1200 today, and made me look like a cheap bastard! Good for him! He is jbird710.

torch

[cutting torch]

How's it looking so far? There should be a good jump from today's donations. Another TT member really laid down the gauntlet today, and I had to pass him. I hope someone ends up making both of us look cheap!

torch

That member is promac, and he donated $500. Sweet!!!

torch

[Tatonka]

Where the heck is our donation meter? :lmao

I know there has been a lot of activity & some really cool items thrown in lately. We need to get those auctions linked on here!

[gandalf]

Where the heck is our donation meter? :lmao

I know there has been a lot of activity & some really cool items thrown in lately. We need to get those auctions linked on here!

How's this? It's a little rough, but it might do;-) I'm not sure though it'll work in a posting.

<IFRAME src="http://www.thumpertalk.com/index.php?page=riderdown" width="800" height="355" scrolling="auto" frameborder="1">
[Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured
not to display frames. However, you may visit
<A href="http://www.thumpertalk.com/index.php?page=riderdown">the related document.</A>]
</IFRAME>

[Coffee]

How's this? It's a little rough, but it might do;-) I'm not sure though it'll work in a posting.

<object height="355" width="800">

<embed src="http://www.thumpertalk.com/index.php?page=riderdown" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="800"></object>

My firefox browser says it can't find the plug in.

[BOLT]

My IE can't see it.

[gandalf]

Okay, I was hoping it worked for those that aren't using the Safari Browser on a Mac. What I was doing is pretty standard, but I switched it to use inline frames so you should all be able to see it now. I don't have IE available at the moment, but it is working in Firefox on the Mac now. Let me know.

[cutting torch]

I see it now, but didn't when you first posted it. I use IE.

Now, it just needs to be in real time!

torch

[gandalf]

It is in as real time as it is on TT. It's just the TT page embedded here. You can even click on the links. Try clicking on the forums or the link for the store.

[Coffee]

I see it now, but didn't when you first posted it.

Same here - Windows XP media edition, Firefox.

Good job.

[gandalf]

That was a lot of buildup for not much result, huh. It was meant to be a goof as well as provide a way to benefit from the same progress meter;-)

[BOLT]

This will clean it up a bit:

<IFRAME src="http://www.thumpertalk.com/index.php?page=riderdown" width="800" height="275" scrolling="no">
[Your user agent does not support frames or is currently configured
not to display frames. However, you may visit
<A href="http://www.thumpertalk.com/index.php?page=riderdown">the related document.</A>]
</IFRAME>

[cutting torch]

Now we just need a recent update!

torch

[Tatonka]

$5846.39

*as of 12/14/07 at 8:14am (MST)

[50ccMoM]

Truely amazing what people can do when they come together.

[Riding the Metro]

Hopefully we're not done yet. 16 more days to go.
Yes, 50ccMom - ThumperTalk.com crew are a very generous group.

[BOLT]

And to give credit where it's due... half or more of the money that has been raised so far has come from two very very generous people !

You guys know who you are... Thank you SO MUCH !

[cutting torch]

And to give credit where it's due... half or more of the money that has been raised so far has come from two very very generous people !

You guys know who you are... Thank you SO MUCH !

I can't swing as much as that Texan (what a great guy!), but I am not done yet.

torch

[Tatonka]

Current update (as of 4:15pm MST)....

$6,666.39

:thumb

[Tatonka]

New total as of 11:30am MST on 12/27/07.............

$7,603.39

:thumb

[DesertRat450]

Just a few day's left and we need to raise more attention to our cause that means more Threads :thumb

[Tatonka]

As of 1/02/08 at 7:45am MST...........

$7,998.39

Thank You ThumperTalk!!!!! :thumb

[Coffee]

As of 1/02/08 at 7:45am MST...........

$7,998.39

Thank You ThumperTalk!!!!! :thumb

You are most welcome!

Maybe we can do even better next year!