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.

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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.