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You are here: Home / Political Fundraising / Political Fundraising 2021-22 / We Have Three $1,000 Matches for your Four Directions GA Donations!

We Have Three $1,000 Matches for your Four Directions GA Donations!

by WaterGirl|  August 9, 20215:34 pm| 55 Comments

This post is in: Political Action, Political Fundraising 2021-22

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Inspired by Anonymous, who was inspired by HinTN who was inspired by Mousebumples who was inspired by MomSense, we have 3 more offers to match new Four Directions GA donations up to a total of $1,000!  So much generosity on display here!!

I want to announce our 3 remaining matchers:  Madeleine!   frosty!   la caterina!

Madeleine is first up for the 1,000 match today.

More news:  Four Directions has not received confirmation yet on the potential match of $25k from an outside group, but I remain hopeful.  In the meantime, Four Directions does have an offer in hand from someone else to match $7,000 of the remaining $9,500 that we are trying to raise. *Fine print: the $7,000 won’t show up in our thermometer, but it does help Four Directions come up with their $25,000 need for the joint project with Fair Fight.

So, starting when this post goes up, until we reach $1,000 in the comments, your donation will be double-double matched.If you donate, say $25, Madeleine matches that so it turns into $50, and then the outside person will match that, so it turns into $100.  We already got to the $1,000 match amount from Madeleine!

In case you were told there would be no math, I’ll give you some of the answers:

$10 will turn into $40!
$25 turns into $100!
$50 turns into $200!

Any donation between $10 and $50 is eligible for your double match.

Tell us the amount of your donation in the comments, and they will match with that amount.  The $1,000 donation will be made once $1,000 of matchable donations have been noted in the comments.

If you donate more than $50, Madeleine will match $50 of that.

Update: We’re at $1,000 in donations in the comments – so the match from Madeleine will be over, and we’ll be back to a single match from the external person who will match up to $7k.  We’ll have another turn at double-double matches with the $1,000 matches from frosty and la caterina!

We will still have two more $!,000 matches this week from frosty and la caterina, and each of those will be double-double matches until they reach $1,000.

Four Directions Organizing Project
with Fair Fight in GA

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with Fair Fight in Georgia!

From myself, Balloon Juice, Four Directions, Fair Fight, native people and every other sane person in Georgia: thank you so very much!

Thank you to everyone who is making this happen!  We can do this, right?

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55Comments

  1. 1.

    sixthdoctor

    August 9, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    Just kicked in $25, thanks!

  2. 2.

    CaseyL

    August 9, 2021 at 5:46 pm

    Tomorrow. I get paid tomorrow :)

  3. 3.

    smith

    August 9, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    Just added another $50.

  4. 4.

    Z!

    August 9, 2021 at 5:52 pm

    $50 from the lurker!

  5. 5.

    WhatsMyNym

    August 9, 2021 at 5:53 pm

    Just donated $25.

  6. 6.

    H.E.Wolf

    August 9, 2021 at 5:53 pm

    Thank you to Madeleine, frosty, and la caterina for such great generosity!

    Four Directions is enthusiastic about US Senator Raphael Warnock, and with our collective financial help – led by our stalwart match-ers – they will be turning out the substantial Native American vote in GA for his re-election.

  7. 7.

    rockstar

    August 9, 2021 at 5:56 pm

    In for $20, you guys rock!!!

  8. 8.

    stinger

    August 9, 2021 at 5:59 pm

    Chipped in $50 — part of that is on behalf of Juicers who don’t use Paypal. Thanks so much wonderful matchers!

  9. 9.

    BruceFromOhio

    August 9, 2021 at 6:01 pm

    In for $25 via ActBlue. Thanks, matching jackals!

  10. 10.

    VeniceRiley

    August 9, 2021 at 6:02 pm

    Order #AB202294786
    $50.00

    Playing with matches! Again!

    I love spending other people’s money.

  11. 11.

    eclare

    August 9, 2021 at 6:05 pm

    In for $25!

  12. 12.

    JeanneT

    August 9, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    I just got a raise in my monthly social security payment, so I’m celebrating by donating an extra $25 for Four Directions.

  13. 13.

    Anne Laurie

    August 9, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    Chipped in $50 — who could resist?

  14. 14.

    pat

    August 9, 2021 at 6:07 pm

    $50

  15. 15.

    Faithful Lurker

    August 9, 2021 at 6:08 pm

    I just put in $50.

  16. 16.

    Louise B.

    August 9, 2021 at 6:10 pm

    Just donated $50.

  17. 17.

    Yutsano

    August 9, 2021 at 6:13 pm

    Okay fine since I just got paid today. :P

    Another $25 in the pot!

  18. 18.

    Red Cedar

    August 9, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    Just donated $25. Love the matches!

  19. 19.

    Mrs Ragbag

    August 9, 2021 at 6:17 pm

    Donated $50.

  20. 20.

    gwangung

    August 9, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    In for $25.

  21. 21.

    MazeDancer

    August 9, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    In for 10.

    Thanks to Madeleine, frosty, and la caterina and 4 Winds 7K Mystery Matcher.

  22. 22.

    Professor Bigfoot

    August 9, 2021 at 6:24 pm

    In for $25, thanks!

  23. 23.

    Catherine D.

    August 9, 2021 at 6:28 pm

    Threw in $25 while I can. I’m losing my higher paying job next month so penny pinching has started.

  24. 24.

    NicaKnit

    August 9, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    In for $25

  25. 25.

    Kristine

    August 9, 2021 at 6:29 pm

    Just kicked in $25.

  26. 26.

    Regine Touchon

    August 9, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    Count me in for $50.

  27. 27.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 9, 2021 at 6:54 pm

    Just tossed in another $50.

  28. 28.

    Leslie

    August 9, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    Wow, this is great! Thanks to everyone who’s making this happen. Another $25 here.

  29. 29.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 9, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    @JeanneT:

    I just got a raise in my monthly social security payment

    Cool, how did you make that happen?

  30. 30.

    HinTN

    August 9, 2021 at 6:57 pm

    This is so much fun to watch! Jackals do ROCK!

    ETA – We need to send WaterGirl her favorite dessert (which is?) for making all this happen!

  31. 31.

    sab

    August 9, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    $25

  32. 32.

    Grace

    August 9, 2021 at 6:58 pm

    Just put in $25, thanks for the match!

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    August 9, 2021 at 6:59 pm

    We’re at $955 in donations in the comments – as soon as we get to $1,000, the match from Madeleine will be over, so we’ll be back to a single match from the external person who will match up to $7k.

    We will still have two more $!,000 matches this week from frosty and la caterina, and each of those will be double-double matches until they reach $1,000.

  34. 34.

    GrannyMC

    August 9, 2021 at 7:02 pm

    $10. Wish I could afford more. Thanks for the matches!

  35. 35.

    ToesintheSand

    August 9, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    I’m in for $50.

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    August 9, 2021 at 7:08 pm

    That’s it for the double-double match!

    Madeleine’s $1,000 match has been met!

    We still have the single match up to the $7k, but even if we reach the $7k, that will never show up in our thermometer.  That helps Four Directions get to their $25,000 they need for the joint project in Georgia with Fair Fight.

    We will still have two more $!,000 matches this week from frosty and la caterina, and each of those will be double-double matches until they reach $1,000.

  37. 37.

    WaterGirl

    August 9, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    Either Madeleine or I will post a comment once her $1,000 match shows up in the thermometer!

  38. 38.

    Elizabelle

    August 9, 2021 at 7:16 pm

    @WaterGirl:   Yea WaterGirl.

    Missed this one; I’ll be up for the next double-double match.

    Have we asked jackals to check if their companies match employee contributions?  Probably have, but would not be a bad time to remind of that.

  39. 39.

    JeanneT

    August 9, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: ​
    I aged enough to get my full widow’s benefit, so it’s a mixed blessing!

  40. 40.

    arrieve

    August 9, 2021 at 7:33 pm

    Just added $25 — thanks for the very generous matches!

  41. 41.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    August 9, 2021 at 7:38 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    When will the other two $1,000 double- double matches happen this week?

  42. 42.

    Steeplejack

    August 9, 2021 at 7:45 pm

    Just tossed in $50.

  43. 43.

    WaterGirl

    August 9, 2021 at 7:46 pm

    Madeleine’s $1,000 is in!  So exciting.

  44. 44.

    Mike in Oly

    August 9, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    Just threw in $25.

  45. 45.

    Miss Bianca

    August 9, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    All right, all right…you talked me into it…$ be lean right now, but what the hell, I’m an old public radio person, I’m a sucker for a matching fund…

  46. 46.

    mvr

    August 9, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    OK, just gave $10. Holding onto some more for later when we get to the double match.

    Also thanks to our three donors and the anonymous one.  And to Watergirl who seems to have more energy for this website than I have for my life as a whole!

  47. 47.

    sanjeevs

    August 9, 2021 at 8:39 pm

    Just gave $100

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    August 9, 2021 at 9:21 pm

    Thanks everyone!  I really think we’re gonna get there!

  49. 49.

    marcopolo

    August 9, 2021 at 9:56 pm

    Waving hello to folks.

    I threw in $50 @ 5 pm CST.

    Everyone have a nice night.

    Waving goodbye.

  50. 50.

    WaterGirl

    August 9, 2021 at 9:57 pm

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I think we’ll have another one tomorrow (Tuesday) in the afternoon or early evening

    That $1,000 match will be courtesy of frosty!

  51. 51.

    WaterGirl

    August 9, 2021 at 9:59 pm

    @marcopolo: Thank you!!!

  52. 52.

    eachother

    August 9, 2021 at 11:45 pm

    “The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.”
    Benjamin Franklin

    In for a C-note. Also called a Benjamin too. (in this case one)

  53. 53.

    sab

    August 10, 2021 at 5:59 am

    I only gave $25. Rethinking that. With all this talk of the Benjamins, why not honor Grant ( $50) if a Benjamin is too much?

  54. 54.

    WaterGirl

    August 10, 2021 at 8:05 am

    Thank you so much, everyone.  The $1,000 match from frosty will go up this afternoon or this evening.

    The first $1,000 in the comments for that match will also be a double-double match where $5 turns into $20 for Four Directions, $10 turns into $40, $25 turns into $100, and $50 turns into $200 for Four Directions.

  55. 55.

    eachother

    August 10, 2021 at 11:17 am

    @sab: Looking up different slang for dollars, was ‘clams’.  50 clams, 10 clams etc.  The origin for clams meaning dollars was the clam shell.  First Americans used shells as currency.  Wampum is the descriptive word for belts and necklaces used for trade between First Americans and whites hundreds of years ago going forward.  One of those was easily worth 50 clams.  Unadjusted for inflation or rarity.

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