Goggle Advertising & Carcinoid Foundations and Hope Lodge- please read!

For those that read my blog, you will note I have left a space for some links on advertising. This is a feature which goggle blog has and its a wonderful tool. Not only are the advertising links informative, they are a great way to raise money, and for the reader to help in doing so.

As I have written, all the money which will be collected will go to carcinoid/cancer foundations, charities, etc. When I started this, I thought I would be able to raise money fairly easily.....NOT.
It does take a lot of clicks to earn the minimum $100 before Goggle sends a check.
I started ADSENSE in 2008, I think around Nov or earlier. Total earnings to date are $91.58, so I am close to the magic $100. My goal, if I can muster and taking a wonderful idea from a friend with NET also, is with my limited income, I will find a way to double the amount, and contribute to the following:

• Carcinoid Foundation
  
• Caring For Carcinoid Foundation
  
• Bad Berka Research Center
  
• Kenner Clinic Research Center
  
• ACOR
  
• The Patrick F. Taylor Hope Lodge
  

This HOPE LODGE HOTEL LOCATED in New Orleans, which takes in cancer patients and their family FOR FREE.

Its a wonderful hotel and I stayed there for 2 days when I went to Kenner Clinic. It is one of the items where you can see your tax and charity dollars going to something you can touch, feel and see and its great!.
When I was there, there were families with children with shaved heads, chemo ports, that had operations or radiation for brain tumors. The children were less than 10 years old and were playing on the lobby TV video games. The place is "something else"!
It does help so much, not only as a place to stay, after spending the money to fly to the clinic, auto rental or taxi, food, etc, and then having to stay in a hotel, it becomes a very expensive medical trip. The hotel, which looks like a Marriot Courtyard, is geared for cancer patients. So it has a kitchen in the lobby to store food, ovens to cook like home and frigs,. etc.
The nearest thing I can compare to in the USA, which I stayed in is the hotel/bed and breakfast outside the hospital in UWisconsin @ Omaha- 2 blocks. That was more like a bed and breakfast, and there was a daily cost on this (but is was only $25 a day w/tax included!) which included free breakfast and dinner! and a great house host, who used to be a chef...so be prepared for some fabulous dinners, and cookies and night!!!

I will post it when I remember the name of the place (or if someone can write me or post it I would appreciate it.)

In any event, if you would like to contribute to the New Orleans cancer patient hotel, send your contribution to:
The Patrick F. Taylor Hope Lodge
2609 River Road
New Orleans La 70121

Its a tax deductiable donation which you can get more information: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/subsite/hopelodge/LA_NewOrleans/pt_index.asp

Btw, there are Hope Lodges all over the US. You have to go to the Cancer Society link to find them:
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/subsite/hopelodge/

I believe all offer the same package- free stay for cancer patients and their family. They are supported by THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY and CONTRIBUTIONS FROM US.

Take it from a client, and in seeing others, ITS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR--A CARING AND LOVING PLACE, TO HELP THOSE IN TIME OF NEED THE MOST. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY NEEDS AND OTHER FOUNDATIONS AND CHARITIES WHICH NEED OUR MONEY, BUT A CONTRIBUTION, ANY AMOUNT, HELPS! YOU MAY NEED THEM ONE DAY.

Total Advertising Earnings
A friend asked recently asked me if "I would earn anything from them going to the links" on the site? I told him YES, please. At the bottom of this blog, are "total earnings to date" - remember, one needs to click on to the site for it to accumulate earnings. And they do not remit the earnings until one reaches $100.

Its been much more difficult than I thought.......! I think I would have earned more in prison...but every bit counts and I appreciate your time and effort on this.
Also, to be clear, "OPIATE INDUCED CONSTIPATION" which I wrote about on my site, is not a very popular! Now, if I my blog was about "Angelina and Brad adopt another child, this one from Paraguey", or "Fishing made easy with dynamite" or finally, what I think will be a winner "Bowling alleys with strippers"!
I think I would get more readers, and very interesting ads (there is a button when setting up "ad sense" function which reads "adult content, YES OR NO", I pressed NO! carajo)

But, I am writing for an exclusive, brave and wonderful audience which we share a common purpose and goal and I am documenting what I am learning for the purposes of others...either walk down my path or stay away from it. And I would' not trade that for all the "stripper poles made easy" blog stories and ads...although ...hhhmmm...... this "bowling alleys with topless dancers" now that may be an idea, no?!?!?!?!

There are actually some very good ads.....clinical studies, tumor research and procedures; one I saw today "GO TO CUBA"! which is on my "top 20 things to do before the "tumors kill me list", to visit Cuba, see my relatives in that beautiful house which Carlos Eire wrote and I about posted the story on: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Waiting for snow in Havana, Confessions of a Cuban boy" by Carlos Eire- one chapter is about our family, my Mother KIKA and meeting FIDEL CASTRO!
Don't click on link, it will take you to Amazon.com for the book. Read the blog entry if interested, it has the chapter of my family and the house, which my aunt and cousin still live in today. If you like it, you can buy the book fairly inexpensively at Amazon (I bought 2 of them for less than $10 each).

Finally, if health permits, this Thanksgiving I plan to do another "Turkey day walk" for a Cancer Foundation. Last year I raised over $2800 for CFCF with the kind contributions of friends and my readers. It felt great! I will look for your help again in Oct/Nov 2009....!

Earnings
AdSense for Content top channels 14,350 187 1.30% $6.38 $91.59
renalcarcinoid. blogspot. com 6,151 64 1.04% $8.15 $50.11

Total Earnings $91.59---> $100 for remittance. Once I receive the payment I will make the contributions x2 ($200) and post it on the blog!
"One small step" thing I guess.

Also, please, if interested in contributing to any of the foundations or charities I have listed, I have links on the blog which take you to their site and inform you on how to contribute, or you can write me @ smm2367@gmail.com for information on how to make a tax deductible contribution.

I would appreciate your generosity! I post on this blog, spend a lot of time, for YOU & others as information to help you along the way. I also do this with a goal to raise money for carcinoid.
So if you have benefited from my information, the pictures (and even pictures of my FEET (which I received a lot of "flak" for posting but thought it was very important)), please consider a contribution to fight this disease.
It would really make the blog efforts more effective, knowing its made an impact, on not only your health and choices, but that its affected you enough to make a contribution, even its if just $5 or $10. Anything helps, anything!!!!!
I know its a tough time with the economy, however, think about it, you're not me, so life should be a piece of cake :)

Happy 4th of July...!

My spine hurts dammit.