7.8 Earthquake strikes Nepal, over 10,000 feared dead. Support NikeTalk's relief drive to receive a

Nawzlew · May 1, 2015

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Mactastic4167 · May 1, 2015

Donated!

Admin, can we please have this stickied to the front page?

pftjordans · May 1, 2015

I wish Nepal a speedy recovery man .... 🙏

#NTCares ... and much respect to OP and others for setting the donations up so fast.

Nawzlew · May 1, 2015

@Methodical Management did you happen to get an update on the library?

ksteezy · May 1, 2015

Will donate soon as direct deposit clears through....so many lives lost.

Methodical Management · May 1, 2015

Sorry to commandeer the topic post from you, @Nawzlew, but I felt this would be preferable to creating a new, separate topic to feature on the front page and add to our forum announcements.

Big thanks to @Nawzlew, @Zephyr1983, and @lobotomybeats for volunteering their time and talent to develop badge designs for us. They were all great, but we wound up selecting the three you see in the topic post as we felt they worked together the best to demonstrate a sense of progression.

Thanks to @sea manup for the keychain offer.

Badges will begin rolling out to all contributors this evening. Please continue to help us get the word out. Let's clear this $3,000 goal!

Case · May 2, 2015

Just donated..Wish it could be more..God bless all those poor people..Once again it's things like this donation program that make me most proud to be a member of NT..

Zephyr1983 · May 2, 2015

Methodical Management said:

Sorry to commandeer the topic post from you, @Nawzlew
, but I felt this would be preferable to creating a new, separate topic to feature on the front page and add to our forum announcements.

Big thanks to @Nawzlew
, @Zephyr1983
, and @lobotomybeats
for volunteering their time and talent to develop badge designs for us. They were all great, but we wound up selecting the three you see in the topic post as we felt they worked together the best to demonstrate a sense of progression.

Thanks to @sea manup
for the keychain offer.

Badges will begin rolling out to all contributors this evening. Please continue to help us get the word out. Let's clear this $3,000 goal!
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Great to see this stickied! We're almost halfway there, thanks for putting this together @Methodical Management

Very honored to be able to play a part in this, and to work with @Nawzlew and @lobotomybeats

cubanref · May 2, 2015

Donated

Lets go! We're almost halfway there

SteveSteve72 · May 2, 2015

As always Niketalk doing a great thing C'mon NT we need to make our goal.

CHAOSE57 · May 2, 2015

Good job NT! Will donate thIs week.

Will pray for Nepal.

dark steel · May 2, 2015

My prayers are with the people of Nepal.

Happy I was able to donate to such a great cause.

br8knnx · May 2, 2015

Donated what I could. I have a couple causes which get most of my donations that are closer to my heart but I will pray for the people of Nepal and you can't put a price on that. I hope we all can take the time to do that.

Methodical Management · May 2, 2015

We're now only $70 shy of the halfway point. As you can see, badges have been awarded to those who've contributed thus far.

If you donated through our group fundraising page and you have not yet received a badge, it's possible that you did not include your account name in the comments section. As long as you gave through the group fundraising page (not the separate paypal page or any other page) and included your email address, I can still identify your contribution and award you the associated badge. Just drop me a PM and let me know what email address you indicated when submitting your contribution.

Nawzlew said:

@Methodical Management did you happen to get an update on the library?
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It's going to take quite some time before we'll know. As mentioned earlier, their offices are all closed for the week and individual project assessments will depend on road conditions and other factors.

We're hopeful that the specific library we supported remains intact, given its distance from the initial epicenter, but there's no question that a great many Room to Read libraries were impacted by the quake. Nepal is actually considered the birthplace of Room to Read and is home to their very first library. It will take a concerted effort from all their supporters to help rebuild and I absolutely intend for us to issue another substantial contribution to their organization this fall.

sea manup · May 2, 2015

new badges look good

niketalkreal · May 2, 2015

Methodical Management said:

On April 25th, a devastating earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.8 struck the country of Nepal. As many as 10,000 are feared dead, and thousands more have lost their homes and businesses.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that over 8.1 million people are currently in need of aid. More than 3 million require food assistance and greater than 14,300 face serious injuries.

The government of Nepal has projected that over 130,000 homes have been totally destroyed, and an additional 85,800 have sustained damage. Tens of thousands of displaced people and families are currently living out of tents in relief camps.

In the past, our community has come together to raise over $10,000 for disaster relief efforts in the Philippines following Super Tyhpoon Haiyan, and over $18,000 to assist those impacted by the 2011 famine in East Africa.

The time has come for us to pool our efforts and our resources to help the people of Nepal as they work to rebuild and recover from this terrible tragedy.

We've established a group fundraising page with Mercy Corps, the organization we entrusted with previous fundraisers devoted to the 2011 earthquake in Japan and Super Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, to accept your contributions:

https://www.mercycorps.org/people/niketalk/NepalEarthquake

In recognition of your generosity, we will be awarding special badges to all users who contribute $10 or more to our group fundraising page and leave their account name in the comments section.

$10 - 24 Basic Supporter Badge (Designed by @Nawzlew
)

$25 - 99 Special Contributor Badge (Designed by @Zephyr1983
)

$100+ Elite Fundraiser Badge (Also designed by @Zephyr1983
)

(If you like one badge in particular, you can always have your choice of any badge equal to or lesser than your pledge level. Already donated? You can combine donations to reach a higher badge level. Just send me a message.)
Badges will be rolling out soon to those who've already contributed.

To get credit for your donation, be sure you contribute through this page only: HTTPS://WWW.MERCYCORPS.ORG/PEOPLE/NIKETALK/NEPALEARTHQUAKE and leave your NikeTalk screen name in a comment when you submit your contribution!!

If you cannot afford to contribute money, please spare us a moment of your time and help us spread the word. Our initial goal is $3,000 - and we've already raised our first thousand. Let's go, #NT!

In further recognition of your your sacrifices and contributions, NikeTalk will match ALL qualifying user donations made through our fundraising page through May 31st, up to a total of $10,000.

Those curious about the status of the library we sponsored in Vhingri, Nepal can check out our initial update here: http://niketalk.com/t/625249/7-8-ea...-op-goal-3000-we-have-hit-1k/60#post_23204207
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mrsneakerman · May 2, 2015

sea manup said:

new badges look good
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Indeed. Great job guys.

jjs136 · May 2, 2015

donated.

let's get this 3k people.

a few bucks add up

Nawzlew · May 2, 2015

Great work zephyr and loboto.

I might have to edit mine a bit cause it's low

It's bugging the **** out of me

Anyways, more than halfway there!

T0INE · May 2, 2015

Have been on NT sporadically most of the week.

Just saw this thread and donated.

Sad situation going on in Nepal.

drew · May 2, 2015

My heart and prayers out to Nepal and those affected by such tragedy.

I've just donated, and I'll do what I can to donate more throughout this ordeal.

We've got this NT. Nepal really needs our help.

-Drew

Nike Jordan · May 2, 2015

Donated.

Fidel_Cashflow · May 2, 2015

Thoughts and prayers to those affected by this devastating earthquake in Nepal. I just made a donation and I also sent you a PM @Methodical Management.

dathbgboy · May 2, 2015

I'll donate Friday if it's still open; gotta get paid

mikeycorleone · May 2, 2015

Donated. Prayers to all the victims and survivors.

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7.8 Earthquake strikes Nepal, over 10,000 feared dead. Support NikeTalk's relief drive to receive a

Mactastic4167 formerly mac4167

Methodical Management Administrator Staff Member Co-Founder

SteveSteve72 Moderator Staff Member

Methodical Management Administrator Staff Member Co-Founder

T0INE formerly toine2983

Fidel_Cashflow formerly mushka81