September 6, 2005, 22:56
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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Local Date: November 20, 2009
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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Apolyton Donates to Hurriance Relief
Earlier today, Apolyton Civilization Site made a cash donation to the American Red Cross (ARC) towards their "Hurricane Katrina" disaster relief fund through their website. Here is some background on the tragedy and the recovery endeavour:
The [ARC] has launched an immense emergency relief effort to meet unprecedented humanitarian needs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, mobilizing workers and supplies to address the urgent, critical needs of disaster victims, which include providing emergency shelter, food, water, clothing, counseling and other assistance. [..]
The Red Cross estimates that, as of Sept. 6, 2005, it has received $409.2 million in gifts and pledges for the hurricane relief effort, with approximately $209 million made online to date.
In addition, Apolyton will be donating any and all subscription or re-subscription monies made up to and including 3 years to the site`s PLUS service between September 6th and September 20th to those who type "Katrina" in the comments field when preparing their payment.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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September 6, 2005, 23:26
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King
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Local Date: November 20, 2009
Join Date: Sep 2002
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meet the new boss, same as the old boss
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September 7, 2005, 04:36
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
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Local Date: November 21, 2009
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Location: Macedonia, Greece
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if we had started this earlier you would have goten free PLUS subscription with your donation 
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September 11, 2005, 12:22
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Emperor
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PLUS, shmus.
I'll make the same challenge here as I did on the OT.
No industrialized nation donates as much as 1% of GDP to humanitarian causes. (IIRC, Norway tops the list at 0.83%)
So let us, every one of us, donate 1% of our yearly income to a group of our choice, be it Red Cross, Medecins Sans Frontiers, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, whatever.
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September 15, 2005, 02:06
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Apolyton CS Co-Founder
Local Time: 06:19
Local Date: November 21, 2009
Join Date: Aug 1998
Location: Macedonia, Greece
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We've had our first donator
Come on people, just do a 2$ - 1 month subscription!
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September 18, 2005, 01:43
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Deity
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Join Date: Dec 1969
Location: Dance Dance for the Revolution!
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I've donated $30 so far.
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