Proof possitive there is such a thing as good karma

As a part of Crowdtap you earn points towards gift cards & charity donations.  In 2012 I used some of my points to donate towards Autism Speaks & The American Red Cross.  And then in August I found they supported TWLOHA (To Write Love On Her Arms).  Since changing my main charity to TWLOHA I ended up donating  70,000 pts ($35 donation) to them. 

I will continue to support TWLOHA as my main charity this year as well.  That does not mean I will not donate to another charity when the desire or need see's fit but TWLOHA is where my heart currently lies.  

I am donating ALL the points I earn for Crowdtap this month to TWLOHA.  I am doing this in honor of my dear friend, Nathan Wert, who forgot depression lies and took his own life a year ago this month.  

Normally, I'd have gone the selfish route, being my birthday month and all, and donated all the points to myself and to buying myself something nice from Amazon.  I'm sure had I gone this route I wouldn't have passed the mile markers I have or completed all the goals I have completed this month already.

I cleaned out my Crowdtap points January 2nd, donated them all to TWLOHA, and counted all the points I had then towards my 2012 count of what was donated to TWLOHA.  It was too hard to decipher what was earned in what year so I just grouped it all together and started 2013 after that.  To make it easier and to take away the temptation of turning all my lovely points into an Amazon Gift Card I have been donating my points the moment I can, which is at 10,000 points ($5 donation).

Since that January 2nd donation I have donated another 60,000 points ($30 donation).  I've basically been able to donate twice a week.  And it's only the 15th, which means the month is only half over and I've donate almost the same amount, IN HALF A MONTH, that I did in over 4 months last year.  That is insane!   I can't wait until the end of the month when I can update on the full amount I've been able to donate.

In 2012 I used 250,000 points total.  160,000 pts ($90) went to  Amazon Gift Cards.  20,000 pts went to other charities ($5 Autism Speaks & $5 American Red Cross).  And the 70,000 pts ($35 donation) that went to TWLOHA.  


To donate directly to TWLOHA:
https://www.stayclassy.org/checkout/donation?pid=8520&cid=7304

To join Crowdtap: http://bit.ly/gSdxF0


ETA: This post was supposed to post on the 15th but for some reason it didn't (operator error... most probably) .