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July 7, 2009
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 An art party at the orphanages Movie Night Magic
Don't throw away your old electronic gadgets! Donate them to our Movie Night Magic gadget drive and help buy a sound system for the 350 children in the AFCECO orphanages in Kabul.
Movie nights and art parties are a big part of enriching the lives of the children.
We want to give them something to party about by buying them a Sony Bravia 5-disc DVD/CD Home Theater System.
[Note: Your donation will not be reflected on the fundraising "thermometer" until Gazelle has received it. We've already raised over $300 in a few days, but that won't show on the fundraiser page until it's processed - so don't be discouraged!]
 What's a gadget drive?
A gadget drive lets you turn your used electronics into cash to support a cause. You can donate:
- cell phones
- PDAs;
- camcorders, digital cameras and camera lenses;
- notebook computers;
- external hard drives;
- gaming consoles and video games;
- Blu-Ray players and DVD/Blu-Ray movies;
- MP3 players and streaming media devices;
- satellite radios;
- GPS devices;
- calculators.
To donate a gadget, just click the button below. On the donation page, you'll be able to find the value of the gadgets you would like to donate, and send them to Gazelle, the company that provides this program. Gazelle pays the shipping (within the continental USA) and all the money raised will go to the sound system fund.
More gadget drives to come
This is our first gadget drive. If it proves to be a success, we'll be holding more in the future. And if we exceed our goal this time, the money will still go directly to AFCECO. We'll put it towards one of the other items on AFCECO's Amazon wishlist.
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10:03 am
July 7, 2009
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rosevines
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This is our first gadget drive and I'm interested to see how it goes once we start publicising the Hope for Afghan Children website. If it's a success, this could be a really good thing to do for a larger project. As well as publicising it online, we can recruit local schools and place gadget donation boxes at our work places, and encourage others to do so, too.
One important thing when gathering donations from others: make sure they include cables, batteries, manuals, software, cases and any other bits and pieces they still have. These greatly increase the value of donated items.
I also posted this topic partly to test a feature on this website which lets us simultaneously publish a blog post or new page on the site and place it in the discussions. I won't normally duplicate content in this way, but I wanted to try it out.
- Rose
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1:01 pm
July 7, 2009
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Kristen
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I like that you've created a separate page for the drive that people can link to or post to Facebook, etc., and the photo you've put up of the art party is lovely. I also like that it directs to the discussion forum. I think that makes for an excellent, interactive site.
Information duplication isn't a bad idea in an era of fussy, fast readers such as myself. I am for it.
Anyone else out there have comments? Please feel welcome to register and participate here as Rose works to develop this amazing website!
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1:05 pm
July 8, 2009
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rosevines
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Thanks for the feedback, Kristen. I think you're right about the duplication.
I'm going to start publicising the site with our core group today, so hopefully we'll expand this conversation a little. 
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3:30 pm
July 28, 2009
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rosevines
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There's about a month to run in the Gadget Drive. So far, we've raised $334 of the $590 needed to buy the sound system. However, that total is somewhat misleading: looking at the admin page for the drive, there are another $300 worth of donations still to be processed. If those donations are finalised, we'll have reached our target.
This is one thing I've noticed about the Gadget Drive: there's no instant gratification. It takes about 10 days from when you send in your donations until they are processed, a value assigned and the money shows up on the Gadget Drive page. It's a pity, because having an upwardly moving fundraising thermometer encourages others to contribute.
I'll be giving feedback to Gazelle (the company that runs the Gadget Drives) about this. It makes me more eager to have our own donation widgets. I'll tickle Mike and Stephanie at Charity Help about this, to see what progress is being made.
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8:48 pm
August 1, 2009
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Kristen
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I just checked the Gazelle page and am greatly impressed. Even with a time lag, I still think this is a great idea. Around $500 seems the perfect amount, and I really like the idea of recycling old gadgets to buy the orphanages new ones.
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