Many of you, if you use the social networking site Facebook will have seen requests over the past few days to vote for one or more one or more organisations to get funding from various sources including some of the larger American banks.
We at Welsh Icons are throwing our weight behind the Left Coast Eisteddfod as we have worked with them for a number of years and truly believe in what they are trying to achieve.
The Left Coast Eisteddfod is an event to introduce the people of the West Coast of North America to Welsh art and artists.
The good people at AmeriCymru are raising money to fly Welsh artists, musicians and authors to Portland, Oregon in the states for this year’s event in October. To this end they’ve entered the Chase Community Giving competition on Facebook. If they come in the top 200 when the final vote is tallied they will win $20,000. This will enable them to significantly expand their program of events. Every cent (that’s American for a penny) will be used for the above mentioned purpose and will contribute to gaining extra exposure for Welsh artists in the US.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS VOTE!
Currently they’re in position 142, for latest ranking and to vote, check this url: http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/charities/263243673-meriwether-lewis-memorial-eisteddfod-foundation
They need to stay in the top 200 to qualify for $20,000. Please read the directions below and VOTE.
THEY URGENTLY NEED ABOUT THREE TO FOUR HUNDRED VOTES A WEEK TO STAY IN THE RUNNING!
Here are the directions:- Please Read Carefully Before Proceeding
1. Log in to Facebook and register with the app http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/….you need to give it permission to access your profile.
2. Click on ‘Search and Vote’ which is in a bar with a green background just below the ‘Like’ button. DO NOT just click on the ‘Like’ button. You need to click ‘Like’ but this alone does not constitute a vote. All this will do is ‘Like’ the application. This is very important…a lot of people have done this and thought they had voted. CLICKING ON LIKE DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE VOTED.
3. On the search page:- http://apps.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving/search enter … meriwether lewis memorial eisteddfod foundation … in the ‘Charity Name’ search box ( cut’n’paste will do ). This will bring them up in the search results. Click on the link to take you to the voting page. You should then see a bar ( green background ) with the words ‘Vote Now’ . Click it and you’re done. You should see the vote counter increase by one and your Facebook profile pic will be added to the display of the last six voters on the page.
There are no catches and we may be able to help our friends across the pond who have given Welsh Icons great support over the past few years.
Dom
Editor – Welsh Icons
