an autographed tribes & mad church giveaway
November 18th, 2008 @ 6:00 am
i went and visited zondervan last week…i may or may not have gotten a few extra advance copies of mad church disease.
this contest is easy to win. it goes to the highest bidder.
(welp, ego…it was nice knowing you!) :-)
whoever donates the most pairs of shoes to the 50000shoes.com website between 6 am CST tuesday and 6 am CST wednesday wins. and i’ll even autograph it with your favorite bible verse, sprinkle holy water on it, engrave your name in gold, give you a bronze dove plaque, and throw in some snacks from my desk.
click here to read more stories of where your shoes are going!
oh, and here’s the icing on the cake. more truthfully, it’s probably the actual cake. be the highest bidder and not only will you get a hyper-anointed copy of MCD, you’ll also get an autographed copy of seth godin’s newest book, tribes. i know that’s nothing like snacks from my desk, but thought it might sweeten the deal. who knows? maybe he’ll throw in some snacks from his desk.
comment below (and yep, i’ll need proof if you are the highest donor if you do win!)
ready…go! how many shoes did you donate today?
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slowtraincoming said,
November 18, 2008 at 6:32 am
seriously, what kind of snacks?
jon mark said,
November 18, 2008 at 8:20 am
probably diet DP and oreos…just a guess…
and i’m totally bummmed because my advanced reader copy was not autographed… :(
Anne Jackson said,
November 18, 2008 at 8:33 am
sorry - they came from HQ in michigan….i never saw them. :)
the snack will be a total surprise…
Mud Puppy said,
November 18, 2008 at 8:36 am
OK, this might sound petty, but do we have to actually donate first?
I came into work today with the intention of buying your book on Amazon as a gift for someone, but I’d much rather go this route. However I can’t afford to donate high AND buy the gift.
Sooooooooooo… assuming we can make good on our offer after we win, I’m bidding $25.
:)
Anne Jackson said,
November 18, 2008 at 8:38 am
So far you’re in the lead :) And you never know how someone might honor your generosity.
klampert said,
November 18, 2008 at 8:39 am
well..I challenged my little youth group to do this and we are taking offereings for it every week until christmas. We have done one so far and $100 was put in. heres to hoping we hit the $500 mark by christmas!
Mud Puppy said,
November 18, 2008 at 9:07 am
You’ve convinced me. Regardless of the outcome, I’ll be donating toward this cause.
BTW, you got out of Michigan in the nick of time. It’s frickin freezing here right now. Snow and ice everywhere. At least the sun is out though…
John (Human3rror) said,
November 18, 2008 at 9:33 am
Anne, I just sent you a message on Facebook… let me know!
Jeff Goins said,
November 18, 2008 at 9:48 am
great idea
Jason said,
November 18, 2008 at 10:25 am
Anne, thanks for bringing this charity to my attention. Keep it up, God Bless. I was looking this week for a place to give to.
Lacey said,
November 18, 2008 at 10:41 am
you make me laugh out loud, anne. i would really love some snacks from your desk :)
Anne Jackson said,
November 18, 2008 at 10:45 am
donate away!
Crystal Renaud said,
November 18, 2008 at 11:01 am
stink.
Bo Lane said,
November 18, 2008 at 11:34 am
What if we are able to get other people to donate?
Bradley R. said,
November 18, 2008 at 11:35 am
I am making my donation even though I have already paid for a copy on amazon…lol…and I have been begging for an advanced copy!
Anne Jackson said,
November 18, 2008 at 11:42 am
Bo, go right ahead! I will just need to know!
Brad, how many?
Bo Lane said,
November 18, 2008 at 11:45 am
I’m a sucker for anything that’s free. Call me cheap. I’m ok with that.
David Billman said,
November 18, 2008 at 11:54 am
Okay I really believe in the Soles4Souls program in fact it is something I want my church to do. So today I donated 40 pairs of shoes. I hope others will outdo me and up the anty…so to speak.
EW said,
November 18, 2008 at 11:59 am
Awesome stuff.
20 shoes donated.
KO said,
November 18, 2008 at 12:45 pm
So, I won’t win the highest bidder award, but you’ve gotta love this. I told my son I wanted to share something with him and give him an opportunity to help other children with money from his piggy bank. I showed him Rafael’s story and asked him if he would like to help children like him and give $5 for two pairs of shoes for Rafael. My son, who is five, said, “But can I give $10 so that his brothers and sisters get shoes too?”
It’s very convicting to be outgiven by your five year old.
Bradley R. said,
November 18, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Anne, I cannot tell on here…people will outbid me…lol
Bradley R. said,
November 18, 2008 at 3:14 pm
We will just say I am the highest bidder on your blog so far
Bradley R. said,
November 18, 2008 at 3:16 pm
If it is a requirement for me to tell, I guess I will, just let me know. Sorry, I could have made this all in one comment instead of three.
Anne Jackson said,
November 18, 2008 at 3:23 pm
You can email me anne@flowerdust.net if you’d like to keep it private. I’ll need the official email from S4S if you do end up winning. :)
Phil Thompson said,
November 18, 2008 at 5:06 pm
How about an autograph full length poster of you holding the book instead?
anne jackson said,
November 18, 2008 at 5:51 pm
haha….um, no,
Jan Owen said,
November 18, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Anne, tonight I bought (and our church paid for) 28 more pairs of shoes - one pair in honor of each ministry head, staff member and management team couple. We’ll be letting them know that in Dec.
I had already bought 8 pairs!
I will buy more next pay day - in honor of my kids.
Jeff said,
November 18, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Anne,
Thanks for promoting this and offering a prize to entice others to join in. I’ve been putting it up on my Facebook status and Twitter posts to help spread the word as well. We know we won’t win the prize, but our kids are excited to helping others and that is prize enough. This has been a great teachable moment.
Jenna said,
November 18, 2008 at 11:00 pm
You’re welcome for the link love!
anne jackson said,
November 19, 2008 at 8:15 am
thanks everyone for so generously donating! the winning donation was for 100 pairs of shoes from anonymous. but you guys blow my mind! thank you!
Bradley R. said,
November 19, 2008 at 11:27 am
I guess I will wait for my copy from Amazon…lol. Thanks for the offer Anne.
Bo Lane said,
November 19, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I totally misread your post and thought that it was 6pm. Oh well.