OzBargain 2018 Christmas Donations - $31,722 to Charities of Your Choice

scotty on 11/12/2018 - 18:56
Last edited 18/12/2018 - 21:53 by 1 other user

Updates

  • 13 Dec 10AM: We now have 50 charities in the poll, and will not take any more suggestions.

  • 18 Dec 10PM: We have 672 unique commenters, and a total of $31,722 will be donated to the following 6 charities (at $5,287 each)

    • beyondblue
    • Cancer Council
    • RSPCA Australia
    • R U OK?
    • Alzheimer's Australia
    • Fred Hollows Foundation

It's that time of the year where we get to do our biannually charity donations, where you, the community members, suggest and vote for the top 5 charities to receive a total of $25,000, donated by OzBargain. Moreover, for every unique commenter in this thread, we will be donating an extra $10!

Similar to last year:

  1. Check whether your favourite charity has already been suggested (they should be alphabetically sorted under Poll Options). If it has, vote it up! Otherwise you can suggest it by posting a top-level comment (i.e. not replying existing comments)

    Suggest a poll option

    If you are suggesting a charity, please provide a link & 1 or 2 sentence telling us what the charity does. It would greatly help other OzBargainers making decisions.

  2. Even if your preferred charity has been suggested, leave a comment and let us know! Remember every unique commenter on this thread will add an extra $10 to the donation.

  3. The poll will run for 7 days. After the poll expires, votes will be revealed and the top 5 charities will be sharing the pool of donation of AUD $25,000 + $10 x number of unique commenters. For example if 500 OzBargainers commented in this thread, we'll donate $30,000 to the chosen charities at $5,000 each.

    I am also putting a cap of maximum 1,000 commenters (just in case), making the cap of the donation at $35,000. If we can reach that level the donation will be shared with top 7 charities from the poll (still at $5,000 each).

Which charity should I suggest?

  • It must be a registered charity eligible for DGR (deductible gift recipient). That would unfortunately make NPOs like Wikipedia & Sea Shepherd ineligible.

  • As we are OzBargain, it would be great if the charity is Australia based or benefits Australians.

  • There are many worthy charities. However as it's for Christmas this year, let's prioritise on charities working on social welfare.

  • I will also close the suggestion feature after we have reached 50 charities.

To get started, I have included top 10 most voted charities from last year's poll. Suggestion & commenting starts today (11 Dec) and will close at 12PM on Tuesday 18 Dec. I will then work out the total amount of donation we will send to the charities, and hopefully get all the donations made by Christmas 2018.

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Comments

  • Hogg on 13/12/2018 - 11:22
    +1

    Good on you Scotty and Ozbargain team for doing this. I am so glad to be part of such a caring community.

  • stig on 13/12/2018 - 11:23

    <3

  • UnciasDream on 13/12/2018 - 11:31

    Good work guys

  • tre180 on 13/12/2018 - 11:39

    \m/

  • Jimmy7 on 13/12/2018 - 11:58

    Merry Christmas to all

  • Giraffe on 13/12/2018 - 13:02

    Great job as always

  • chickemugget on 13/12/2018 - 13:08

    Great work Scotty and team!
    Merry Christmas~~

  • hithere2341 on 13/12/2018 - 13:11

    Great initiative guys!

  • BMO on 13/12/2018 - 13:25

    🎄

  • anzacpaul on 13/12/2018 - 13:32

    Great work once again

  • 76F on 13/12/2018 - 13:34
    +1

    +10 :)

  • Gorgeousmorgeous on 13/12/2018 - 14:06

    Happy Christmas :D

  • SkyHeron on 13/12/2018 - 14:09

    Thanks!!

  • adds02 on 13/12/2018 - 14:11
    +1

    +10

  • badarz on 13/12/2018 - 14:16

    Children's Hospital Foundation
    https://www.childrens.org.au/what-we-do/

  • oyster on 13/12/2018 - 14:20

    Thanks OzBargain

  • woodyroo on 13/12/2018 - 14:47

    Great job as always!

  • ihavecentsnotsense on 13/12/2018 - 14:50

    Wow, that’s a huge donation! Great job.

  • Crammed on 13/12/2018 - 15:05

    The only trouble is that I only get to vote once!! haha..

    Thanks OzBargain. :)

  • ahara on 13/12/2018 - 15:31

    Merry Christmas and happy new year.
    Wishes for lots of health and peace to everyone

  • iversonjack on 13/12/2018 - 15:33

    nice

  • QW3RTY on 13/12/2018 - 15:41

    Seen the great work the Starlight Foundation does for sick kids.
    Throw another $10 on the pile Scotty!

  • DoaAn on 13/12/2018 - 15:55

    Really awesome thing for Ozbargain to do.

  • ohsotight on 13/12/2018 - 16:08

    Fantastic work guys. Not many would do this.

  • fryandlaurie on 13/12/2018 - 16:12
    +1

    Great work as always team OzBargain! Happy holidays everyone!

  • madmo on 13/12/2018 - 16:29

    awesome

  • meharly on 13/12/2018 - 16:32
    +1

    good job + $10

  • izequel on 13/12/2018 - 16:33

    love your work scotty

  • Fobsessive on 13/12/2018 - 16:34
    +1

    Thanks Scotty and OzB! +10

  • kelea on 13/12/2018 - 16:37

    Thank you

  • rake on 13/12/2018 - 16:59

    Thank you for this initiative :)

  • gromit on 13/12/2018 - 17:00

    fantastic initiative! great work guys

  • hashtagbargain on 13/12/2018 - 17:01

    Go ozb!

  • lainey13 on 13/12/2018 - 17:22

    Is it just one vote each?

  • Belistic on 13/12/2018 - 17:24

    Thank you for the effort, where ever the money goes…

  • ozbargainy on 13/12/2018 - 17:25
    +1

    Thanks OzB community and happy holidays to all!

    • payton on 13/12/2018 - 21:16

      happy holidays!

  • Clear on 13/12/2018 - 18:11
    +1

    How did I miss this post? beyondblue always get my vote. I owe them a lot.

  • BuzzBuzzBuzz on 13/12/2018 - 19:30

    Extra $10. Great work OzB.

  • MrBlank on 13/12/2018 - 19:42
    +1

    +10

  • LMN on 13/12/2018 - 20:22

    Great work

  • Methodical on 13/12/2018 - 20:28

    Thanks Scotty! Generous as always :)

  • bohn on 13/12/2018 - 20:52

    ozb must be doing veryyyyyyy well.

    • payton on 13/12/2018 - 21:16

      cough the Eneloop trafficking mafia cough

  • byleth on 13/12/2018 - 21:05

    :)

  • bluedufflecoat on 13/12/2018 - 21:08
    +1

    One comment for $10

  • Jamtarts on 13/12/2018 - 21:09

    Good on ya Scotty

  • payton on 13/12/2018 - 21:14
    -1

    $10 for RSPCA please
    No pets shall ever suffer at the hands of humans

  • hm on 13/12/2018 - 21:15

    I'm in

  • [Deactivated] on 13/12/2018 - 21:23
    +1

    Great effort, $10 for me please.

  • freakatronic on 13/12/2018 - 21:23

    To share success is to win graciously. Thanks Scotty and Ozbargain team.

  • airball on 13/12/2018 - 21:29

    Voted!

  • Xc01567 on 13/12/2018 - 21:39

    Compassion Australia - lifting children out of poverty not just giving handouts.

  • PentoPa on 13/12/2018 - 21:44

    merry xmas :)

  • Berko613 on 13/12/2018 - 21:44

    Very generous. Thanks team.

  • calinya on 13/12/2018 - 21:46

    Awesome stuff OzBargain!

  • rzrz on 13/12/2018 - 21:53

    Thanks OzBargain!

  • sli on 13/12/2018 - 21:56

    Love the mercy ship charity. Friend is working on one currently! Good job guys

  • Hoborg on 13/12/2018 - 22:00

    Love your work, OzBargain.

  • nothommus on 13/12/2018 - 22:24
    +1

    Another $10. Merry Christmas everyone!

  • thetrain on 13/12/2018 - 22:29

    As always, fantastic Christmas spirit. Great work Scotty and the Ozbargain team!

  • ozoner on 13/12/2018 - 22:39

    Lifeline please.

  • zsuetam on 13/12/2018 - 22:49

    Comment 4 charity

  • Horrorendous on 13/12/2018 - 22:58

    Merry Christmas fellow OzBargainers. Thanks Scotty and the whole team at OzBargain.

  • whytd on 13/12/2018 - 23:07

    Hi :)

  • CanadaAye on 13/12/2018 - 23:13

    I'm batman.

  • [Deactivated] on 13/12/2018 - 23:18

    $10 to Alzheimers Australia

  • bleachy_dude on 13/12/2018 - 23:36

    Awesome ozbargain tradition!

  • aam on 13/12/2018 - 23:37

    Thank you once again Scotty & OzBargain! I would like to suggest https://www.pratham.org.au
    Their goal is to provide literary to every child, with a focus on India. They have done some amazing work so far!!

  • pe arl on 13/12/2018 - 23:49

    Kudos to the person who suggested the Soi Dog Foundation - the photos of the animals on their Twitter makes me tear up…

  • B-Rad on 14/12/2018 - 00:06

    +1

  • machej on 14/12/2018 - 00:07

    Thanks scotty

  • sparkles on 14/12/2018 - 00:43

    Ten dollarydoos! Thanks @scotty!

  • CodeXD on 14/12/2018 - 01:27

    Thanks! Love it

  • fratzhaus on 14/12/2018 - 01:48

    Unique

  • Omitsukasa on 14/12/2018 - 02:01

    Commenting for charity

  • kitwalker on 14/12/2018 - 03:49

    Merry Christmas

  • brainmydamage on 14/12/2018 - 06:29

    Nice one, Merry Xmas

  • bomertron on 14/12/2018 - 06:46

    amazing work,merry Christmas

  • catbug on 14/12/2018 - 07:35

    UNICEF

  • hammerbattalion on 14/12/2018 - 07:45

    Merry Christmas everyone

  • Ted Mosby on 14/12/2018 - 08:45

    Great stuff guys

  • kerr42 on 14/12/2018 - 09:02

    Nice stuff.

  • ace888 on 14/12/2018 - 09:38

    For good cause!

  • Cosmix on 14/12/2018 - 09:44
    +1

    Donate10!

  • kzu on 14/12/2018 - 09:52

    👌👌

  • fab boy on 14/12/2018 - 10:19

    Children's Hospital Foundation - https://www.childrens.org.au

    We're working wonders for sick kids
    When a child is sick or injured and admitted to hospital, we make sure someone is there when it’s needed most.<

    https://www.childrens.org.au/who-we-are/

    https://www.childrens.org.au/what-we-do/

  • t_c on 14/12/2018 - 11:29
    +1

    for ($x = 0; $x <= 100; $x++) {

    $rand = rand();

// create new ozbargain accounts with random number as username
$ozbargainAccounts = (object) [
    'username' => $rand,
    'password' => 1234,
];

// print unique comments from unique accounts
 echo 'Unique Commenter ' .$ozbargainAccounts->{'username'}. ' has just commented number ' .$x. '<br>';

    }

    • payton on 14/12/2018 - 12:23

      cha-ching

  • [Deactivated] on 14/12/2018 - 11:44
    -2

    If the site makes that much money, why do most bargains suck

  • UNO on 14/12/2018 - 13:22

    Love it!

  • midlake on 14/12/2018 - 13:48

    Boom

  • arkie0 on 14/12/2018 - 14:08

    Great work OzB

  • bluesky on 14/12/2018 - 14:15

    Worthy cause, OzBargain!
    Taking opportunity to wish fellow Ozbargainers Merry Christmas and a season of goodwill, charity, joy and cheer. And to thank the OzBargain team for maintaining a site we spend lots of time in – it is easy to take this for granted.

  • opfi on 14/12/2018 - 14:16

    Good work

  • MondaySleeper on 14/12/2018 - 14:20

    good job guys…. keep touching the heart while helping us to save (+10)

  • Rollingball on 14/12/2018 - 14:22

    Thank you!

  • gunners on 14/12/2018 - 14:28

    Thank you OzBargain

  • Shoppingisfun on 14/12/2018 - 14:36

    Merry Christmas Scotty and thank you :)

  • yaziyo on 14/12/2018 - 14:50

    Good stuff!

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