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GH Coffee Machine

By mattgow (add to contacts)

This campaign is about doing something extra special for the hardworking volunteers of Global Hand. A good quality espresso, cappuccino or latte is all they need to keep on saving the world, but it’s not something they can regularly afford to purchase. If you’d be willing to shout the team a few rounds at the cafe then please pledge it towards an office coffee machine!

What’s in it for you as a contributor?

  1. Free coffees whenever you are in the GH office… for life!
  2. Your name (or a humorous alias) engraved on the machine’s appreciation plaque as a reminder with every cup
  3. Biggest contributor has first right of refusal for naming the machine
  4. A sense of warmth & satisfaction strong enough to power a vehicle

What’s in it for the team?

  1. Coffee, duh! We consume 40+ cups a week. This machine can produce those cups at cafe quality for 500HKD less than if we tried to buy them
  2. A fully automatic machine that will not break or make a mess in the office, is new & has a local HK warranty. The Delonghi EAM3500 is worth way more than we need to raise to get it (thanks to a helpful local distributor & some contributions already made by the team itself)

Thanks for helping us do something special!

Eam3500
Categories
Charity, International Relief and Internet
Tags
Morale and coffee
Additional Information
Launched Sunday, October 26, 2008
Modified Wednesday, October 29, 2008
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mattgow said:

Ok, that was wild! We hit the goal in 9 hours and 15 minutes. That’s because (a) we have the best, most generous friends in the whole world (b) we’re doing something people believe in and © Pledgie is pretty darn cool. WOW!

Thanks everyone who pledged.

To those who blinked and missed out, feel free to pledge a little towards coffee beans if you like :)

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Garry Dolley said:

And I thought that anyone deserves a nice espresso while they are saving the world. It is a must!

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mattgow said:

@Garry

Your donation also falls under the category of “© Pledgie [and those behind it] is pretty darn cool.”

Was very encouraging to get your donation :)

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mattgow said:

Thanks a bunch everyone. The machine is installed in the office and it’s having a significant positive impact on morale, productivity and “fun”!

Contributors should please feel free to come on by the office and avail themselves of their free coffee rights :)

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Campaign Results

Find out how your donations helped this cause!

6 Donors raised $790.00 for this cause!

Your donation is making a difference!

By mattgow
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008

We now have the machine. It is working brilliantly and the team is loving it.

The machine’s name is

Leroy B. Brave

We are saving time.
This translates into more code for our humanitarian projects (less time making coffees and cleaning up after them)

We are saving money.
As fulltime volunteers we can’t afford to buy a quality cup very often. When we can afford it, we have to choose between having no money or having no coffee. We no longer need to make that choice!

We are more productive.
A quality cup of coffee translates into quality code.

This whole caper is a raging success. Thanks for being a part of it!

Yup, it's still gold

By mattgow
Posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Just a quick update to say the coffee machine continues to fuel good things for a hurting world. It’s really, really working out wonderfully and everyone is so grateful.

Donors (6)
Name Date
1. Thomas Pun October 27, 2008
2. Garry Dolley October 27, 2008
3. Anonymous October 27, 2008
4. David Bolton October 27, 2008
5. Anonymous October 27, 2008
6. Adam George October 27, 2008
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