Internet Help for Tsunami-Stricken (AuctionDrop taking goods to auction!)

Internet Help For Tsunami-Stricken

Dec. 30, 2004

(CBS) In a disaster on a scale rarely experienced on planet Earth, it is perhaps appropriate that there are so many ways to use the most global of media - the Internet - to help the hundreds of thousands injured in the south Asian tsunamis and the millions suddenly plunged into homelessness, scrounging for food.

If you're short on cash, you could still help tidal wave survivors - by donating new or used computers, digital cameras or other consumer electronics.

AuctionDrop.com, in cooperation with UPS, is allowing people to drop off items with a resale value of $75 or more to be auctioned on eBay with all proceeds donated to CARE's South Asian Disaster Relief fund.

Items may be taken to any of UPS's 3,700 stores around the country. You don't have to pay for packing or shipping. AuctionDrop will take care of all packaging and shipping costs from the funds they receive from the sale of the item. The company says that it is not taking any profit from the project.

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