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January 18, 2005

It's Official: Chester takes 4th Place in Spirit of America Blogger Challenge

Thanks to all of you loyal readers and contributors who made it happen!

A message from Spirit of America:

First, I want to thank you for participating in the Friends of Iraq Blogger Challenge. The Challenge raised $93,869 for Spirit of America and projects in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is OUTSTANDING, just
wonderful. I know the benefits of your efforts extend well beyond the direct funds contributed via the Challenge. Overall, in December we received $409,133 in donations. I'm sure many of those donors learned about us and were inspired to give because of you and your fellow bloggers.

I can't fully express via email how much we appreciate you going to bat for Spirit of America and for those we are working with in Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of the participating bloggers have never met me or an SoA staff member. Your leap of faith is something we take very seriously. I think we understand well the responsibility that comes with raising money. I assure you, we do not measure our success by funds raised. Our commitment is to do our best to create results with those funds that all of us will be proud of. Fundraising is hard but is comparatively easy and sexy compared to getting things done in places like Iraq.

I know it's a bit of a cliché but it's true: the point of this was getting a group of us working together toward a common aim and to have some fun doing it. The "winners" are not the point. That said, we've allowed a month for checks to come in and be processed. Here are the official, final results. Our top fundraiser was Iraq the Model whose fundraising was done for the benefit of Friends of Democracy. Iraq the Model was a come-from-behind surprise. Some last minute donations just before the December deadline pushed them into the lead, surpassing the Northern Alliance (hope you're staying warm!) and Little Green Footballs (I know you're warm, it's 80 degrees in LA).

TOP 5 BLOGGER TEAMS
Northern Alliance: $12,293
Castle Argghhh! Fighting Fusileers for Freedom: $7,305
Team Pajamahadeen - Operation Viral Freedom: $5,060
TTLB EcoTeam: $1,837
Lizardoid Nation: $1,180

TOP 5 INDIVIDUAL BLOGGERS
Iraq the Model: $17,240
Little Green Footballs: $16,706
Roger Simon: $11,192
Adventures of Chester: $2,163
Chrenkoff: $1,485 (go Aussies!)

The complete results are here.

Posted by Chester at January 18, 2005 11:13 PM

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