Hey guys and gals...
I don't normally do this kind of thing, and I'll try not to take up too much of your time.
Here's the deal. We're smart people. A lot of us know there are other parts of the world besides the ones we live in. A lot of us are aware of the low quality of living standards in those places as well.
I know we're busy, and I know money's tight.
But, what if it was actually easy to help out and it didn't even cost you a dime?
This Christmas, while you're out doing your shopping for your family, friends, etc... look for stores and products that carry the Product (Red) symbol. It's that easy.
Your daughter wants an iPod for Christmas? Why not skip over the usual stores and drive over to the Apple Store at Market Mall and buy her a red one? It's the exact same same price as any other iPod (there's never a markup for these products), and it's in a cool shade of red. The best part, though, is that you can tell her that her Christmas present also provided 83 single-dose treatments to help reduce the risk of HIV transmission from a mother to her child in Africa.
Your son wants a laptop? Why not go online to Dell.ca and get him a Product (Red) laptop? Awesome designs, a Product (Red) version of Windows... and... 6 weeks of treatment for person living with AIDS in Africa.
What about Christmas cards? Every Product (Red) card from Hallmark provide a single treatment to help prevent a mother with AIDS from passing it to her child. How many Christmas cards do you buy every year? 10? 20? Every one of those cards could help a child be born without an incurable disease. If that doesn't say "Merry Christmas" I don't know what does.
Anyway, you all get the point. There are a pile of other products, too. They're all on the Product (Red) website.
http://www.joinred.com
We're Flames fans, after all. Joining Red should be a pretty easy decision for us.
(I stole all the facts and numbers from their site, btw. You can see them for yourselves if you go there... and I apologize if this post comes off as being cheesy, like I said I don't normally do this kind of thing.)