It Starts With One

I’ve emailed Jeff Bezos to let him know what Amazon has helped all of us at Reddit do tonight:

“Mr. Bezos—

I have no idea if you’ll read this, or if this email address even gets to you, but I wanted to send an email to let you know what Amazon has helped those of us over at Reddit to accomplish tonight.

I started a thread at 6pm EST offering to buy a $30 or under gift for a needy family anywhere in the USA. In about 10 minutes, I got a request for an Easy Bake Oven, which was promptly dispatched to Oregon.

By 6am EST, that thread had ballooned into more than 200 Prime (and even a few non-prime) members using our free shipping benefit to make sure more than TWO HUNDRED children had something under the tree this year. All in just 12 hours, with one post and a $19.99 Easy Bake Oven.

So thanks, Amazon, for helping us work a Christmas miracle for a few hundred kids around the country.

You can see the amazing thread here: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/epktk/i_have_6_more_hours_to_order_a_gift_on_amazon_to/

Merry Christmas!”

I’m hopeful that posters to the original thread will submit it to some major blogs. I’m really hoping to expose this side of the internet and show everyone that one person really can make a difference.