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Pledge “DECNigerAppeal”

"I will visit www.dec.org.uk and donate no less than £10 to the Disasters Emergency Commitee Niger Crisis Appeal but only if 20 other people will do the same."

— Gail Edwards

Deadline to sign up by: 31st August 2005
19 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Pledge “OpenCarry”

"I will openly carry a pistol in Manchester, NH but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Joseph Brown, New Hampshire resident

Deadline to sign up by: 4th July 2008
19 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Country: United States
Place: Manchester (view map)

Pledge “MarianoMemorial”

"I will pledge $20 to be donated to Mariano's family but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Alex Kobe

Deadline to sign up by: 19th December 2009
19 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Country: United States
Place: 90034 (view map)

Pledge “CroftFreeLibrary”

"I will build a little free library but only if 20 other local people will donate at least one good book."

— Joshua Russell, aspiring free librarian...

Deadline to sign up by: 31st October 2012
19 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Country: United States
Place: 25159 (view map)

Pledge “loveabington”

"I will smile and say "hello" to strangers I pass on the streets in my neighborhood but only if 10 people in my town will do the same."

— Josh Earle, resident of presidenttial drive

Deadline to sign up by: 30th May 2006
9 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Country: United States, Massachusetts
Place: Abington, Plymouth County, MA (view map)

Pledge “get-on-with-it”

"I will make an effort to not be so pessimistic and get on with my aims in life but only if 10 other people will stand beside me, support me and pledge to do the same!."

— Stefanie Kent

Deadline to sign up by: 30th April 2007
9 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Pledge “smilemoreoften”

"I will smile and say "hello" to strangers I pass on the streets in my neighborhood but only if 10 people in Miami, FL will do the same."

— Nikki D'Addario

Deadline to sign up by: 1st February 2008
9 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Country: United States
Place: Miami (view map)

Pledge “Microfinance”

"I will make a $25 Microloan through kiva.org but only if 10 other people worldwide will do the same."

— Birrell Walsh, San Francisco

Deadline to sign up by: 2nd February 2008
9 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Pledge “LoveOurDog”

"I will hug my dog and say that I love him everyday but only if 10 other people will do the same with me :)."

— Indre, Fairy :)

Deadline to sign up by: 1st January 2011
9 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Pledge “NationalID”

"I will refuse to accept a national ID card but only if 999 other people will do the same."

— Kat Dillon, Dissident

Deadline to sign up by: 31st December 2008
886 people signed up, 113 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “boycott-nestle”

"I will renew my Boycott of Nestle Products in the light of their fairtrade claim but only if 50 otherpeople will do the same."

— Lisa Northover, Baby Milk Action Member

Deadline to sign up by: 2nd January 2010
44 people signed up, 6 more were needed

Pledge “reconnecting”

"I will call someone I haven't spoken to in a while. but only if 24 other people will do the same."

— Kristin

Deadline to sign up by: 26th June 2007
21 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “LoveCircle”

"I will Join the "Circle of Love" but only if 30 other loving people will join us in promoting love."

— chris britten

Deadline to sign up by: 1st December 2007
26 people signed up, 4 more were needed

Pledge “CUNYCARES”

"I will donate a coat/ jacket/ sweater to CUNY-Cares Coat Drive in their efforts to distribute coats amongst New York City's vulnerable homeless people. but only if 30 CUNY Students will also donate a coat."

— Kevin Magana, Honors Student at LaGuardia CC

Deadline to sign up by: 29th November 2010
26 people signed up, 4 more were needed

Country: United States
Place: 11372 (view map)

Pledge “MythTVMultiplex”

"I will Pay €25 when code is contributed to MythTV to allow recording of multiple channels on a single multiplex on a single tuner but only if 35 other MythTV users will do the same."

— Simon Rumble, MythTV user from Sydney, Australia

Deadline to sign up by: 15th December 2006
30 people signed up, 5 more were needed

Pledge “ChallengeTheLies”

"I will take non violent direct action on the media for perpetuating death and destruction through lying to the public, dicrediting peace campaigners and refusing to report TRUTH. but only if 20 other people with conscience will do this also."

— <Lesley Rodgers, Earth Activist

Deadline to sign up by: 30th August 2005
17 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Pledge “PlantAnOakTree”

"I will plant an oak tree but only if 20 other people will do the same."

— Mast Tree Network

Deadline to sign up by: 31st December 2010
17 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Pledge “RonPaulChicago”

"I will immediately contribute a minimum of $50 to the Ron Paul Presidential campaign but only if 100 other Greater Chicago MeetUp members will do the same."

— Scott B

Deadline to sign up by: 31st August 2007
84 people signed up, 16 more were needed

Country: United States
Place: Chicago (view map)

Pledge “IsitWorthit”

"I will stop eating McDonald's during March but only if 100 other people will do the same."

— Jason Podolnick, Is it Worth it?

Deadline to sign up by: 1st March 2009
84 people signed up, 16 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “Jan9thforMitt”

"I will donate $60 or more to Mitt Romney's campaign on January 9th, 2008. My donation will represent $20 to strengthen the military, $20 to strengthen the economy, and $20 to strengthen the family, but only if 100 or more citizens who know we need change will also sign this pledge."

— Political Junkie

Deadline to sign up by: 10th January 2008
82 people signed up, 18 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “bookclubindc”

"I will start a monthly book club in Washington, DC, but only if 5 other local people will join the book club."

— Clinton Canady, Reading Enthusiast

Deadline to sign up by: 20th August 2006
4 people signed up, 1 more was needed

Country: United States

Pledge “Ron-Paul-Reddit”

"I will donate $20 to the Ron Paul for President campaign but only if 20 redditors will do the same."

— tuber

Deadline to sign up by: 1st July 2007
16 people signed up, 4 more were needed

Pledge “djcarvalho”

"I will be the best DJ I know how to be but only if 100 other local people will help me petition."

— David Carvalho, DJ David Carvalho

Deadline to sign up by: 1st January 2008
80 people signed up, 20 more were needed

Country: United States
Place: San Francisco (view map)

Pledge “bookmooch”

"I will join BookMooch and list ten books but only if 15 other people will do the same."

— Lara, booklover

Deadline to sign up by: 12th April 2008
12 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Pledge “SupportSpotify”

"I will Sign up to spotify premium for at least 1 year but only if 10 twitter users will do the same."

— Bob Gregory, Lead dev at Huddle.Net

Deadline to sign up by: 1st September 2009
8 people signed up, 2 more were needed

Pledge “Tickets”

"I will fight the cause for WRUSC ticket allocation but only if 50 WRUSC members will do the same."

— Wizard, WRUSC Member

Deadline to sign up by: 14th February 2009
39 people signed up, 11 more were needed

Pledge “helpsexslaves”

"I will give $100 (US) to help train people working with former sex slaves but only if 9 other people will do the same."

— Lindsey Parsons, resident of Tallahassee, Florida

Deadline to sign up by: 15th November 2007
7 people signed up, 2 more were needed

Pledge “bringjoback”

"I will make sure Jo O'Meara gets a record deal but only if 100 other people will do the same."

— Jack & Lorna

Deadline to sign up by: 1st January 2009
77 people signed up, 23 more were needed

Pledge “nfnmikesgym”

"I will get a Neighbors for Neighbors discounted membership ($299/yr) at Mike's Gym in Jamaica Plain, MA and also donate $10/yr to NFN but only if 30 other local people will do the same."

— Ben Sheldon

Deadline to sign up by: 1st February 2006
23 people signed up, 7 more were needed

Country: United States, Massachusetts
Place: Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County (view map)

Pledge “chinaquake”

"I will give US$500 more to Chinese earthquake aid but only if 500 more people around the world will also donate at least US$20."

— Rebecca MacKinnon, Blogger, journalist, activist, teacher

Deadline to sign up by: 20th May 2008
383 people signed up, 117 more were needed

Pledge “No-to-St-George”

"I will finance newspaper adverts for one month in the West Briton newspaper concerning Cornish dislike of the English Flag of Saint George but only if 100 other local people will do the same."

— John Baragwaneth, Cornish Patriot

Deadline to sign up by: 1st August 2007
76 people signed up, 24 more were needed

Pledge “showerpower”

"I will renew our pledge to save water by limiting all our showers to 4 minutes and to catch the overflow in a bucket. We will reuse this water on the garden, but only if 50 people will try their best to do the same."

— Clare and Lisa, Two sisters on a humble mission

Deadline to sign up by: 15th April 2007
37 people signed up, 13 more were needed

Pledge “FaithforHaiti”

"I will eat a rice-only diet for 40 hours but only if 50 people will donate $10 each person."

— Faith McAllister, Compassion advocate for Haiti

Deadline to sign up by: 11th September 2011
37 people signed up, 13 more were needed

Pledge “OrganDonor”

"I will complete an organ donor card and get two of my friends or family to do the same but only if 19 other people will do the same."

— 365 Act Team, www.365act.com

Deadline to sign up by: 8th January 2006
14 people signed up, 5 more were needed

Pledge “send2CDs”

"I will send 2 new or gently used musical CD's, from my collection, to Hurricane survivors but only if 25 other people will do the same."

— Anne Marie Bellavance

Deadline to sign up by: 30th November 2005
18 people signed up, 7 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “kivaorg”

"I will give a kiva.org loan of atleast $100 to help alleviate poverty in the developing world but only if 35 other people will give a loan on kiva.org (of any denomination)."

— Sheel, Resident of the World!

Deadline to sign up by: 1st August 2006
25 people signed up, 10 more were needed

Pledge “nocellphonereso”

"I will not use my mobile phone for the first week of 2007 but only if 7 any other people will do the same with me."

— Suzana, the Bunny

Deadline to sign up by: 31st December 2006
5 people signed up, 2 more were needed

Pledge “save-wl”

"I will save Wikileaks by helping to raise the $80,000 it needs to continue but only if 100 other good people will also donate at least $20 and encourage others to do the same!."

— James & Jennifer McCain

Deadline to sign up by: 20th June 2009
71 people signed up, 29 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “britlib”

"I will write to my MP asking for free WiFi access at the British Library but only if 20 other people will do the same."

— Heather Brooke

Deadline to sign up by: 5th May 2005
14 people signed up, 6 more were needed

Pledge “firstaidkit”

"I will attend an advanced first aid course and carry a comprehensive first aid kit in my car but only if 20 other people will take basic training or refresher training and carry a first aid kit in their car."

— Carl Franks

Deadline to sign up by: 18th August 2005
14 people signed up, 6 more were needed

Pledge “office-recycling”

"I will persuade my company to start recycling paper within the next four months but only if 10 other people in non-recycling offices will do the same."

— Daphne

Deadline to sign up by: 30th October 2005
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Pledge “cuschool1”

"I will sponsor a child's school fees at the Christian Upliftment School in Uganda for only $18 a year but only if 10 people will do the same."

— Kate

Deadline to sign up by: 7th June 2006
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Pledge “safeact”

"I will translate 8 segments of legal gobbledygook from a new US Web law but only if 10 other people will do TWO segments each."

— Matthew Burton, founder, ReadableLaws.org

Deadline to sign up by: 24th June 2007
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “BellaandRocky”

"I will donate $20 but only if 10 other people will donate $10+ it and pass this on to at least one more person."

— Kristy Graves, friend of Miss Forrey's Angel Network

Deadline to sign up by: 28th October 2007
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: United States
Place: Oakland (view map)

Pledge “MADauction”

"I will check out the GUIDE, Inc. M.A.D. auction but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Jessica Andrews, M.A.D. Auction Bidder!

Deadline to sign up by: 25th November 2007
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: United States

Pledge “lawngreetings”

"I will work towards bringing awareness to the Lawn Greetings Industry to promote happiness and camaraderie but only if 20 lawn greetings business owners will do the same by promoting their own business and our Association."

— Michelle, Your Flocking Flamingo President

Deadline to sign up by: 1st April 2008
14 people signed up, 6 more were needed

Pledge “ozarksexpress”

"I will take the "Ozarks Express" bus trip to Ron Paul's "Grand March on Washington DC" but only if 10 other Ron Paul supporters will do the same."

— Bruce Arnold, Rocky Comfort Ron Paul Meetup Asst. Org.

Deadline to sign up by: 30th March 2008
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Country: United States
Place: Springdale (view map)

Pledge “jumbopledge”

"I will make a contribution to help match the funds raised by Tufts AAA's service auction this year but only if 10 (at least) other Tufts alumni will also pledge to contribute."

— Karen Lin, LA 2006

Deadline to sign up by: 31st March 2008
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Pledge “jumbomatch”

"I will pledge at least $5 to RIAC in their assistance to Burmese refugees in Massachusetts but only if 10 other Tufts University alumni will do the same."

— Liz Oo, Adrienne Poon, Karen Lin, Tufts '06

Deadline to sign up by: 31st March 2008
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed

Pledge “slspagaction”

"I will take an action for global justice (SP) every week but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Mike Brady, SP Adopter

Deadline to sign up by: 31st May 2008
7 people signed up, 3 more were needed


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