Comments on: Re-gifting with a vengeance http://ycorpblog.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:24:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ajith Sankar http://ycorpblog.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/comment-page-1/#comment-10078 Ajith Sankar Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:31:30 +0000 http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/#comment-10078 Good Wishes to the new gift initiative. And let such tribe increase in the world. I've been more or less a Google Fan when it comes to searches. While am not going to say now that i have shifted to Yahoo Search, i would like to say this: Thankyou for giving me an opportunity to use your search technology which helps hundreds of charities based in USA. I use a searchsite called www.goodsearch.com, a search engine that uses Yahoo search technology. And they've been doing some wonderful work. They wouldn't have been able to do that without you. Kudos, Yahoo! Good Wishes to the new gift initiative. And let such tribe increase in the world.

I’ve been more or less a Google Fan when it comes to searches. While am not going to say now that i have shifted to Yahoo Search, i would like to say this: Thankyou for giving me an opportunity to use your search technology which helps hundreds of charities based in USA.

I use a searchsite called http://www.goodsearch.com, a search engine that uses Yahoo search technology. And they’ve been doing some wonderful work. They wouldn’t have been able to do that without you.

Kudos, Yahoo!

]]> By: Brian Carpani http://ycorpblog.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/comment-page-1/#comment-9788 Brian Carpani Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:45:31 +0000 http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/#comment-9788 From a non-employee but avid Yahoo'r.. This is one of the greatest corporate gifts I have ever heard of. You all should be very proud of your founders. Keep up the great work (and community support)!!! From a non-employee but avid Yahoo’r.. This is one of the greatest corporate gifts I have ever heard of. You all should be very proud of your founders.

Keep up the great work (and community support)!!!

]]> By: Vicki Wootton http://ycorpblog.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/comment-page-1/#comment-9635 Vicki Wootton Sat, 23 Dec 2006 12:41:39 +0000 http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/#comment-9635 I applaud the founders of Yahoo for involving their employees in their generous giving. I believe that meeting the recipients face-to-face and showing them that you respect them is almost as important as the giving. I'd like to tell you about my favorite homeless person. Every morning when I walked to work in Vancouver, he would be sitting on the pavement outside MacDonald's with his back to the road, even in the rain. Everyone who walked past received a cheeerful "good morning!" and the day's weather forecast. He didn't have a radio or TV (his home was under the Granville Street Bridge); he forecast by studying the sky. One morning, I said "I'm sorry I haven't got any change today." He replied, "That's all right, don't worry. God bless you." Once he was missing for a few days, but he came back. I felt uncomfortable talking to him because I always seemed to be hovering over him where he sat on the ground, so one day I crouched down and had a brief conversation. He told me about how some thugs had attacked him at night under his bridge. They'd beaten him and stolen the small amount of cash he'd had on him, and he'd had to go to the hospital. There was a story about it in the local paper. That's when I decided to invite him for lunch. We went to a yuppy fast-food place in a nearby mall (not MacDonalds) and I heard more of his story, how he'd lost his job and ended up on the street. He was a nice man who managed to keep himself clean and neat-looking. He'd recently been offered a job as a counterman by friendly restaurant owner, but he needed a white shirt and some pants for work. This restauranteur often gave my friend a discount meal after the rush-hour traffic was over. I gave him a few dollars to help buy his uniform and said goodbye. I never saw him again outside MacDonalds, but I like to imagine him living in a warm room somewhere, and exchanging a few cheerful words with the customers at his new workplace every day. I applaud the founders of Yahoo for involving their employees in their generous giving.
I believe that meeting the recipients face-to-face and showing them that you respect them is almost as important as the giving.
I’d like to tell you about my favorite homeless person. Every morning when I walked to work in Vancouver, he would be sitting on the pavement outside MacDonald’s with his back to the road, even in the rain. Everyone who walked past received a cheeerful “good morning!” and the day’s weather forecast. He didn’t have a radio or TV (his home was under the Granville Street Bridge); he forecast by studying the sky. One morning, I said “I’m sorry I haven’t got any change today.” He replied, “That’s all right, don’t worry. God bless you.”
Once he was missing for a few days, but he came back. I felt uncomfortable talking to him because I always seemed to be hovering over him where he sat on the ground, so one day I crouched down and had a brief conversation. He told me about how some thugs had attacked him at night under his bridge. They’d beaten him and stolen the small amount of cash he’d had on him, and he’d had to go to the hospital. There was a story about it in the local paper.
That’s when I decided to invite him for lunch. We went to a yuppy fast-food place in a nearby mall (not MacDonalds) and I heard more of his story, how he’d lost his job and ended up on the street. He was a nice man who managed to keep himself clean and neat-looking. He’d recently been offered a job as a counterman by friendly restaurant owner, but he needed a white shirt and some pants for work. This restauranteur often gave my friend a discount meal after the rush-hour traffic was over. I gave him a few dollars to help buy his uniform and said goodbye. I never saw him again outside MacDonalds, but I like to imagine him living in a warm room somewhere, and exchanging a few cheerful words with the customers at his new workplace every day.

]]> By: alan http://ycorpblog.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/comment-page-1/#comment-9389 alan Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:34:09 +0000 http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/#comment-9389 Jerry & David's annual gift was one of the things I loved most about working at Yahoo!. I started in 97 and left in '02 and in that time it grew from a few boxes of gifts to a mammoth international undertaking involving complex supply chain issues, international customs issues, and worse. Yet Jerry and Filo persevered because their relationship with people mattered. This xmas the family and I are skiing in Canada and I'll be proudly wearing both my Yahoo! fleece tops while I'm there - I think those things will last forever. When I wear them, I remember all the good times I had working at the Y. This year I've contributed US$100 via Oxfam online in memory of the good times and good people I remember from my days wearing the purple and yellow. Keep up the good giving, Filo & Jerry! - alan Jerry & David’s annual gift was one of the things I loved most about working at Yahoo!. I started in 97 and left in ‘02 and in that time it grew from a few boxes of gifts to a mammoth international undertaking involving complex supply chain issues, international customs issues, and worse. Yet Jerry and Filo persevered because their relationship with people mattered.

This xmas the family and I are skiing in Canada and I’ll be proudly wearing both my Yahoo! fleece tops while I’m there – I think those things will last forever. When I wear them, I remember all the good times I had working at the Y.

This year I’ve contributed US$100 via Oxfam online in memory of the good times and good people I remember from my days wearing the purple and yellow.

Keep up the good giving, Filo & Jerry!

- alan

]]> By: Charlie http://ycorpblog.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/comment-page-1/#comment-9332 Charlie Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:01:34 +0000 http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/#comment-9332 That's a wonderful project. Kudos to Yahoo!for giving to the needy and allowing their people to be involved. Our church did something like this. One week instead of taking up an offering, we gave everyone in the congregation $10 cash (about 3,000 people). Our job was to use it to help someone in need and report back on the stories. People were helped all over the world (one man used it to buy stamps and sent letters to friends who donated money to buy Bibles for people in Russia)... one man gave it to a person at his work who needed a new refrigerator ... another person bought a homeless person lunch with it and sat down and visited with him (much more valuable than the lunch, I'm sure). You get the picture. This is a great project which could be adopted by companies, churches, school groups, Boy/Girl Scouts, etc. It not only provides funds for people in need, but it involves people and makes us think about how valuable $10 is...and how we can help others...and sometimes it results in real relationships. God bless you all at this loving time of That’s a wonderful project. Kudos to Yahoo!for giving to the needy and allowing their people to be involved.

Our church did something like this. One week instead of taking up an offering, we gave everyone in the congregation $10 cash (about 3,000 people). Our job was to use it to help someone in need and report back on the stories. People were helped all over the world (one man used it to buy stamps and sent letters to friends who donated money to buy Bibles for people in Russia)… one man gave it to a person at his work who needed a new refrigerator … another person bought a homeless person lunch with it and sat down and visited with him (much more valuable than the lunch, I’m sure).

You get the picture. This is a great project which could be adopted by companies, churches, school groups, Boy/Girl Scouts, etc. It not only provides funds for people in need, but it involves people and makes us think about how valuable $10 is…and how we can help others…and sometimes it results in real relationships.

God bless you all at this loving time of

]]> By: Mo Kakwan http://ycorpblog.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/comment-page-1/#comment-9275 Mo Kakwan Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:31:59 +0000 http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/#comment-9275 I love the Yahoo vibe. Good people. Good products. Merry Christmas Yahoo! I love the Yahoo vibe. Good people. Good products. Merry Christmas Yahoo!

]]> By: Todd http://ycorpblog.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/comment-page-1/#comment-9218 Todd Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:36:32 +0000 http://yodel.yahoo.com/2006/12/19/re-gifting-with-a-vengeance/#comment-9218 Over $1.1 million to charity soooo beats 11,000 new jackets. I gave my $100 to Greenpeace. More companies should do this. Wal-Mart should do this. Over $1.1 million to charity soooo beats 11,000 new jackets. I gave my $100 to Greenpeace. More companies should do this.

Wal-Mart should do this.

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