Spotlight on: YOUR SITE for the American Cancer Society

by The Gardener on Saturday, October 6, 2007

Pink for October is in full swing. We did not need to transform the Garden, but wanted to participate, so we wracked our brains to come up with a unique way in which to get involved in helping fight cancer in all forms. And we have come up with a spectacular idea!

From time to time, we receive requests from bloggers and webmasters asking us to spotlight their site, most of which we have, until now, respectfully declined.

Now, however, we are encouraging you to ask that your site be in the spotlight.

Is there a catch? Of sorts.

You’ve see those cute little logos on many sites announcing that a review published there costs a specific dollar amount. For instance, John Chow charges a whopping $400 for a review and other sites fall in line behind him in terms of cost.

Now the Garden will put your site in its spotlight for a fee: $35.00 or more for a full post all about your blog and why our readers should pay your site a visit. For $25.00, we will include a discussion about your site in a recap post encouraging our readers to visit your site, along with no more than four other sites. (In other words, recaps or summary entries will discuss no more than five blogs per post. We will publish as many entries as necessary in order to include all participating sites.)

For $10.00, we will include your site, along with those of the folks who pay the amounts listed above, to a linked wall of sites that have participated in this promotion that will be mounted in the sidebar and remain there until the 2008 Pink for October campaign kicks off.

Before you begin hunting for a PayPal link, however, please note: The fees are not to be paid to the Garden.

You see, the Magical Rose Garden is offering something that, as far as we can tell, has never been done in the blogging world before:

Blog Spotlight Posts for the American Cancer Society.

That’s right. We are offering blog “reviews” for charity. A novel, unique and, we believe, revolutionary concept.

So from now until 11:59 p.m. (PDT) October 31, 2007, if you make a donation to the American Cancer Society in one of the amounts set forth above and then e-mail proof of your donation to thegardener@magicalrosegarden.com, you will not only be able to spend your money on a very worthy and tax-deductible cause, you will also earn some recognition for and, hopefully, traffic to your site via the Garden.

Simply click on this link to make your donation. You may place “no restriction” on your donation or target it to “cancer research” in general or, more specifically, breast, prostate, colorectal or lung cancer. You may make your donation in honor or memory of a loved one and the American Cancer Society will notify the individual(s) you specify of your generosity.

After you have made your donation, notify the Gardener in one of two ways: 1) Send a screenshot of the page displayed on the American Cancer Society’s site confirming your donation; or 2) forward the e-mail you receive from the American Cancer Society confirming your donation to the Gardener.

Upon receipt of confirmation of your donation, made any time between now and 11:59 p.m. (PST) October 31, 2007, the Gardener will then visit your site and publish a post spotlighting your site in conjunction with this fund-raising campaign.

Spread the word! Make a donation and submit your site!
The Gardener stands ready to visit blogs and write posts day and night between now and the end of October in order to help fund a cure for and prevention of cancer in all of its various forms.
If the members of the blogging community unite, we can make life a bit more like a beautiful Garden in which we can linger among friends. Thank you in advance for your participation in Pink for October and, more particularly, this fundraiser.

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{ 84 comments }

1 Rayan Elannan Monday, June 16, 2008 at 11:22 pm

Great idea! Thanks for sharing such a useful resource.

2 Virgin Money Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 7:22 am

You’ve flipped the whole blog review thing on it’s head. Good luck, I hope you are able to donate a lot of money and that other bloggers take note.

3 website design Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 6:57 am

CANCER IS DUE TO ABNORMAL GROWTH OF THE CELLS.IT IS A DREADFUL DISEASE. “SMOKING” IS ALSO A REASON FOR GENERATION OF THE DISEASE SO PLS GIVE UP SMOKING .
EVEN IN INDIA “DR SHANTHA” IS DOING A GREAT SERVICE TO THOSE PEOPLES IN “CANCER INSTITUTE” IN INDIA . GOOD HEARTED PERSONS SHOULD GENEROUSLY DONATE TO THIS SELFLESS SWRVICE

4 John Monday, June 30, 2008 at 1:11 pm

What a great thing to do!

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5 Unique Buttons Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 3:37 am

Kindly donate for the people who are ailing from the dreadful diseases…

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6 Daniel Lew Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at 9:57 pm

Very Very Positive Idea, Please email me info on how to donate

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7 local movers Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 10:47 am

This is a wonderful project, I wish you good luck!

8 Mikael Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 2:02 pm
9 Lipsense Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 8:18 am

I think you are doing a great job and its very good thinking to donate some money for American Cancer Society ,which every one gets from blogging.

10 Grants Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 9:09 am

Anything to fight cancer helps!

11 Beresdeh Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 6:40 pm

Good Articles, thank you. this article is very useful

12 Organo Gold Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 6:46 am

Awesome post — Wishing you the best of luck with your project!

13 Donna - Iowa Mortgage Monday, August 4, 2008 at 1:45 am

Its an innovative way to work for a good cause. People with a good online presence can learn something from this. Cancer is one of the toughest illnesses to fight. Wishing u good luck.
Donna.

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14 Neprinol The Natural Systemic Enzymes Monday, August 4, 2008 at 10:21 pm

It’s so kind of you to help fund a cure for and prevention of cancer in this ways. You get my supports.

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15 Monavie Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 1:43 pm

I just had a really close family friend pass away from cancer, so it is nice to see people out there that care enough to try and help find a cure. When are you going to post more? We miss you.

16 Pays to live green Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 6:06 am

It’s great that you are really pushing for breast cancer as it is one of the most common forms of cancer in this country and nearly everybody knows somebody who has it or has had it. Hopefully you come back and continue to support this great cause.

17 Maic Salazar Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 4:58 pm

Congratulations for the effort that you are doing on helping people with cancer. I lost personally two family members because of the cancer. God bless you.

18 Fast Cool Cars Monday, August 25, 2008 at 10:18 pm

I am very glad that the money and the time you guys spend is for people with cancer, but more important people you don’t know that are in need of help. How much did you guys raise? Also, reviewing sites is a great way to fund-raise even though I think it may be a a little time consuming, but the time and effort you put into it is going to help people. Good luck with this and I hope you guys get your goal!

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19 tarot readings Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 12:21 am

That was a great effort. . And we have to do something for those people don’t have anything for that. . i just wanna simply agreed with these comments as well as article. . :)
Thanks for posting this important article. . Must to read. . :)

20 irondelle Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 6:47 am

Great article. Definately usefull. Thanks a lot to the author.

21 Rika Susan At Home Monday, October 6, 2008 at 3:55 am

This is such a wonderful idea, folks! My younger brother, who has an intellectual disability, was recently diagnosed with chronic leukemia. It is so scary and we are still trying to come to terms with it. We are grateful that there is medication available that can keep it under control for many years. This is such a good cause and not nearly enough research is being done. Treatment can also be very expensive. So, I suppose every bit helps. I hope this project succeeds big time!

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23 deden Monday, November 17, 2008 at 6:57 am

fantastic articles …, i wish i can help you.

24 SJS informaton Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 2:56 am

Doing something for such a worthy cause like Cancer is indeed a great thing.Thanks for taking the initiative to spread the word.

25 cheap florida vacations Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 5:08 pm

i will try to donate when i get a little money together.

26 unique irish gifts Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 6:16 am

Me too. I’ll donate after I figure out how much money I have left after christmas shopping

27 Roger Hamilton Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at 6:17 am

Great effort in doing this for the American Cancer Society. Hope everything works all right!

28 Monty J Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 9:37 am

That’s a cvery nice initiative.. Nice article. Have great blogging.. I’m theer to support you.

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29 Jackie Friday, December 12, 2008 at 7:25 am

Brilliant idea and of course a very worthwile campaign, it’s a sad fact that everyone knows of someone who has been lost to cancer so this is a cause well worth supporting

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30 types of cancer Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 8:52 pm

Very nice blog and informative. I hope you don’t mind but i have bookmarked it

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31 Agnus Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 3:49 am

Thanks for the tip and info about American cancer society. This can be a great resource for the older blogs that need to make some changes.

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32 Bowel cancer Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 2:01 am

Great article. Definately usefull. Thanks a lot to the author! Thanks for the tip and info! That was a great effort. .

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33 Nashville Plumbers Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 5:52 pm

Good for you guys! Your helping a great cause!

34 Kennewick Real Estate Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 7:53 pm

The American Cancer Society does a lot of good work. A site devoted to such is great also.

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