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Help the HPS Network win some money - it's a race - timing is everything

I'm copying this information from www.igive.com. Anyone who could pass this along and help us we'd greatly appreciate it.

Hi Heather,
Last month, we tried something new to help Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network and all the causes listed at iGive. It worked better thanwe ever expected. We donated over $5,000 in less than 24 hours, so we're going to try it again!It requires your participation, but it is free and definitely easy.For each person who joins iGive using the special link below and does just one qualified web search on our site between now and noon Thursday, we'll give Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network a dollar. 5,000 new members, $5,000. No purchase necessary. That's 5,000 new members for all causes, not just yours, so it's a bit of race.Of course, if these new members search more (or buy something at an iGive store) they'll earn even more money for Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network. Right now, we're donating a special $.02 per search and a bonus $5 for that first purchase plus the usual percentage.Here's where you come in. The only way Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network will get new supporters and that free $1 (or more) is if you invite them.

Send your friends, family, and colleagues the following link in an e-mail, tweet it, do a Facebook posting, put up posters, shout from mountain tops (you know the drill) and let them know you think Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network is pretty cool and deserves their support, especially since it's free! You can even just forward this e-mail.This is the link: http://www.igive.com/welcome/warm_reg_promo.cfm?m=427355 We're really proud of our search capability, powered by Yahoo! We've made tons of improvements over the past five months, so we want lots of people to try it out and put it to the test. If they keep on searching or shopping after testing us out, so much the better for Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome Network.The details: - Offer active between now and 11:59 a.m., January 21, 2010 (Chicago time). - New members only (never have been an iGive member previously). All the normal rules of membership, searching, and purchasing apply, our site has the details. - Once we've given away $5,000 in total, the offer ends. - The special link is important. No link, no qualified web search, no $1.That's it. Don't forget to try our search yourself (http://isearch.igive.com). You may need to login first.Yours,Robert N. GrosshandlerFounderP.S. We've added a little something new. If you want to track how you are doing, just visit http://www.iGive.com/html/referralsreport.cfm. If you want to track how your cause is doing, please visit http://www.iGive.com//html/causestats.cfm .

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