ADRSupport Donations...
 

If a poor :censor: student like myself, can still find money between the cushions to donate to ADRSupport so can you. This forum not only has website hosting fees, but also requires countless hours of moderation/administrative duties by Rich.

Skip a couple cups of coffee at Starbucks, and donate to this great cause.

The forum has helped countless patients including myself on the path to surgery and has also supported patients post-operatively with both positive and negative outcomes.

Keep this forum running and donate today! -- ADRSupport is a non-profit organization helping spine patients around the world.

This online community and its members have helped me greatly. :beer:

I agree Justin. I have sent Rich some ideas to show who has decided to support this worthy forum. One is to have the people's names come up in a GREEN color to symbolize money that they did donate. Underneath their name will be the term; "2009 Pledge Member" to demonstrate that they supported the cause. This will help to have all recognized who did contribute and maybe shame the others in to giving a little money as well.

Richard is taking this under advisement but I think it is a sure fired way to put some money in his pocket to support this worthy place.

This place has been a great forum for support and needs to be kept going.

Pay Up People! :clap: :clap: :clap: Let's show Richard our appreciation.

Terry Newton

Hey Terry,

It looks like we are on at the same time. :D I agree with your "Pledge Member" idea.

Rich, if this forum has the option maybe we could implement some of these designations under our screen names:

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Just an idea...

Ditto to everything Justin and Terry are saying. I shared my thoughts for donations when I used the tutorial lesson yesterday. Now lets see if I remember anything - well should have taken notes!

Here's some more:

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Just donated....but I really had to hunt around to figure out how to do it. I'd suggest a big donation link on the home page.

Adrienne

The link to donate is hard to find--it is at the bottom of the Forum Index page on the right hand corner.

Here's a shortcut to make a donation:

Click Here to Donate

more visible DONATE link
 

Had the same problem Adrienne. Suggested that the links should be more visible for everyday users, at the top of each Forum instead of home page (which does talk about donations), for example. My first trip to the site I evidentally went to the discussion forum and bookmarked that so didn't read the entire home page.

I had no idea that the site was a 401c or that donations were possible or even needed until the post from Harrison. However in talking to him he was afraid that a more in your face request for donations might offend people.

What do you think? :confused:

With all the members and visitors a small donation would really add up. Heck, I have learned more here than going to doctors who know nothing, don't help, and I still have to pay for the office visit. A donation equal to one office visit would be cheap. :clap:

Sandy

Thanks Everybody
 

Great ideas all around! It's really kind of you all to offer specific, actionable suggestions. They are now on the "to do" list.

Just to clarify, the Arthroplasty Patient Foundation is recognized by the IRS as a tax excempt 501(c)(3) organization. So your donations that go to this organization are tracked and reported annually.

:)

Hi, so how you all doing? Looks like I dropped in at a good time, to donate.

What I remember was calling around for help and reaching Charite who was real helpful but said if I wanted to really know what was going on in ADR, that I should visit adrsupport.org.

And I did. And I know I would not have gotten fixed without all your help in those early dark days.

So I am glad to throw a little light on the subject,

"When the tide comes in, the whole ship rises",
Thanks for the opportunity.
JL

Biggity bump.

Bumpety Boo! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Come on all you slackers. :clap::jacks::clap: Fork over a little dough. :)

It's Christmas Time. :angel:

$5.00 - $100,000. Richard will appreciate all donations. :shedance:

Even the smallest of contribution adds up. :raspberry:

Instead of buying that expensive Latte this morning, donate the cost of that coffee to this fine forum. :cool:

From Your Fellow Spiney,

Terry Newton

Another bump to the top. Again, not to sound like a broken record, please contribute a little to keep this forum alive and well. :) :) :) :) :)

Terry Newton

Terry, you're post reminded me of something... that this thread needs another bump. ;)

Click Here to Donate

Great site worth supporting
 

I just wanted to put in my two cents :shedance:
I've been a member here for a very short time, before coming to this site I spent a lot of time searching the web for any information that I could on ADR
I actually wasted a lot of my time, cuase if I'd been spending my time on this web site I would have been a lot more informed and I also could have met most of you sooner. This site is more than just an information site, it's a place where we can share our stories with one another and at least for me its a place to vent once in a while or find others that are going through similar things in their life that helps us to know that we are not alone. That there are others that understand what we are going through.

There are few sites on the internet that make you want to give your hard earned dollars too, more than this site does. In fact the only other site that i've given money too was POGO cuase I didn't want to have to watch the commercials before I could play checkers.

Richard,
Thanks for all of your hard work.

If You Haven't Given To This Worthy Site "Please Consider It"

Consider what the bible says about given and see if it's not true

Luke 6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your lap. For with the same measure that you measure it shall be measured to you again.

Even if you don't believe in the Bible this principle always works

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Happy New Year to all. Donating to help the cause is a wonderful idea. I know that I have benefitted from this forum and I'm more than happy to make a donation. I have learned from this site and by donating and keeping the forum running, other members and future ADR recipients will learn also. However I do not agree with "guilting" members into making donations. Many of the members that visit the forum have been out of work for several months and may not be able to make a donation. Let's not forget about the recession that is keeping the unemployment lines longer than they have been in years. Putting your name in green to shame other members is a shame in itself. Bringing guilt and shame to the less fortunate members will not send them to their couches to look for money to donate. It will send them away from the forum because it will be shameful knowing that everyone else knows that they did not make a donation. I've spent the last year visiting and posting to the forum and I know not everybody is in this to have their name in lights. Let's not lose sight on what this forum is about.