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This article was published in The 30 Second Wine Advisor on Friday, Jan. 15, 2010 and can be found at http://www.wineloverspage.com/wineadvisor2/tswa20100115.php. Wine lovers step up for Haiti
Long-term readers will recall that members of the WineLovers Discussion Group, our online wine community, stepped up spontaneously to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the Southeast Asian tsunami. With horrifying images of death and destruction following the earthquake in Haiti this week, we're doing it again. Let's step back from the pleasant world of wine appreciation briefly today as I present our forum's simple, unofficial project to encourage help for Haiti from the world of wine enthusiasts. Please note that we are not functioning as an intermediary. We do do not want donations sent to us for processing but urge you to support the international charity of your choice with a generous contribution. Then, if you wish, visit the WineLovers Discussion Group forum and read the topic "WLDG Haitian Relief Fundraiser: Raffle of Bordeaux, etc" to learn how we're using fine wine as an added incentive to do what you were already likely to do: help out in Haiti through a contribution to the legitimate international charity-relief organization of your choice. In brief, participation will be limited to 100 entrants. Begin by making a donation of at least $30 to a charity doing work directly in Haiti. Then read the forum fund-raiser discussion for details on reporting your contribution, which enters you in a raffle for various wines contributed by forum members. (You are also welcome to contribute wines for the raffle, although we're not a non-profit organization and can't offer a tax deduction.) Contributors need not provide personal information other than your name and proof of your contribution. If you win a wine prize (numbers will be chosen by an intriguing random technique described in the forum discussion), it will be up to you and the donor of that wine to make arrangements for its delivery. Here's a list of worthy organizations we know to be mustering relief efforts in Haiti. Feel free to choose other appropriate recipients if you prefer, as long as the organization is currently, actively involved in Haitian relief. * Doctors Without Borders/Medecins sans frontières As the organizer of this initiative put it, "This is just a way to spur all of us with good intentions to do what we know we should do. Let's have a little fun and help those in tremendous need. May the best man or woman win the best wine!" ABOUT THE WINELOVERS DISCUSSION GROUPS Click here for the WineLovers Discussion Group forums, the Internet's first and still the most civil online community. Discussions are open for public viewing, but you must register to post. Registration is free and easy, but you MUST register isomg our Real Names Real Format system, using your real name in the format "John Doe" or "John D". Anonymous, cryptic or first-name-only registrations are discarded without notice. Once your registration has been approved, which usually happens quickly, you'll be able to participate in all our online wine, food and travel forums.
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