dcpak - fundraising

Tent Drive!

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:11:52 -0500

Shenaaz Janmohammed, along with a team from Pakistan and the UK are coordinating a fund to purchase a large number of tents both in Pakistan and abroad. These tents will be sent through different distribution channels to remote populations in the north that have not been as accessible to international aid.

To donate visit http://tentdrive.blogspot.com

Chowrangi Magazine: Personal Accounts Appeal

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:13:15 -0500

Dear Friends,

The Chowrangi magazine team would like to put first-person accounts of the earthquake, its aftermath, and relief efforts up on our website (www.chowrangi.org), as well as publish some in our upcoming issue (with
permission). Please send on any accounts and stories that you have received. We hope this will do some justice to the amazing love, courage and resilience shown by the people of Pakistan.

Fundraising Posters

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:26:42 -0500

Here are a some posters that are available for download. If you find others that are public or are interesting in making one of your own, please feel free to contribute.

Sepoy at Chapati Mystery has made posters of different sizes:

2448 x 3420 jpg 6.4MB

8.5 x 11 pdf 5.2MB

1200 x 1676 jpg 747KB

648 x 905 jpg 343KB

248 x 347 jpg 100KB

OPEN (Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America) Silicon Valley Chapter has a graphic in the form of a poster and flyer:

8 x 11 pdf 276 KB

11 x 17 pdf 428 KB

Companies Offering Corporate Matching

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 01:13:29 -0500

OPEN (Pakistani Entrepreneurs of North America) has listed companies that have established donation matching programs with relief organnization(s). If you are from one of these companies, please contact the HR department to get more details:

AMD - Hidaya, Intl. Red Cross.
Applied Materials
Bearing Point - Intl. Red Cross.
Cadence Design Systems - Hidaya, Islamic Relief, Hidaya, Intl. Red Cross. (upto $500/employee)
Cisco - Edhi Foundation - $1-to-$1 upto $1M.
Fujitsu Computer Systems - Intl. Red Cross.
Fujitsu Microelectronics
GE
IBM
Intel Corporation - All registered non-profits 501 (C)(3)s (upto $10,000/employee).
Juniper Networks - Hidaya, Intl. Red Cross.
Microsoft - Islamic Relief, Hidaya, Intl. Red Cross.
Oracle - All U.S. registered non-profit 501 (C)(3)s.
Qualcomm
SUN Microsystems - All U.S. registered non-profit 501 (C)(3)s.
Wells Fargo

In addition they have instructions and a sample letter for approaching your company about corporate matching opportunities.

Reach Out to All Americans

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:32:57 -0500

We are writing to encourage you to reach out to all Americans, regardless of ethnic background. While it is important for Pakistani Americans to give and give generously, we believe that the community should also reach out to other Americans. We know that some of you have already begun to do so.

To facilitate this, we have produced the attached flyer. This document -- with its message and suggested list of relief agencies -- was drafted with a target audience of all Americans in mind.

Now, here's where you come in.

We ask you to take one or more of the following steps:

Start Something

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:20:45 -0500

There are a lot of efforts going on all over the Greater DC area and, indeed, all over the world. If you are involved in a project, whether it's a fundraiser, goods collection, or awareness campaign there is opportunity connect with like-minded individuals. Use the main blog to post ideas or create a starting point for collaboration. Under "Blog topics" use categories, separated by commas, already posted in order to increase the chance of your post being read.

This is your space to make a difference.