Please, Give A Dollar For Free - takes 5 seconds.

[Alex Urchin]

Today, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the pharmaceutical monolith that charges nearly $1000 for a 30 day supply of one of its HIV/AIDS medications, is donating $1 to the National AIDS Fund for each person who simply visits their website and "virtually lights a candle." The tally is up over $1,000,000 right now.

It take less than five seconds. Do it.

https://www.lighttounite.org/

 

[poppe]

Today, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the pharmaceutical monolith that charges nearly $1000 for a 30 day supply of one of its HIV/AIDS medications, is donating $1 to the National AIDS Fund for each person who simply visits their website and "virtually lights a candle." The tally is up over $1,000,000 right now.

It take less than five seconds. Do it.

https://www.lighttounite.org/

I dont think you are allowed to ask for donations or state donations like this in this way on these forums... could be wrong...

 

[Alex Urchin]

I dont think you are allowed to ask for donations or state donations like this in this way on these forums... could be wrong...

I'm not asking for donations. People just have to click their mouse on a candle and a company will give $1 for free.

I would be asking a few questions if that was stopped by the moderators.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Actually their site says they are donating $100,000, not $1,000,000.

 

[0098386]

Did anyone else find an unlit candle going to light another one a bit ironic?

 

[Abstract]

So it doesn't matter how many people light it, right? They're only donating $100,000.

Actually, they're probably not even donating $100,000. They just won't charge poor people to use it, and they'll probably be subtracting the cost from the $100000 they pledge to donate. They'll probably subtract the retail cost of their drugs, not how much they cost to make.

 

[adk]

Actually, they're probably not even donating $100,000.

Do you really think a company as large and reputable as Bristol Myers-Squibb is going to back out on a donation? BMS is actually listed as one of the most charitable companies in the US by Forbes magazine, having donated over $60 million in cash and $600 million in products in 2004. Source

 

[Doctor Q]

No matter what the cause, our forums do not allow solicitations like this.