Yahoo One-Click Breast Cancer Donations
Netlore Archive: For a limited time each year, the Yahoo Health Web site donates funds to breast cancer research based on visitor counts
Description: Email flier
Status: True (for a limited time)
Circulating since: Oct. 2000
Analysis: See below
Email example contributed by B. Dashman, 26 Oct. 2000:
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Subject: One click donates $1 - It Only Takes A Moment Another good one!! In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yahoo is donating $1 for every click on the pink ribbon at this site. It's on the left side in the margin. Please pass this on to your friends and family. Every dollar counts. |
Email example contributed by H. Schenning, 25 Oct. 2000:
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Subject: Fw: URGENT -- Tuesday, October 24th On Tuesday, October 24, the NFL is sponsoring Breast Cancer Awareness Day. On that day (and that day only) every time a user logs onto NFL.com and visits the "NFL for Her" page, the NFL will donate $5 directly to the Susan G. Komen Foundation (up to $50,000). That's five dollars for EACH and EVERY user that logs onto the website on Tuesday, Oct. 24. And all you have to do is log on. There is no further action required. If you want to really make a difference, you can foward this message on to everyone in your e-mail address book! This is a wonderful opportunity to join in the fight against breast cancer and make a very real difference with just a tiny amount of effort. The link is: http://www.nfl.com/nflforher/komen/index.html. |
Comments: The information in both of the email specimens above was accurate at the time they first circulated (2000).
Yahoo Health still offers one-click donation pages each year during October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (check their home page for details).
The Breast Cancer Site offers one-click donations contributing free mammograms to underprivileged women on an ongoing basis.
