Friday, the booth and awards
I have to admit, I woke up a little groggy on Friday, and mostly I blame it on the person in the next room playing Air Supply at 3am, you KNOW who you are! ;-) So hoping that that person is not "all out of love", here's a recap of what happened:
We had a lot of great visitors to the booth, including 2 "celebrities". The 1st was Mr. Chris Dawson, one of the "duo" who operates Tamebay. Chris is a big supporter of our UK program "eBay For Charity". Chris and KC posed for a picture.
Shortly after, our CEO John Donahoe stopped by as well to talk to some folks, as you can see...the trend here is that the famous peeps are always near KC.
We had our eBay Giving Works cocktail party which launches the 5th year anniversary celebrations of the program.
People mingled to the best itunes mix ever and partook of some nice wine and Chicago's very own "Old Style". We also handed out our annual Golden Ribbon awards, which recognize both fundraising and advocacy using our program.
So with that...(envelope please)...the winners are:
•2008 Golden Ribbon Award, Community Seller: Danna Crawford, eBay User ID danna
Danna Crawford, who has been selling a variety of clothing, household, entertainment and sporting goods items on eBay for over 10 years, supports various nonprofits through her eBay listings. She has also served as a committed eBay Giving Works advocate, launching an eBay Group called “Just Be Cause Auctions,” to help other sellers grow their eBay businesses through cause marketing. Crawford also shares the benefits of eBay Giving Works through her radio personal radio show and through her eBook, called “Charity Auctions.”
•2008 Golden Ribbon Award, Nonprofit: Make Yourself Foundation, Incubus, eBay User ID makeyourselffoundation
The Make Yourself Foundation is a nonprofit organization conceived by the members of the rock band Incubus, which auctions tickets and memorabilia via eBay Giving Works. The Foundation allows band members to use a portion of their proceeds from all band-related activity and online eBay sales to fund various environmental and arts-related causes which include the Surfrider Foundation, Save the Music, Future Forests and Heal the Bay. Last year, the Foundation raised over $600,000 for causes like these via eBay Giving Works auctions.
•2008 Top Community Selling Fundraiser Award: Todd Denlinger, eBay User ID snowdealsnow
In 2007, ski equipment seller, Todd Denlinger, located in Warriors Mark, Pa., raised over $80,000 for Farm Sanctuary, the leader in farm animal protection. This marks the second year that Denlinger has won this award after donating 10 percent of sales to Farm Sanctuary.
•2008 Top Nonprofit Fundraiser Through Direct Selling Award: CarAngel Ministries, eBay User ID boatangel
With the goal of aiding the world’s impoverished and underprivileged women and children, CarAngel provides them with scholarships, means of transportation and educational/rehabilitation materials. It raised over $3.62 million in 2007 by selling vehicles and boats on eBay. CarAngel also received this inaugural award in 2007
It's raining today, but hopefully that won't stop the applause!
-RG
Comments
We have such a rockin' community of users!!
JUNE 21 2008 AT 11:02 PM
It was so great to meet you guys - you're the happiest people in the world :-)
JUNE 25 2008 AT 8:53 AM
@Sue Ditto, you & Chris are awesome and can't wait for us to have our official/annual "meeting of the minds over beer"
JUNE 25 2008 AT 3:57 PM
Woohoo! :)
JUNE 26 2008 AT 9:26 PM
This award made my day above and beyond everything else!
Love you all at Giving Works!
xo
JULY 13 2008 AT 10:02 AM