Parallax to donate 100% of on-line sales to Katrina victims via Red Cross

Ken Gracey

Dear Customers,

On Wednesday, September 7th between the hours of 8:00 am·and 12:00 pm (Pacific Time) Parallax will donate 100% of our on-line sales (up to $5,000.00) to the American Red Cross.

This donation will be handled in a similar fashion as we did with the Asian Tsunami.

During this four-hour on-line sales drive, 100% of our·revenue (up to $5,000) will be recorded and issued as a·check to the Red Cross.·We will post the results under the Announcements section of this forum once we have finished the fundraiser.

Sincerely,

Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc.



Post Edited (Ken Gracey (Parallax)) : 9/4/2005 4:04:43 PM GMT

kjennejohn

When I click on the .gif above I get a blank page that says

You have requested something that does not exist, or you do not have permission to access.

even though I had logged in.
Does this explain the zero count for viewing?

kenjj

Jon Williams

More information here: http://www.parallax.com/html_pages/company/whats_new.asp


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Jon Williams
Applications Engineer, Parallax

Guenther Daubach

kenjj,

C'mon - don't be picky about this darn image link being functional or not - Ken's announcement is worth for being treated more seriously than that. He clearly pointed out what Parallax has commited to do again for disaster victims. I can only support this generous attitude!

I'm sorry to say that: I'm feeling really p....d off by posts like yours, should this be the only answer you have for such an important, and well-meant initial post.

Go ahead, send Parallax a huge order on Wednesday - this is what really supports the victims!

Let me repeat this again fo all other "lurkers":

Go ahead, and send Parallax a huge order on Wednesday - this what really supports the victims! Try to top the $5,000 limit - I'm pretty sure - should you make it - Parallax will not be stuck to it.

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Greetings from Germany,

G

nick bernard

fyi:
I live 50miles south of New Orleans my family evacuated to Dallas and we're fine. there are 1500 evacuee's in the local college's gym where a close friend of mine has been working since last saturday. the people there finally got cots to sleep on via the US Army over the weekend; until then they were sleeping on the floor. this weekend was also the first time they were able to shower. many locals have been cooking tasty meals around the clock for them and donations of clothing and hygene needs keep comming in. the thing they need most of now is a taste of normalcy. fema has acquired all available rental properties for miles and the kids are signing up for local schools. hopefully our town will be able to offer some peace to our displaced neighbors.

my buds and i used to visit new orleans often; actually we were their the friday night before the storm. i dont know how the city will every be the same. most of the population will settle elsewhere, and the businesses are already beginning to relocate to surrounding areas. the lastest time tables state that the pumps will have the city drained in 3 months, another 3 months are needed to demolish the severly damaged area's, and another 6 months to rebuild. hopefully engineers will turn this disaster into an oppertunity to elevate the city's low lying areas and upgrade the city's levee and pump systems.

i've been meaning to buy a robot kit, tomorrow will be a great day to start a hobby in robotics.

thanks parallax
nickB

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Ken Gracey

Dear Customers:

Parallax is pleased to announce that today we will be donating $7,940.00 to the American Red Cross for the Katrina relief efforts. This is how we came up with the grand total:

• Customer orders Our customers responded by ordering $9,801.49 of products this morning between 8:00 and noon, of which we will donate·100% of·our revenue up to·$5,000.00. Our customers don't normally order so many products on a Wednesday morning, so·you·must have liked the dual purpose of placing an order (get Parallax products, donate at the same time).·
• Parallax staff contributions·After we announced that Parallax would donate sales revenue to Katrina, our staff asked if we would match their donations.·Our staff came up with $1,140.00 of their own money, which Parallax will match in kind to·total another $2,280.00.·Several of our staff donated through their churches or other organizations, too.
• Guenther Daubach·An important part of our SX·development team from Germany, Guenther Daubach·is contributing 20 SX Multi Boards which we will sell through our web site at $28.00 each.·We will sell his boards·over the next couple of weeks (they've already shipped from Germany) and·Parallax will pay in advance the·$560.00 amount from Guenther. Guenther's boards will be available within 10 days.
• Stefano Caruso·Our Italian·customer who is working on a translation of our Boe-Bot text has pledged $100 through Parallax.

Let's hope that this money is put to good use wherever it·is needed. Thank you to·everybody for contributing.

Sincerely,

Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc.

kogerat

Ken Gracey said...
Thank you to·everybody for contributing.

Parallax, Parallax employees, and Parallax partners·made the conributions and we who placed orders·get the benifit of quatity Parallax products. I can only speak for myself, but I·think·Parallax management, staff, and partners deserve all the thanks for the contributions. I would also like to say thanks to Parallax for giving me·the perfect excuse to add to my Parallax·collection.

Jim K.