Shanghaiist: The Great Shanghaiist Benefit for Earthquake Victims at Sasha's

jfkmiller

Mon, 19 May 2008 11:12:43 +0800

Absolutely terrific that you guys have organized this. See you there.

zwiz

Mon, 19 May 2008 10:00:08 +0800

There is a lot of support happening all over. In terms of ideas for generating donations, talk to the guy at Ningboguide.com. They just raised 450K RMB at their BBQ. I am pretty certain that with the backing of Shanghaiist and Sasha's, the money raised will actually get to the agency that can do some good where it is needed. However, I have my doubts about some of the activities being promoted out there and urge everyone to not give blindly and ask for transparency in the distribution of donations.

Titro

Mon, 19 May 2008 06:34:32 +0800

Thank you all so much for doing this!

shopgirl

Mon, 19 May 2008 06:06:25 +0800

Yeah, that is indeed very generous of Sashas :) Unfortunately I'm in SWE at the moment so I cannot come, but I still donated money being in sweden. I'm crossing my fingers for this hopefully very successful event!

Tiffany Lemay

Mon, 19 May 2008 00:20:59 +0800

AB, thanks for the great tips. If you or anyone else out there, could help set it up, that would be great. However, Shanghaiist definitely lacks the technical expertise to do that ourselves, especially with such a short timeline. Post with all the donors listed will be out shortly!

A B

Sun, 18 May 2008 07:26:16 +0800

You really should sell tickets online so that people who couldn't come can still "buy" a ticket, and have it counted toward the 50% match.

stevensan

Sun, 18 May 2008 01:29:19 +0800

A_B - All proceeds will go to charity. Of course there will be opportunities to give more. Please leave your suggestions for more ways we can raise money - everything is appreciated. On top of what was written, - Justbeer.cn are putting up a raffle prize of 5 cases of fosters, and another prize of 2 cases of Crown lager. - An anonymous donor is going to match what we raise with 50% of his own money... so your 180rmb actually equates to 270rmb!!!

A B

Sat, 17 May 2008 21:03:11 +0800

This is very generous of the organizers to basically throw in the food, drink, and service as their donation for the event. However, I am wondering if the organizers will consider the following: - Provide a means for patrons to voluntarily contribute to the cost of food and beverage (which the management can elect to just add to the donation or to use it to offset their costs. - Provide a similar means for attendees to give their usual and customary tips to the staff, which the staff may, at their option, either keep it, or donate it themselves. There is no benefit fatigue with me here.