========== 9TH ANNUAL BULL CITY FOODRAISER FUNDRAISING THREAD ========== Friends: I need your help to spread the word about our annual Foodraiser, happening in just two weeks! 😱 ➡️ PayPal: paypal.me/TGDFoundation ➡️ Venmo: @TGregDoucette-Foundation ➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/9th-annual... 🧵 - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

gregdoucette.bsky.social • 469 days ago

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9TH ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
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Friends: I need your help to spread the word about our annual Foodraiser, happening in just two weeks! 😱

➡️ PayPal: https://paypal.me/TGDFoundation
➡️ Venmo: @TGregDoucette-Foundation
➡️ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9th-annual-bull-city-foodraiser

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lsatadam.bsky.social•469 days ago

Donated and shared to my 4 or 5 followers. Looking forward to a bigger impact this time next year. Death to Twitter, long live the Foodraiser and the best bits of the Threadnought!

willardslammo.bsky.social•469 days ago

Keep up the good work!

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smccain.bsky.social•468 days ago

For the food, and for the goat. 😁

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horsecourser.bsky.social•469 days ago

Donated!
I'm sad I missed the year when you kissed a goat, though.

damianaswan.bsky.social•469 days ago

I've got wonderful news for you!

horsecourser.bsky.social•468 days ago

Oh goodness! Please share more! Will there be more goats? Sheep? I MUST KNOW! Even if I've already donated, I'm invested now!

damianaswan.bsky.social•468 days ago

@neolithicsheep.bsky.social has all the juicy details, from what I've been able to tell.

neolithicsheep.bsky.social•468 days ago

We made him kiss a cow

gregdoucette.bsky.social•468 days ago

And I've committed to flying to CA to kiss one of Shep's goats if we can get to $75K (guaranteeing we max out the $75K match)

gregdoucette.bsky.social•468 days ago

"wonderful" is doing some _very_ heavy lifting there 😂

jessicaesquire.bsky.social•469 days ago

Do you need any more hands on site? Lmk if you do!

itsjustbeej.bsky.social•469 days ago

Jess, I’ll respond on Greg’s behalf because I’m one of the team leaders at the site. YES, we would love to have you come volunteer! I hope to see you there.

jessicaesquire.bsky.social•469 days ago

Yes would love that. What day? I have volunteer hours I can take off I haven't used yet. 🙂

itsjustbeej.bsky.social•469 days ago

Here’s the info.

If you have experience moving pallets using a forklift or a pallet mover, your help on Tuesday night would be GREATLY appreciated. We usually get more volunteers for the other days.

Hope to see you there!

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gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Everything B just said 😆

pikablu.bsky.social•465 days ago

Donated!! :D

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

I'll add the history to this thread tomorrow, but want to see how this thread will look first since we're trying this on a new app 😆

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Very important thing to note: we've got several donors who will chip in $$-per-donor, and another donor who is going to match **every single dollar** donated (up to $75K!)

So whatever you donate, it's going to be more-than-doubled!

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

I'm getting you added on the spreadsheet!

I'm gonna do a per-donor match this time too, even though I usually provide manual labor for this one 😆

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

I appreciate the support, thank you!!

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Unscientific assessment is that I should be replying to replies rather than quote-posting to keep it streamlined

bentwhee.bsky.social•469 days ago

Why not both?

tphlair.bsky.social•469 days ago

Yeah, bsky's mechanics make reply threads work better than they did on twitter, and self-quoting less well. (Adding one data point to make the assessment less unscientific)

bsky's mechanics come across as more reddit-like

akivamcohen.bsky.social•469 days ago

Very very much so

empowlr.bsky.social•469 days ago

Sometimes quote posting yourself is the best way to thread.

paulfish.bsky.social•469 days ago

Make sure i’m on the matching list.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Definitely will, hope to have some progress on that front tomorrow!

jennymarie5.bsky.social•469 days ago

Happy to do a per-donor match again this year. Similar username as on other hell-site, but happy to reach out with more info on other channels as needed.

ilk.org•469 days ago

Shared and sent a contribution. Glad you're doing this here.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Appreciate it Mike, thank you!

matthewsp.bsky.social•468 days ago

Feed those kids, Greg 😀

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gregdoucette.bsky.social•468 days ago

I appreciate it, thank you!!

susiansujali.bsky.social•469 days ago

Done from Germany 🇩🇪
Keep up the good work ❤️

mcbryson.bsky.social•462 days ago

So glad someone I follow (not in Durham) re-posted your thread! I'm local and just contributed on Venmo. Thanks for supporting our kids!

rahaeli.bsky.social•469 days ago

Donated, boosted, and looking forward to the annual freakouts: my favorite holiday tradition.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Technically this *is* the freakout, we're only two weeks away and pre-fundraising... yeah

sea2.bsky.social•469 days ago

Are you also doing this on Twitter this year? I get my friend to donate so I need to know where to steer them.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

I'll have a thread there too, yes. We'll be here, Xitter, Threads, Mastodon, and Facebook

All pointing to the same links though! PayPal direct has slightly lower processing fee, GoFundMe has better sharing mechanics, etc

sea2.bsky.social•469 days ago

TY!

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

*THANK YOU*

rahaeli.bsky.social•469 days ago

Oh, I'm prepared to be annoying on social media this year :D

bigscary.com•469 days ago

"Iiiiiit's the moooooost wonderfulll tiiiiime of the year"

phiguru.bsky.social•469 days ago

I'm in. For the kids and for the inevitably long Costco receipt.

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gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Awesome, thank you!!

susieusmaximus.bsky.social•469 days ago

So glad you're doing this here, too. Hope it's a big success.

geoffgreen.org•469 days ago

Done!

asbkat.bsky.social•469 days ago

I'm still on Twitter and didn't even see this announcement there this year. That may be the final straw for me

geekgrammy.com•469 days ago

Done! Happy to support the foodraiser again this year. Glad you're over here. :)

itsjustbeej.bsky.social•465 days ago

$200 just sent to you.

See you on the 5th. 😉

gregdoucette.bsky.social•465 days ago

Appreciate it brother, thank you!

Bring friends! 😆

itsjustbeej.bsky.social•469 days ago

In discussions with Karen about per-dollar matching. Hope to have an answer later today. Also going to boost this at work and among the friends.

bjorning.bsky.social•469 days ago

Chipped in. Good luck and thank you for the good you do.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•468 days ago

I appreciate it, thank you!!

sailbarque.bsky.social•469 days ago

Sent a contribution. Glad you're on Bluesky.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Thank you for the support!

laforesta1.bsky.social•469 days ago

Just sent you a donation. SO glad I didn't miss it this year. I always look forward to the Foodraiser.

Here's hoping you avoid a near miss cardiac event this year, lol.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Already there 😆 Blood pressure will go down once we've got enough in the bank to cover the Costco bill

Thank you for your support!!

laforesta1.bsky.social•468 days ago

Of course!! Btw how's Costco Ryan doing??

gregdoucette.bsky.social•468 days ago

I think he's good! I ask Costco Janet every time I see her, and she says he's good so I'm taking her at her word 😆

shadowvasterra.bsky.social•469 days ago

Time to get the band back together!

mrose.ink•469 days ago

Hell yeah, let’s go!

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crazyitguy42.bsky.social•468 days ago

And done!

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gregdoucette.bsky.social•468 days ago

I appreciate it greatly, thank you!

hrhianne.bsky.social•469 days ago

Does "T GREG DOUCETTE FOUNDATION INC" on Benevity work to get employer extra bonus donation matching, or is one of the other systems better to get you the money in time?

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

That will work! We won't get the funds until January, but the corporate matching means we'll basically get a 4x match once @brijo1999.bsky.social's contribs are factored in

moolly.bsky.social•468 days ago

Done. Happy to help out. Wish I lived closer and could volunteer on the day. Thanks to you and allvwho make it such a success.

tacticalbra.bsky.social•469 days ago

Just donated. We were pretty poor growing up, and now that I've gone to school and improved my standing, I'm happy to donate back to a worthy cause.

tigana99.bsky.social•469 days ago

Gonna go donate in a sec, but I'm local and would love to provide extra hands on site to help, if you need it. Can you share the dates/needs?

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Here's the e-flyer with all the details. Tuesday tends to be the hardest (unloading + setup) but we'll take whatever volunteer time we can get 😆

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itsjustbeej.bsky.social•469 days ago

Hi Maya! I’m a team lead with the Foodraiser. We would LOVE to have your help. Please see the slide below.

There’s no official signup. Just show up when it’s convenient for you and we’ll put you to work. I’ll be there Tuesday night and every afternoon, which is when we do the majority of the work.

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tigana99.bsky.social•469 days ago

Thanks, B.J.! I've got work commitments on Tues & Thurs, but I'll see what I can do about Wed & Fri! I'll also see if I can round up some folks to join me.

drlari.bsky.social•469 days ago

If someone were to give through a Big Tech Give ®️ portal and it came from payroll deduction would that be too late? Want to double those $

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

Short answer is It's Complicated -- we wouldn't get it until January, but it's hard to pass up the employer matching so we encourage folks to do it anyway 😆

We're on Benevity, Bonterra, and NCOConnect

drlari.bsky.social•469 days ago

Well, here is $50+$50 from our mutual friend BigTech™️
Sorry if the checks don't get cut until after!

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gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

No need to apologize, I forewarned @brijo1999.bsky.social I was going to use Benevity donations as part of my metrics for his match 😆

Thank you!

elari.bsky.social•469 days ago

Donated! I don't have much social media reach, but I'll prod the irl ones who will be interested.

gregdoucette.bsky.social•469 days ago

I appreciate it, thank you!