I opened my email this morning, and there it was. An angel had appeared in my inbox overnight, offering to match $500 of donations for our current fundraising effort to save Michigan!
Our first BJ angel for this Michigan effort would like to remain anonymous, but she will match up to $25 for each person who donates up to $25 or more and tells us about it in the comments. Until the matches in the comments reach the magic $500 amount.
Who’s up for getting this done?
Update at 7:45 pm: Angel match #1 of $500 is complete! (Thank you!)
Angel match #2 for $500 has commenced!
Update at 10:00 pm: Angel match #2 of $500 is complete! (Thank you!)
Angel match #3 For $1,000 has commenced!
As soon as we reach $15,000, they can start hiring for the fellowships.
Promote the Vote 2022
Avalie
In for $25.
Ninedragonspot
Donated $25
BlueGuitarist
In for $25.
Thanks WaterGirl!
nevsky42
In fer $25…
Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937
$100 but only 25 needs a match.
NeenerNeener
Donated $25.
evap
In for $25!
WaterGirl
Thanks, everybody! Your responses are giving me hope.
Redshift
In for $25!
Mo Salad
Does yesterday count? I am assuming not.
eclare
In for $25
banditqueen
Donated $10–wish it could be more–it feels like Nov is looming. Thank you Balloon Juice, anonymous donor, & Watergirl. And let’s go promote the vote.
WaterGirl
@Mo Salad: It would be hard for us to hit our goal if we did that, but I super appreciate your donation yesterday!
I promise I wasn’t hoarding angels :-) so if there is a lag between BJ angels it will because I don’t have any more.
But I can tell you that another BJ angel just wrote, offering a $500 angel match, so it looks like we will be able to keep going for awhile. :-)
sparks
In for 25 too
WaterGirl
@banditqueen: Thank you!
No one should ever apologize for not being able to give more. We all have different amounts of discretionary income, and it’s quite likely that your $10 donation is as generous as someone else’s $100.
WaterGirl
We just passed the halfway mark for our first Balloon Juice angel match.
Mo Salad
@WaterGirl: No problem. I figured as much. I just dropped another $58 in honor of my birthday today.
I’m old IRL, but here I’m a MF kid.
WaterGirl
@Mo Salad: Happy Birthday! And thank you!
If you were 16,000 years old, we might be at our $25k goal. :-)
thruppence
One more $25 (on my lunch break)
WaterGirl
@thruppence: Thank you!
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
Donated $100. Mebbe some of mine can be counted toward some of those who can’t donate a full $25? I don’t know how that works, but seems like to each according to his/her ability…
Of course, I don’t want to take advantage of the immense generosity of the angel doing the matching…
Cheryl from Maryland
In for $25.00. Thank you, Angel, and Water Girl.
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Mo Salad
@WaterGirl:
Sure, but once you get past age 15,000 or so it’s really hard to grasp new technologies like all of this here.
dkinPa
Donated earlier, but just put in another $25 for the match. Thank you, WaterGirl!
eclare
@Mo Salad: Happy Birthday!
bluegirlfromwyo
In for $100. Happy birthday Mo Salad and thank you WaterGirl and angel!
Virogenes
I’m in for $25.
suilebhan
In for $25.
WaterGirl
@Mo Salad: True. By the time you’re 10,000 years old you’re probably kind of tired, or at the very least your work ethic might flag, so you might not be able to make as much and save as much.
Clearly, we can’t rely on the birthday effect to get us to our goal. I bet Betty White would have given a hundred, though!
Mo Salad
Thank you all. I picked a really shitty birthday for a CPA.
WaterGirl
@Virogenes: Thank you.
And welcome to commenting! What an excellent first comment. :-)
WaterGirl
@Mo Salad: You don’t think she would have topped it off to make it a hundred?
WaterGirl
We are at $460 of our first $500 angel match!
Mo Salad
@WaterGirl:
Ha. I deleted the joke. Not up to my usual standards.
joel hanes
In for $64
WaterGirl
I just donated $15 to get us to an even $500.
WaterGirl
Let Balloon Juice Angel match #2 begin!
Also anonymous, also female. But that’s all I can say. :-)
With a new angel, everything resets.
PHinSD
Add $25 for me.
eclare
@Mo Salad: My condolences. I am also a CPA, but I work in corporate tax, not individual.
Keep meaning to tell you I love your nym!
WaterGirl
@PHinSD: Thank you!
Mo Salad
@eclare: Forget the 30 or so shitty birthdays. I have to watch Liverpool / Man City on a pirate stream at my desk tomorrow.
On my phone even, can’t put the office server at risk.
arrieve
I’m in for $25.
eclare
@Mo Salad: YNWA
Dan B
$25 nuff said
Except Happy B-day Mo!
Hirudo
$25 from a lurker.
Lurker Dan
Added $50 to keep Michigan as blue as its namesake lake. And thanks to WG and the anonymous angels!
WaterGirl
@Hirudo: thank you!
You must not be a total lurker, because I didn’t have to approve your comment. Happy to see you here.
eponymous
I’m in for $50,
MomSense
Wow!!
lowtechcyclist
Gave $40, 15 of that is to top off banditqueen’s contribution. :-)
Kayla Rudbek
In for $25 so that my relatives don’t have to live under fascism
lowtechcyclist
Yeah, a whole bunch of us have to look way back in the rearview mirror to see 58.
58 is not old, btw! I think it was Dostoevsky who said 56 was the perfect age.
eachother
for what it’s worth WaterGirl, I would like a Ukraine sticker.
My heart is bleeding.
Mom Called
$25 from a long-time lurker!
eclare
@lowtechcyclist: I hate to do math in my head…I think I’m 53. So three years til perfection.
randal m sexton
In for 25.
feebog
Threw $25 in. Thanks Watergirl.
Professor Bigfoot
In for another $25. Thanks, WG!
lashonharangue
In for $25.
Other Other Other John
I have donated $25 i say $25
la caterina
In for $25, gotta join in the fun!
WaterGirl
@lowtechcyclist: Fair enough! I counted $25 for you and $15 for bandit queen. :-)
WaterGirl
@eachother: I had some Ukraine stickers, I will look for them. Stay tuned.
WaterGirl
@Mom Called: I love your nym!
Oh, forgot to say thank you!
WaterGirl
@Other Other Other John: I love your nym, too!
and thank you.
phdesmond
got a match? i just dropped my quarter.
WaterGirl
Our first Balloon Juice angel will be adding her $500 soon, so watch for the thermometer to jump!
Thermometer is at $9,708 right now, before the match.
Angel #1, thank you so much for doing this!!!
JAFD
Putting in $26 (lucky number)
Do you want us to mail check ? Paypal ??
Thanks for your efforts with this.
WaterGirl
@JAFD: Thank you!
Look for the thermometer that’s at the top of the blog that says “Promote the Vote”. If you have a credit card, you can donate there.
If you’re on mobile, just hit COMMENT in the top menu bar, and the thermometer will show up just below the comment box.
WaterGirl
Angel match #1 is in the thermometer. Thank you so much for inspiring us!
Paul W.
I put in $100, I think I committed to this earlier before the Ukraine stuff for a different state so glad to help out again!
WaterGirl
We are at $440 on angel match #2. Just $60 left to go.
WaterGirl
@Paul W.: Thank you!
eclare
@WaterGirl: Awesome! Thank you so much for all you do.
Barbara
@WaterGirl: I donated $100 so you made it.
WaterGirl
@eclare: @Barbara:
Thank you both!
WaterGirl
Let Balloon Juice Angel match #3 begin!
Also anonymous, also female. But that’s all I can say. :-)
With a new angel, everything resets.
As soon as we raise $15,000, they can start hiring for the fellowships.
RaflW
Y’all are awesome! I donated $50 in the “Ahead of the Curve” post last night when the thermo was 1000s of dollars lower. Glad to have given then so that others today feel the joy of a match – I’ve had several gifts matched in previous efforts for relational organizing.
Let’s GO!
WaterGirl
Angel #2 has added her $500 to the thermometer, so we are up to $10,933!
She asked me to thank everyone for her, and of course we need to thank the angel herself!
WaterGirl
Hey everybody, I am closing the computer for the night. Great job this evening, everyone!
We will leave you with the $1,000 angel match overnight, so that should for sure give you matches for any donations until morning. I’ll be back then to say thank you.
eachother
Thank you for the patches. The colors are restorative.
What the reek-publicans are doing is beyond my understanding.
A Franklin for Michigan.
WaterGirl
@eachother: I thought the moment might have passed for Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourselves! But that one is available, too.
thank you!
eachother
@WaterGirl: I believe ‘Russia, go fuck yourselves’ will be timeless and long in fashion.
Again, my retinas get a little wider in appreciation of the Yellow and Blue. It represents the colors of daylight and wellness amid so much darkness.
WaterGirl
@eachother: There you go!
MazeDancer
In for $15. Hope match #3 still active.
Nancy
2022-04-10
Promote the Vote 2022
$25.00
WaterGirl
@MazeDancer: Yes, still active! I will put up a post tonight where folks can ‘fess up if they donated after I went to bed last night.
I’ve got you down, so no need to add the info to the post that will go up later.
MazeDancer
@WaterGirl: Thanks!