On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Elizabeth Y <
adoptkings@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you, Shae!
>
> Elizabeth Y
> PLEASE HELP MICKACOO WIN $25K BY VOTING EVERYDAY IN JUNE AT
>
http://www.refresheverything.com/mickacoopigeonanddoverescue AND TEXTING
> 106711 TO 73774!
>
www.RescueReport.org
>
www.MickaCoo.org
>
> ________________________________
> From: Shae Irving <
shaeirving@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 9:57 AM
> To:
mickacoo@mickaboo.org
> Subject: [MickaCoo] Sample Letter for Pepsi Voters
>
> Hi Everyone:
>
> I emailed the following letter to family and friends, asking them to vote
> for MickaCoo in the Pepsi Refresh challenge. I got a good response from it,
> including a handful of folks who asked to be added to the daily voting
> reminder list. Elizabeth suggested that I post the letter here, in case any
> of you would like to use it as a model for something to send to out
> yourself. Please feel free to adapt it for your own use in any way you like.
>
> Thanks much and let's vote, vote, vote!
>
> Shae
>
> ____________________________________________
>
> Dear Friends:
>
> You know I rarely ask for help with causes or get on board with corporate
> marketing schemes, but I'll do just about anything for the birds. There's a
> simple way to help MickaCoo Pigeon and Dove Rescue (
http://www.mickacoo.org)
> win a much needed $25K grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project. All you have to
> do is vote. It will take less than five minutes and it won't cost a penny.
> (You also won't have to surrender your entire identity to Pepsi -- just a
> little part of it.) At the end of this email, you'll find two super easy
> ways to vote -- on the Web and by text message -- so you can scroll right
> down there if you're ready to help. But if you're not quite persuaded (or if
> you're simply interested), I'd like to make a brief pitch for MickaCoo and
> my friends the pij.
>
> Over the past several years, MickaCoo has placed several hundred
> unreleasable, abandoned pigeons and doves in safe forever homes. Two of
> these birds -- Yuzu and Quince -- recently landed here with me, and I am
> blessed to have them. They are innocent, smart, funny, feathered beings.
> Sometimes I feel helpless, knowing there are hundreds more like them that
> MickaCoo is currently trying to place, with more arriving all the time.
> Here's a recent news story about 200 domestic pigeons dumped in a Sacramento
> park by a breeder who decided he wasn't willing to care for them any longer:
>
http://ow.ly/5fFqI. If not for MickaCoo, Yuzu, Quince, and many other
> pigeons and doves would have suffered the same fate as most of these
> Sacramento birds -- ugly deaths or euthanasia at an animal shelter.
>
> Now, I know there are plenty of good things that could be done with $25K and
> thousands of worthy causes that could use the money wisely and well. Pepsi
> is giving away millions of dollars as part of its Refresh Project, and you
> can vote for more than one idea -- but they've made this $25K available for
> the birds and the birds really need it. (There are lots of grants available
> for dogs and cats, but domestic birds? Not so much.) Elizabeth Young, the
> director of MickaCoo, has been working tirelessly and constantly during
> these years to keep the organization running -- without taking a penny in
> return for her time. She won't be able to continue indefinitely as an unpaid
> worker; this award would secure a small salary to ensure that she can
> continue her work and MickaCoo can stay alive.
>
> MickaCoo is currently placing around 30th out of 150 competitors -- which is
> fantastic -- but we need to be in the top 15 to win. This is totally doable
> if you are willing to help.
> Here's how you can vote -- twice!
>
> 1. Click here every day in the month of June:
>
http://www.refresheverything.com/mickacoopigeonanddoverescue. (You do have
> to sign in through Facebook or through Pepsi, but don't you have one of
> those sketchy email addresses you use for online shopping or other times you
> don't want to get spammed? I do and I used that, but I've checked it and
> Pepsi hasn't even sent me any junk as a result of my voting.)
> 2. If you have a smart phone, text the message 106711 to the number 73774.
> You can do this every day during the month of June. (You'll get a
> confirmation text from Pepsi but they won't start pinging you with other
> unwanted messages. Regular texting charges apply.)
>
> If you're willing to receive a daily reminder email about voting, please let
> me know and I will add you to MickaCoo's vote-reminder list. (You won't be
> bothered after June 30.) And if you stumble across a Pepsi cap or box that
> contains a "Power Vote" code, please use it to vote or send it my way so I
> can garner extra votes for the birds. Of course, if you know of anyone else
> who would vote for the pij, please pass this on.
>
> Thank you so very much your time and your care.
>
> Shae, Yuzu, and Quince
>
> ________________________
> Shae Irving
> P.O. Box 275 | Fairfax, CA | 94978
> tel.
415.497.5306
>
http://hitchhikingtoheaven.com
>
>
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