Beard Update and NEW clarification of Rules

I'm sure a lot of you are excited to see where we're at right now.  So first up is the latest graph.  This is the graph as of 11/21.  If you're reading this after 11/21...the most recent graph is posted in the toolbar to the right.

So as you can see, the Cut it Off fund is A LOT bigger than the save it fund.  So depending on how you want this to finish out, you want to get into the action.  If you want to see me clean shaven, you're not far away, get to it.  If you think "I won't be Aaron without my beard", you all have some work to do.

CLARIFICATION:
We had a little hiccup last week and it showed a flaw in our rule system.  The hiccup was taken care of and I now want to change the rules slightly and close a loophole.  This isn't an attempt to save my beard.  It's a plan to make sure the original intent of me cutting my beard off is met. 

Here are rules that we will be using from here forward:

-Instead of the auction ending immediately, we are going to keep the auction going until the end of Dec. 31.  Auction will end 12:00am EST January 1, 2013.

-I will cut off my beard if at that time the Cut it Off fund is 4000 dollars above the Save It fund. NO minimum balance in the Cut It Off fund is needed as long as the total of both funds is equal to or greater than 5000 dollars total.  (ex:  if the Cut if Off fund is a 4500 and the Save it fund is at 500, the beard goes)

-I'm making a concession to the Cut It Off fund supporters.  If money is not clearly marked one way or the other, we will make every attempt to contact individuals for clarification rather than just lump it into the Save It fund.

-Money can be donated one of several ways:
-You can directly hand us cash or checks made out to Aaron Reinard;
-You can send us checks made out to Aaron Reinard (please use the memo line to signify which category your money is to be placed in.);
-You can donate using the "Donate Now" button in the right sidebar via Paypal. (make a note of which category money goes to); OR
-You can use the Tax Deductible Giving option in the sidebar as well.  If you use this option, please send us a message telling us what and when you're donating and to which category.  Money will not count until we can verify it with our adoption agency.  However this is a financially responsible option.

Note:  Someone just did this and it's a great idea.....they sent us their check made out to YWAM so they can get the tax deductible giving, but sent it to us, to send on to YWAM.  They included a note to us making sure their funds were added to the Cut It Off fund.  We then were able to record it properly and get the money where it needed to go for them.  Easy.  Just and idea.


So there it is.  SPREAD THE WORD.  There are a lot of people who know me well and haven't heard about this yet.  Why not?  Because you haven't told them.  Make this happen!  Blog this.  Facebook this.  Tweet this.  E-mail link this to people across the country (or based on the statistics we see...around the world.)  I'm putting my beard on the line here!!!!