Hey! Well, I actually did email almost everyone I know of Facebook and ask them to vote for the WPI and CAA in the Chase contest. It was a bizarre experience. I hadn't "come out" to a lot of my acquaintances over the years as sick, and so I went through the friends from past forgotten stages of my life--Philly, Portland, California, high school, college--and thought, "How would they react to this? Is it worth telling them, and asking them to do a personal favor for me?" No shame, I did it. I actually got a lot of nice little Facebook messages back, and lots of votes. We came in 12th and won $40,000. Not so bad.
Now there's a new and, in my opinion, incredibly confusing charity contest in which WPI stands to win $250,000. It requires a little clicking around, but if you go to http://www.vivint.com/givesbackproject/charity/769 it will tell you how to vote, which you can do every day until June 11. Let's do a lot of clicking!
I did it, Lee!
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As nobody was doing this (that I know of), for recent leaderboards I have been following the votes being got by the leading 9 ME/CFS groups along with how much 100th position has gone up by (101st would be slightly more interesting but one can't see that).
For the last 7 12-hour periods, 100th position has gone up by
(chronologically): +39, +44, +53, +40, +61, +75, +50. At the last leaderboard 100th was at 882 votes. That's with 2 days, 6 hours to go.
Looking at the last two jumps (i.e. +75 and +50) (it would be extra work for me to calculate too many periods) apart from the IACFS/ME, the groups have been losing ground.
It is going to be touch-and-go for lots of groups whether they get the $25,000 or not.
#30 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME/ME Chicago, IL http://bit.ly/s48mcK (+74) 1,228 (+53) 1,281
#34 CFSKNOWLEDGECENTER INC Wellington, FL http://bit.ly/lkvWpU (+50)
1,194 (+37) 1,231
#56 MASSACHUSETTS CFIDS/ME & FM ASSOCIATION Quincy, MA
http://bit.ly/sJXeQ9 (+52) 1,016 (+50) 1,066
#72 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CFS/ME AND FM ASSOCIATION Denver, CO http://bit.ly/s5fAJh (+38) 931 (+36) 967
#76 WI MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS/CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, ASSN, INC.
Sun Prairie, WI http://bit.ly/mlmr0c (+42) 906 (+39) 945
#90 ENTEROVIRUS FOUNDATION INC San Francisco, CA http://bit.ly/lzhRfi
(+47) 862 (+36) 896
#93 NJCFSA Florham Park, NJ http://bit.ly/tXpa46 (+54) 850 (+43) 893
#158 CFOG, INC Kennesaw, GA http://bit.ly/kdavB3 (+47) 481 (+31) 512
#180 CONNECTICUT-CHRONIC FATIGUE AND IMMUNE DYSFNCTN SYNDROME ASSOC INC Milford, CT http://bit.ly/uqIqF7 (+20) 368 (+23) 391
In previous CCG contests, there has been a charge towards the end of the contest from other groups. As is clear, the ME/CFS are generally just hanging in there - not keeping up with how much 100th is jumping up by but perhaps able to hold on if things go right. 4 groups are within 85 votes of 100th position.
A few votes could make all the difference ...