[Charice sings "Smile" in new Operation Smile video, just added.]
It was sooo exciting in the Chatbox last night as Chasters rallied to come from behind to win the 3rd and final #CharityTuesday for yet another $1,000 bonus to be awarded to Operation Smile.
Congratulations especially to BlueBird for contributing the bulk of the $880 needed to overtake the all-day leader (now second place finisher) in the last photo-finish 30 minutes of the contest. Chasters cheered each other on and put their money where their mouth is by rallying to raise the funds needed and win it! I’m so proud to be a Chaster right now, it’s truly amazing to have witnessed it, not to mention heart-stopping, suspenseful, and oh so exciting.
At 11:30pm, Operation Smile was in second place with $2,280 raised versus the leader at $2,750. Some of us had already thrown in the towel, ready to take the second place prize. But BlueBird rallied Chasters in the chatbox to raise $880 at literally the eleventh hour, contributing $500 of her own money, and winning it for Charice and Operation Smile!
For the third consecutive week, our dedicated, loyal Chasters community came together in a tremendous show of support for Charice in her role as International Youth Ambassador for Operation Smile. Did I say, IT WAS AMAZING! Huge, heartfelt, and deserving THANK YOU’S and APPRECIATION go especially to the gal of the moment, BlueBird, and also to mecela, bosio, noellen, arch, eddie, ozzie, marcus, anonymous chasters and lurkers who donated, and those who cheered on and offered words of encouragement in the chatbox.
Their effort not only won the #CharityTuesday contest for the third straight week, but also achieved and surpassed the $5,000 fundraising goal. Charice’s fruitcake now has total donations of $5,240 thanks to all of you PLUS an additional $1,000 which Charice has contributed personally to CM and CDiva fruitcakes for the benefit of Operation Smile.
We are on our way to winning $20,000 for Operation Smile, with two days remaining for the contest. So keep on truckin’ – please continue to donate and regift the fruitcake!
>>> CLICK HERE for Charice’s Fruitcake
Here are some excerpts from the Chatbox about midnight last night and the final results of the #CharityTuesday contest for Tuesday, Dec 29, 2009.
29 Dec 09, 23:52 bosio: hep hep hurray… |
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| 29 Dec 09, 23:52irmsmith_04: CHEERS FOR BLUEBIRD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 Dec 09, 23:51charitian: cheers for blue bird |
29 Dec 09, 23:50
NOELLEN: guys,,, congratulations
| 29 Dec 09, 23:48miyi: this is better than a pacman fight |
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Cant believe i missed the rally
Chasters ROCK!!!
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You guys are the best!
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I was at work so I missed ALL the fun in the chatroom! But you guys ROCK!!!
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Chasters have tremendous power and certainly more that I even understood before, and again this was shown for the last 24 hours.
I was not able to copy the whole chat thread to share with you, but I give special thanks to Bluebird- I know you did this for your sister,; Marcus- nah, I know its my fault that your wallet is empty,, heheh; to grumpq, angel, eddie, camo, justin, irmsmith, bosio, tamasia or jamasia?, ozzie, paul, and to all donors who felt the pressure for the last minutes,. Thank you also to all chasters who motivated our donors, like sandy and others. Hugs to every one.
Yeah, it was tough yesterday, but I never lost hope, frustration drove me crazy, and yet very happy at the end.
We can continue our progress as chasters by supporting her next single PYRAMID to be released on January. If you got twitter and its not late to make one, please join us in promoting Pyramid by simply using #Charice as hash tag in every twit and make it as a trending topic, Pleaseeeeeeee,,,, heheh,.. I suggest too, maybe we can use twitter as our temporary chat box on January 1 for 2 hours., What you think guys?.
“thinks Operation Smile is an awesome cause to donate to and support! My youngest sister had surgery for cleft palate 3 years ago
” by BLUEBIRD
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WOW! you guys rock! cheers to Operation Smile, Charice, Bluebird & others who donated & all who made an effort for the charity tuesday!
Hihi, I’m tearing as I read the chat history. Sorry I wasn’t able to cheer you all in the chatbox, seems my IP Address is banned =( dont know why, but I am always lurking here so I also felt the panic,excitement & joy. =)
Congrats to all!
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oh no, must be an error, banning you, cuz the chatbox is in motion while clicking to ban someone; maybe yours got pressed by accident. Please e-mail admin@charicemania.com to request “unbanning” …so sorry. Glad you could peek in the chat though. Next time you’ll be able to join in the fun! heh heh
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Thanks eve, it’s okay though, hehe, I’m more of a lurker than a chatter. It doesn’t lessen the fun in anyway.=) I can still log-in in the ET room & write comments here so I’m good.
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ahh, a lurker as we affectionately call you. Please come join us in the chatbox, all are welcome. It is nice to get to know the new people, who really are not so “new” afer all! Chasters are very friendly and will get to know each other in no time.
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I tweeted around 11:25pm, we were $470 short were it stood at $2280.
The final tally was $3160.
Way to go guys! Big thanks to Bluebird!
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I corrected the article, thanks grumpq. Absolutely amazing, it was like winning the World Series in the chatbox, very exciting WIN for Charice & Operation Smile… My hat is off to BlueBird and the chasters.
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this will bring Happy happy happy NEW smiles to a lot of children!!!
Wishing BB, ALL chasters the very best in the new year,
KV
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Congratulations Charice for this achievement! You are so well-loved!
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Super job, Charice should be proud of her Chasters.
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GO CHASTERS, GO CHARICE!!! GO BLUEBIRD!!
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