On Saturday I posted a challenge.  Buy a shirt and I'll donate a dollar of the sale to the Red Cross in order to help Japan.  The entry period ran from Saturday, March 11th until Monday, March 14th at 11:59PM EST.

That time has come and gone and I have tallied up the sales to provide you a total amount that Mongo Angry!  Mongo Smash! will be donating to the Red Cross. 

Total Number of Sales March 11th - March 14th
CafePress = 21
Skreened = 4
Zazzle = 1
Total = 26

I decided to just round up and make it an even $30. 

Thank you to all who had a part in getting the word out. 

Remember, you can still donate on your own using your mobile phone and texting to 90999 to make a $10 donation.  You can also go to RedCross.org and choose many options for where you want your donation to go. 

By now, everyone is well aware of the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated Japan.  Mongo Angry!  Mongo Smash!  would like to help give back.  Beginning today and running through Monday at 11:59PM EST, I will donate one dollar to the Red Cross for every shirt sold through one of my three stores. 

You can also donate just as easy by texting to 90999 to make a $10 donation. The charge will appear on your next mobile phone bill.  Now, since Japan has not officially reached out to the Red Cross, the monies you donate today may not be used for Japan relief, directly.  However, they will benefit someone, somewhere, and when and if the time comes, Japan will see relief from what has been donated and not already used somewhere else at that point.  It's a win-win all around. 


So, whether you buy a shirt from me or donate on your own, you will know that you are helping someone out there.   I will check back and give you a tally of the amounts.   Please share this message with everyone and anyone.  Post it on Facebook, tweet it, do whatever you do.   I am tracking every sale, not specific ones by hashtag or platform.  Regular sales that I would normally see count just as well as ones that might have occurred because of this post.   The links to the sites are below.


Take care and keep those in need in your thoughts. 


Thank you.


AngryMongo

CafePress has carved out a section on their site in order to help with relief efforts for Haiti after the devastating earthquake on Tuesday. Proceeds from sales of the specified items are being donated to the relief effort via the U.S. Fund for UNICEF. Follow the link I provided to see the selection.

Usually, when designers post products for sale on CafePress they (designers) receive 10% of the sale as profit in the marketplace. In the designer’s own shop they can set their own prices for products which consists of base price plus markup.

In this case the money is going to UNICEF. However, be aware that if you buy a $42 sweatshirt because you want to send that amount to UNICEF, not all $42 is going to UNICEF. According to CP’s fine print “Proceeds means the total retail price paid by the consumer minus the cost to manufacture the product. All profits from the sale of products through the Haiti Relief Effort shop will be donated to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.”

Just putting all the information out there. I missed the cutoff to post a design but donated via the Red Cross text message method which is texting “HAITI” to 90999. That gets all $10 of your donation being put towards the effort.