Quarters for the Cause

This is formatted to be an email, but who believes chain mail? So it's in my blog instead:

Subject: Quarters for the Cause
Hi, I wanted you to take a quick look at a new fundraising idea for the benefit of the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. As you may have heard, the Red Cross, and many other charitable organizations, are struggling after the terrible hurricane season put a huge strain on their resources.
There is a new idea just getting started that is focused on getting kids involved in the fundraising process. With their help, we can raise over $7 million every single day…one quarter at a time!
Here's how it works:
The US Mint now prints individual states on the backs of quarters. There are over 2.8 billion quarters in circulation from the Gulf States that have been affected by the hurricanes (Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas). If we were able to get just 1% of those quarters donated, it would mean $7 million in additional funds.
But, here's the twist...once these quarters are donated they will be spent and put right back into circulation. So, if this concept were to catch on, $7 million would be donated EVERY SINGLE DAY. That’s over $2.6 billion a year.
So, how do you donate your Gulf State quarters? It's easy...the Red Cross has teamed up with Coinstar to make donating change simple. Just go to http://www.coinstar.com, find the nearest location (there are over 40,000 collection machines nationwide), deposit your quarters and designate the funds for the Red Cross.
The key is that this program makes giving fun and can teach kids to make small sacrifices for the benefit of others. Sit down with your kids this weekend and go through their change with them, looking for Gulf State quarters, they’ll be excited when they find one.
You can get more information by visiting http://www.glennbeck.com/news/11032005.shtml and we urge you to send this email along to everyone you know so that we can get the ball rolling. With your help, this idea will take off, ensuring that this country will never again have to worry about the financial side of a tragedy.
P.S. - This idea was created and started by a man who wishes to remain completely anonymous. He hopes that the slogan, "Good ideas succeed if no one cares who takes credit for them." is absolutely true and he's counting on the good in all of us to prove him right.