Thank you so much to everyone who contributed. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. The money will be transferred this week and we will begin helping those who need it very shortly thereafter. Check back here for updates every now and again. We will post any relevant updates as they come in.  

 Here are are the final totals : 

 Day 1: $691.00 

 Day 2: $410.00 

  Day 3: $680.00 
Day 4: $230.00
Day 5: 320.00

 Total: $2331.00 

Today was another great day. Not as many donors since most have already given but still a very respectable total. $230.00 collected today for the team! Tomorrow is the last business day and then we will officially wrap up on Saturday. (Note that I will leave the donate buttons up through the weekend in case there are some straggler donations, I'll report final totals sometime late Sunday and bring down the donate buttons.)

 Here are are the totals so far: 

 Day 1: $691.00 

 Day 2: $410.00 

  Day 3: $680.00 
Day 4: $230.00

 Total: $2011.00 
 

Please spread the word if you know of someone who might be interested in giving! Thank you! Have a great Friday and a great Labor Day weekend!

Another fantastic day for ones affected as by the floods as we posted a $680.00 dollar day. The team generosity is overwhelming. What a fantastic Wednesday! 

Thank you All! 

 Here are are the totals so far: 

 Day 1: $691.00 

 Day 2: $410.00 

  Day 3: $680.00 

 Total: $1781.00 

It's an honor to work with such fantastic people. We only have until the end of the month to collect so please let your team members know about the effort. 

Unfortunately today, we learned of another individual who was greatly affected by the storm last week. We are up to 7 staff members who have been heavily impacted by this natural disaster. 

Marlon has said he is going to categorize the need for the individuals greatly affected. The categorizations we have outlined right now include, Moderate, Severe, and Extreme. Our hope and prayer is that this fund will be able to make things just a little bit easier for those affected.

Marlon will conduct interviews later this week and into next week to categorize the need and come up with a way to standardize the awards. We will keep everyone informed as we move forward.

Today was another very good day on the fundraising side.

We garnered another $420.00 for Black Marlin Flood Relief!!

Please continue to spread the word in your respective offices. We haven't set a goal for the fund at this point but let's keep stretching and see how much help we can give our friends in Manila. I've posted some pictures below that came in from one our QA Testers who was affected. Keep donating, keep spreading the word!! We appreciate everyone's support!

Directly Outside of House
 

Items Waterlogged Inside



Waterline on House of Black Marlin Tester

The Black Marlin Flood Relief fund is off to a great start. 5 full days remain to contribute and we have collected $691.00 for Flood Relief. This is FANTASTIC! The entire team appreciates the generosity that each of you has shown.

Please continue to let your team members know about this fund! I will be reaching out to some of offices tomorrow to make them aware, but if it's possible and appropriate it does not hurt to let your teammates know how the Black Marlin team has been affected by this storm.

Look forward to similar results tomorrow!

Greetings! We've setup this fund for the 2013 Black Marlin Flood Benefit.

Our Friends at Black Marlin endured some difficult times the week of August 18 in Manila.  Heavy monsoon rains enhanced by Tropical Storm Trami deluged Metro Manila with almost 2 feet of rain in a 24 hour period. This resulted in a situation where a number of our staff had to be rescued from rooftops or evacuated from their homes. At least 6 staff had their homes flooded and/or filled with mud to some degree. There were a number of others that were affected to a lessor degree.

 

Resources from this benefit will be used to help those individuals employed by Black Marlin who were affected in a devastating way. We hope you are able to help these great friends get back on their feet.

 

This is a very short campaign that will end on August 31. All money will be sent directly to Marlon Morales and Imee Austin to distribute to those most affected. Since they are on the ground, they will be able to most fairly determine what kind of help will do the most good. We will be asking Marlon for a reconciliation of the funds once distributed.

 

As an FYI, We plan to offset all PayPal transaction fees as well as currency conversion fees as the money is sent over. This fund is not a charity organization, just friends  helping friends. You should not expect that any of your donation will be tax deductible unless you are in a very unusual circumstance.

 

We will provide updates nightly regarding the total amount collected. Those updates will happen sometime between 9:00 pm and 11:00 pm Eastern Time.

All donations will remain anonymous as much as possible. It is obvious we will see the donations as they come through the PayPal account, however donor lists will not be shared with anyone except to verify and reconcile funds received. The money will be sent over from All Employees.

 

Please share with fellow co-workers, we do not plan on sending out a mass email to all employees to notify them about this fund. As we said, there is a very short window on this campaign. After the fundraising is over, this blog will remain open and we will post any and all words of encouragement and words of thanks received.

If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to send me an email or post a comment here that can be replied to.

 

If you are interested in seeing some photos and news stories about the devastation see the link below:

 

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/20/world/asia/philippines-floods/