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Stephen Colbert + U.S. Cellular’s Alan Ferber = DonorsChoose.org win
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Ha ha! I love this!
As you all know, Stephen Colbert champions a number of wonderful causes and is on the board of the great DonorsChoose.org charity.
Well, U.S. Cellular’s Chief Marketing Officer, Alan Ferber, is a huge Stephen Colbert fan. Some of the enterprising folks over at their Calling All Teachers program learned about this and, more importantly, got Ferber to pledge a million dollars out of U.S. Cellular’s advertising budget to DonorsChoose.org if they could get him an autographed photo of Stephen.
Watch below to see what happened:
Awesome work, ladies, and well done Mr. Ferber! Now that’s the way to fundraise.
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8 Comments
August 13th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
How cool is that? He did look embarrassed. Good for Stephen, and good for Donorschoose.org!
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August 13th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Looked embarrassed? The man was beet red lol. Awesome on all sides.
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August 13th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
How simply wonderful for Stephen, to be able to pick up a phone and know that there’s just something about you that can do so much good for so many little people. I hope he doesn’t forget to send that signed photo! Great story.
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August 13th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Aww haha. Cute story! I hope that guy gets the autographed photo, as well!
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August 13th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
So adorable. So adorable<3
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August 13th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Haha! Awesome! :P
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August 14th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Haha! I was jumping up and down with excitement when I heard Stephen on the phone…even though it wasn’t me he was calling. Ha! Way to go Mr. Ferber and a tip of the hat to you for carving out such a huge chunk of money for such a good cause.
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August 15th, 2009 at 2:28 am
I love those cartoons randomly popping up. So cute! And Mr. Ferber is awesome ! :)
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