| After putting off the application for a while, we are officially a 501(c)(3) non-profit tax-exempt organization with the IRS. |
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| With six Marine snipers killed in an ambush on Aug. 2, we're reminded of the special needs by our snipers. With that in mind, we welcome American Snipers to our family of national charity organizations. |
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| We would like to welcome Operation Second Chance to our family of national charity organizations, and Fisher House, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany (listed under APO, AE) to our family of local charity organizations. |
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| We teamed up with Soldiers' Angels Foundation to enable Soldiers' Angels to resell GI Bracelets for fund raising events. Details... |
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| We sent out the weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #1954 through #2109. This brings the total donated to $31,443. |
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We are happy to add Camp Pendleton Armed Services YMCA to the list of local charity organizations!
We also sent out the weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #1812 through #1953. This brings the total donated to $29,466. |
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| We are happy to add Homefront San Diego to the list of local charity organizations! |
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| We sent out the eleventh batch of weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #1712 through #1811. This brings the total donated to $27,519. |
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We release GI-Bracelet.org ver. 1.2. The new site can now accommodate more charity organizations, including local organizations.
We'd like to welcome the Military Order of the Purple Heart and Soldiers' Angels to our family of national charity organizations.
For local charity organizations, we've added all local Fisher Houses in the U.S., as well as North County Honor Campaign. |
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| We sent out the tenth batch of weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #1636 through #1711. This brings the total donated to $26,177. |
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| We release GI-Bracelet.org ver. 1.1. The new site adds forums feature. |
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We sent out the ninth batch of weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #1545 through #1635. This brings the total donated to $25,182.
We also reached the milestone of having raised $25,000 for the various charity foundations. |
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| We sent out the eighth batch of weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #1418 through #1544. This brings total donated to $23,850. |
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| We sent out the seventh batch of weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #1266 through #1417. This brings total donated to $22,396. |
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We sent out the sixth batch of weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #913 through #1265. This brings total donated to $20,479.
We also reached $20,000 total raised! |
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We sent out the fifth batch of weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #698 through #912. This brings total donated to $15,867.
We also reached $16,000 total raised! |
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We introduced the "Name Your Donation" pricing system. Because the entire purchase price of each GI Bracelet is donated, you get to specify how much you would like to donate to the charity fund of your choice. The available donation amounts are $1, $2, $3, $4, or $5.
There are two goals of the GI Bracelet:
- Raise money for the various foundations so they could help our troops and their families.
- Raise awareness to the sacrifices our troops and their families make.
With the "Name Your Donation" system everyone can participate and donate the amount they wish. Hopefully we can make GI Bracelet even more popular with this pricing system, and in the end, achieve the two goals of the GI Bracelet endeavor.
If you've already purchased GI Bracelets at $5, thank you for your support! Your money has already been donated, or is already accounted for donation on Monday, 4/4. We sincerely thank you for your support and help! |
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| We reached $15,000 total raised! |
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| We reached $14,000 total raised! |
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We sent out the fourth batch of weekly donation checks on your behalf, covering orders #375 through #697. This brings total donated to $12,340. Donations from unshipped orders due to problems with credit card information will be sent on the next weekly donation checks.
We also reached $13,000 total raised! Thanks to Michelle Malkin's help! |
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| We have surpassed a major milestone of raising $10,000 for the various foundations! |
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| A day after we reached $7,000 total raised, we passed the $9,000 mark! Thanks to everyone's support! |
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| Thanks for the help of KFMB, San Diego, we got great response from the San Diego area, and have blown right by $7,000 and reached $8,000 total raised! |
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We sent out our third batch of weekly donation checks to the non-profit charity funds on the behalf of the GI Bracelet donors. This batch of donations included donations from orders #190 through #374. Donations from unshipped orders due to problems with credit card information will be sent on the next weekly donation checks.
We also reached the milestone of raising $6,000 total! |
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| We reached $5,000 mark today! |
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| We reached $4,000 mark today! That is a record pace, going from $3,000 to $4,000 in just two days! Thanks to everyone! Let's keep building the momentum and make this a smashing success! Let's make a difference! |
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We sent out our second batch of weekly donation checks to the non-profit charity funds on the behalf of the GI Bracelet donors. This batch of donations included donations from orders #76 through #189. All of these orders have been processed at the time we wrote the checks, so all purchase price from these orders were donated.
We also reached the milestone of raising $3,000 total! |
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| We recovered from the technical problem experienced earlier in the week. And with the help of an article on The Lima News and a good turnout from the greater Lima, Ohio, we reached the milestone of raising $2,000 for the non-profit charity funds! |
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| A technical glitch caused the Web site to say that the GI Bracelets were out of stock at the time of checkout. This affected orders for the past 4 days! The problem is fixed. |
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| After reaching the first milestone of raising $1,000, we sent out our first batch of checks to the 5 non-profit charity funds! This batch of donations included donations from order #1 through #75. All of these orders have been processed at the time we wrote the checks, so all purchase price from these orders were donated. |
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| We hit our goal of raising $1,000 for the first week in just 3 days! Thank you and let's keep the momentum going! :-) |
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| GI Bracelet starts taking orders and shipping out the bracelets. |
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| GI Bracelet launches Web site to raise money for the children and families of injured and fallen soldiers. |
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