A Big Update!

Hey everyone,

I wanted to reach out to you all, and give a big update about The Extraordinaries.

First, we have some new digital real estate to share with you.

•    We have a new YouTube page at www.youtube.com/theextraordinaries
•    You can now find us on Facebook "Causes" (http://apps.facebook.com/causes/135936?m=1a240be5&recruiter_id=969) and Facebook "Pages" (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Extraordinaries/31109282065)

Second, we have had some blog coverage of our idea. These are two of my favorites:

•    http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/2008/10/mobile-texting-moves-to-mobile.html
•    http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/big_ideas_volunteer_now_via_mobile

And third, we will have submitted to seven competitions before the year is over. These include:

Google - http://www.project10tothe100.com/
Amazon - http://aws.amazon.com/startupchallenge/
Knight - http://www.newschallenge.org/
Echoing Green - http://www.echoinggreen.org/fellowship
Nokia - http://www.callingallinnovators.com/home.asp
Ashoka - http://ashoka.org/
Draper Richards - http://draperrichardsfoundation.org/process/index.html

WHEW! That was a lot of links. I hope I didn't wear you out!

So, The Extraordinaries has reached a point where we are ready to move into the next phase of our project development, and complete the engineering of an iPhone application. The problem is that we need to raise some more money before we can take another step. If you have any ideas on how we might find $20,000 in the next two months, I would love to hear them.

Thanks so much for your time, and for your continued support of this awesome idea. We are so close to making this a reality.

__________________________
Jacob Colker
Co-Founder / Project Lead
The Extraordinaries

jacob@theextraordinaries.org

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