Here’s a great opportunity for readers of my blog to give to earthquake relief without it costing them a dime. My book publisher has agreed to make a donation of up to $1US  to the Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake Relief for each person who joins this blog over the next month.  I have nearly 6,000 Twitter Followers and 1600 Facebook friends who can make this a pretty hefty donation. It costs you nothing but a moment of your time to help give a free financial donation to Haiti.

If you are on Facebook, all you need to do is click the new “Follow this Blog” button in the “Networked Blog” window right within Facebook. It’s that easy. Once you do, your name will register as a follower and that will count towards a donation.  The more people who follow, the greater the donation, so please pass this along to friends, family and others.

If you are not in Facebook (or prefer not to follow Via Facebook), all you have to do is visit the blog directly (you should be there now–if not, the address is trlocke.com)  and either click on the “Follow T.R. Locke by Email”  or the “Subscribe to the RSS Feed” link at the top of any page. Once you do, follow the simple directions to enter your email address. A verification email will be sent to your email. After you verify, a donation will be made for your signing up. If you chose to use the The “Follow This Blog” button in the Networked Blog window at the bottom of any page, it will require you to sign into Facebook to follow.

I know many already subscribe to the blog via RSS. A donation will be made for those as well so there’s no need to unsubscribe and resubscribe.

What happens when you follow the blog? You will be notified whenever a new post is made.  If you subscribe by email, an email will be sent to you. If you subscribe via Networked Blogs–a post will pop up on your home page just  like your friend feeds now. If you subscribe via RSS, your RSS reader will receive new posts whenever one is made. That’s it. I try to post at least once a week.

If enough people follow the blog, a generous donation will be made and it will cost you nothing.

Of course, many of us, including myself and family have already donated money towards the horrible tragedy in Haiti. By taking advantage of this offer, those who have already contributed will be contributing more and those who were unable to contribute previously can do so now. And just so you know, your information will not be sold, nor will this open you up to solicitation by any group. I also do not earn any money from this offer in any way.

I ask you to please spread the word–post on your wall, Retweet, Email, etc, to help others also take advantage of this offer. And whether you chose to participate in this offer or not, please remember to help with the Haiti earthquake disaster relief any way you can.

Thank you,

TRL