Please "Help Us Foot the Bill" Fundraiser

Why not continue to use the giveaways to draw in new members, but allow contributing members to enter giveaway contests more than once. One additional entry per toe, as it were. You still have new members joining and entering for free, but there's also an incentive to donate and increase your chances of winning a giveaway contest.
 
That's a good idea, a good compromise with Spinningwoman's idea. Let me chew on it awhile. Thanks!
 
5,821 views! I wish we had $5,821! ;)
 
Why not continue to use the giveaways to draw in new members, but allow contributing members to enter giveaway contests more than once. One additional entry per toe, as it were. You still have new members joining and entering for free, but there's also an incentive to donate and increase your chances of winning a giveaway contest.

New rule for contests: If you are a non-donating member of the BRS, you may post one time. Posting more than once will void your entry. If you have made a monetary donation to the BRS this year, then you may post once PLUS one time for each toe you have accumulated for the current calendar year. (You may post all toe-entries at once or you may spread your posts throughout the contest.) To increase your chances of winning, please consider making a donation by visiting the Donate Button on the home page. Thank you!
 
How does the toe-thing work? I hadn't noticed before that the Donation footprints have different numbers of toes coloured in. Is it by yearly amount or number of donations or what?
 
The donation levels are:

Pinky Toe ($1 - $24)
Ring Toe ($25 - $49)
Middle Toe ($50 -$74)
Morton's Toe (Ha! Get it?!) ($75 - $99)
Big Toe ($100)

All amounts donated in a calendar year by a member are accumulative for that calendar year, so if you donated $20, then later donated $30, you would end up with a footprint with three toes darkened on it for that calendar year.
 
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It looks like you have two accounts: Hope'sMom and HopesMom. I added it to the other account. Sorry about that, and thanks again!
 
TJ, do I get another toe? I've donated twice this year and met the required level.
 
Missed it by "that much!" Thanks again!
 
Thanks for asking. No noticeable increase, but then again, people have to learn about the new rule. I shared it here in Announcements, in the recent contest thread, on our Facebook page, and our Twitter page. I guess it will just take a little time.

We do have more giveaway contests coming up (VFFs, Xero Shoes, Lems, and others), so you guys get your donations in now, so you will have more chances to win the giveaways!
 
I'm going to take down the fundraiser at the end of this month. If you can afford to donate, we could use the money. Thanks!

Don't forget the new contest rule: If you are a non-donating member of the BRS, you may post one time. Posting more than once will void your entry. If you have made a monetary donation to the BRS this year, then you may post once PLUS one time for each toe you have accumulated for the current calendar year. (You may post all toe-entries at once or you may spread your posts throughout the contest.) To increase your chances of winning, please consider making a donation by visiting the Donate Button on the home page. Thank you!
 
I just made a donation. Keep up the good work!
 
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Thanks, Paul! I emailed you, so please read that. But now you can post twice in each contest thread. Hurry before tomorrow's VFFs contest expires tomorrow. I have a Lems Shoes going up shortly too.
 
Oh, and I will be taking down the sticky on this thread at the end of this month, so you all get your donations in! New contest rule will still apply afterwards. And I know how you all will miss seeing the blue piggie!