I just got messages on facebook from Megan and Christine about this! I wish I had been checking the board latley! I've got a bunch of last minute reviews coming in now thanks to facebook!

Amy, Thank you!!!!!

Your mom would be very proud.

No no, not devious, but remember part of our brain did actually get irradiated. This is my story and I am sticking to it. I wonder if this could be used later on.....

You are of course right; still 176 (+/- a few) is not that great.

M

Okay, even though it is now August here in Eastern Standard Time, the polls are still open for two and a half hours more since the contest runs on Pacific Standard Time. so you night owls (EST) or evening posters (PST), please vote now. Oh yeah, Mountain and Central Time zone votes are welcome too
We are tied for last place in our category - Guests who are not registered are welcome to vote. Heck, even the "spiders" are invited ;)Just click here: Midnight votes
Charm

It's like election night jitters. Only THIRTY MINUTES LEFT
current scores: we are now SECOND by a thread. Keep voting.
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WESPARK CANCER SUPPORT CENTER
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IT'S OVER BUT THE SHOUTING (HENCE THE CAPS) OCF PLACED SECOND FOR BEST OF THE WEST. YET WITH 188 VOTES WE HAVE MORE VOTES THAN ANY OF ALL THE OTHER GROUPS IN THE OTHER FIVE AREAS OF THE COUNTRY. Okay, normal tone: Thanks to all who helped.
You will note that my wife entered the last and final vote for OCF under her screen name of Zinniabee. Family effort.
Charm

You can quit voting now. while two people posted reviews after my wife's last valid vote for the contest review, they are clearly dated August 1, 2009 so they do not count according to the rules. thanks for the thought though.
I see the Great non profit site though has an automatic counter and lists the 190 but I think that won't matter anymore than their typo having July 30 as the cut off that Rosie noticed. Somewhat sobering that we could only muster 3% of our members to vote, while 97% chose not to participate. Do we really have only about 200 active members? That would explain a lot of the fund raising issues,
charm

I believe this was quite a success.
Many members who have not visited for quite some time have been reminded of how much this site meant to them.

Members urged family and friends to vote. Those people have now heard about oral cancer for the first time or been reminded of it because of the request.

Competitors for the prize could not help but learn about Oral Cancer as they were tracking their counts.

Members who assisted those who would have liked to vote, but could not, likely gained additional perspective by putting into words what another might wish to say.

This was a great way to get the word out. It did not cost a lot of money.

I don't see this as a failure with a 3% participation rate.
I see the glass half full with who knows how many people newly exposed to the phrase "Oral Cancer Foundation"

I did not do very much. However, I contacted a few relatives, our dentist and one co-worker, who in turn contacted a couple dozen others. My lazy attempt resulted in a net exposure of likely 3 dozen or more people that now have heard of "Oral Cancer" in the last couple of days.

Now it is time for me to make a donation. I have been selfish and not participated in comparison to how I was on the recieving end of OCF.

Ginny

I got an email or I wouldn't have known. I think you did good. keep up the good work.

Ginny,

I was working on a post saying pretty much the exact opposite of yours - how 3% was dismal, especially since many in that 3% weren't even OCF users.

But I like your post better. Glass half full is always better than half empty. I will just add "ditto" to yours!

rosie