Keep up the good work!

I will send a private email to get your details, as yes “Chalkboard Charity” is exactly the type of project I would like to support. Not to concerned about the hit rate you mentioned.

Hope this helps…

Saludos,
Lee

I am one of “those people.” You mention “charity,” Not sure what type of project you might be looking for, however, one thing I do with some of my “Georges” (well, more accurately “Hamiltons”, “Jacksons” & “Grants”) is buy “School Room Supplies” (like maps, and educational posters) for schools in the Andes and their foothills. With few exceptions I dont buy things for individual pupils.

Thi trick is, to actually buy the supplies IN the local pueblo, though it often costs more than it would here in Lima. However that starts more money circulating THERE in the town. (we have 72,000 “towns” of less than 150 people, in these communities we have concentrated poverty as you can imagine).

Alas, down here in South America not surprisingly, not a lot of my EMS (“Enter-Mark-Spend”) bills get hits (lets say 4 out of my 1225 bills, a near record holder for failure) so I have to amuse myself with other parts of WG. As you build up your bills entered and wait for hits, maybe you would find the section of the www page called “Georges Top 10″ interesting, as there you can at least see what is happening to OTHER peoples bills, such as the “most hit” bills, and my personal favorite “International Hits” for each day.

Do let me know if you want to get in on chalkboard charity…

Saludos,

GRINCHOLO
Lima, Peru

Thanks for your response! You were right on all fronts, as per the email I received from Hank Eskin, owner of WheresGeorge.com, a few minutes after your comment. :>) I have already blurred the serial numbers and will be heading over to the forum to check out the charity section. Congrats again on raising money for Breast Cancer by adding a ribbon on the bills. I hope people will set their skepticism aside and help out such a good cause.

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Here is Hank Eskin’s email to me today:

Hello Lee,

Just for your information, WG is owned and entirely operated by one person — me. And I am quite active in keeping the site running, but haven’t had time to update the blogs or news pages.

I would ask of you one request — can you please mask or blur the serial numbers on your blog entry, so other people who do not have the bill attempt to enter it, causing invalid tracking entries. There are two serial numbers on the bill itself, and again on the screen shot of the entry form.

thanks,
-Hank Eskin

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No problem Hank… all done!

I’m sorry the bill you found doesn’t have a lot of history. Most people who get our marked bills don’t notice the markings or are a little skeptical of the website and so the hit rates (how many times a bill gets entered) are pretty low. About 15-20% of my bills get re-entered one time. Even fewer get entered multiple times and have the history you were hoping for. But sometimes you see some really neat things when they e-mail you a hit report. I’ve had bills hit in a several foreign countries and 43/50 states.

There are also some charity efforts, a whole section of the forums is devoted to it. Myself, I have marked a large number of bills with a breast cancer ribbon and a note that I will donate to breast cancer should the bill be re-entered. In 3 months, that’s generated over $60 in donations.

As for your Angelina Jolie project, sadly, by posting the serial number of the bill in the photograph, it’s likely that your bill will be blocked from being re-entered. The site owner does this to prevent people from generating false hits on bills they don’t actually have in their possession.