Helping Haiti!

Congratulations to Groupon subscribers for donating over six thousand dollars to Haitian disaster relief! However, late last week, official tax documents were released that reveal questionable accounting practices on behalf of Yele.org and its founders (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2010/0114102wyclef1.html). To avoid controversy and ensure that every penny donated goes directly to the struggling people of Haiti, we have decided to redirect our charity efforts towards The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (http://www.clintonbushhaitifund.org/). This fund was established by President Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush to help support immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts in Haiti. All funds pledged through The Point towards, “Helping Haiti!” will be donated directly to Doctors Without Borders. If you would rather withdraw your donation, simply log in to The Point and edit your pledge to $0 (http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/campaign-0-61). We’ll leave the donation page open for a couple more days to give you all a chance to decide. Thank you again for your incredible generosity in this time of great need.

Sincerely,
Groupon

Our campaign objective (“Groupon is raising money for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti!”) has been met! Thanks for your pledge – your credit card will be charged in the next few days.

First of all, thank you all so much for helping Groupon raise money for Haiti! I am absolutely floored by the response from everyone.

I wanted to let everyone know that we are going to be running the campaign through the weekend and I will “declare it a success” on Monday. Once I do this, everyone’s donations will be processed and the money will be sent to Yele.

I really cannot thank all of you enough. Your generosity is going to save lives and get Haiti the help they so desperately need right now.

-Katie from Groupon