The gears of progress — not to mention those of Cafe Press — grind slowly… But I finally sent the first check with a donation to CureSearch and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation with the proceeds from sales on my PDML schwag shop.
To recap: I’ve set up a Cafe Press shop offering t-shirts, mugs, caps and stickers (and one seriously sarcastic mouse pad) imprinted with humorous quotations for photographers. Then you buy this stuff (yes, really) and 100% of the profit that Cafe Press sends me gets turned around and donated to the NCCF CureSearch campaign (actually, more than 100% — I throw in my own donation to round the amount up to the nearest $50.00).
Cafe Press offers a 30-day money-back guarantee on everything sold through one of their shops, so they have to wait that long before releasing the money to me. Then it’s a matter of waiting until the end of the month when they mail me a check. Then I add my own contribution and send a check to CureSearch. Now that we’ve gone through that first delay I should be getting a check every month… provided people keep supporting the shop. (ahem)
That said, here’s the main link for you to visit:
The PDML’s CureSearch/NCCF charity shop
And some other relevant pages:
• My page where you can request custom items at the shop
• The annual PDML quotations page (which inspired this whole thing)