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We're all off to eat turkey and too much wine. Before we go, here's wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Thanks for using Justgiving this year. See you all again in 2006!
- James G and the rest of the JG team
Mistletoe and Wine? I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day? Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer? Away In A Manger?
What will top our Friday poll of the best Christmas songs?
Ooh, the tension. Find out and add your own fave seasonal singalongs in our forum here
- James G
Here's another one I had to let you all know about. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation have recently joined the JG community and we're extremely pleased to be working with them.
What's even better is they already have 8 fundraising pages after being live for only a few days! Trevor Chanter's London Marathon page is currently leading the pack with donations and we're certain that JDRF's fundraisers will use Justgiving to fantastic effect.
If you'd like to build a fundraising page for JDRF then click here
or you can make a donation here
And in other news Molly has been ravaged by bedbugs, so
if anyone with a bug-free bed in the Putney vicinity can help out then do drop
her an email at molly@justgiving.com
Apparently her bites are 'itchy'.
Great excitement over the pond today as
our sister company in the States undergoes a makeover and becomes Firstgiving.
It's still Justgiving USA in all but name, but with a
brand new super snazzy site and logo. Doesn't it look
smart!
Big
hello to our friends in the Firstgiving
office in Boston, MA - Mark, Thos, Maggie, Kurt, Beth, James and Laurel. If
you are a US-registered charity, or want to raise money for one, pay them a
visit here.
- James G
Our Fundraiser of the Month for December is Matt Roles. Not only is Matt shaving off his beard for charity, he's persuaded a whole bunch of his friends to grow beards so they can shave theirs off too!
Check out Matt's page for a rogues gallery of the stubbly chins getting ready for the fund-razor (boom, tish). They're aiming to raise £1,200 for Oxfam and they're very nearly there!
If you've got a suggestion for the next Fundraiser of the Month, please let us know by leaving a comment here.
- James G
Today's Friday Poll asks...
What's your favourite food?
Check out our answers and add your own in the forum here.
- James G
Here's a picture of our lovely office Chrimbo tree.
Jules hauled it all the way back from the fruit and veg shop round the corner, and Molly did the honours with the decorations. Doesn't it look fab. What's that though? Sniff. A distinct lack of pressies underneath it? Sniff sniff.
If anyone, for any reason at all (hint, ahem, hint) needs to know our address it's Justgiving Towers, 20-24 Old Street, London EC1V 9AP (the last day for posting parcels is 20 December, and our Christmas list includes iPods, Xboxes, Cake and World Peace)
If you're too miserly to send us presents (uncontrolable sobs), then the least you can do is post pictures of your own Christmas trees in our forum here. Best one wins £25 to the charity of your choice.
Even more excitement in the office with the annual 'Secret Santa' draw taking place. For the uninitiated, the idea is that everyone pulls someone else's name out of a hat (in a top secret, high security draw from an M&S Chocolate Roll container). You then have to buy a chrimbo present for whoever you draw - without them guessing who it's from of course.
The pressies get given out at our Chrimbo party on 21 December, so we've got two weeks to go cloak and dagger shopping for our unknowing colleagues. Last year's gifts included a padlock and some lemon curd, so if you've got suggestions for good things to buy, we might just need them!
- James G
This week's frivolous Friday poll asks...what was your favourite childhood TV show? Check out our choices and post your own in our forum here.
- James G
