March of Dimes has provided me with a personal donation site at https://www.marchforbabies.org/SamitGuha where you can donate any amount you would like. Once you have completed the donation, March of Dimes will provide you with a receipt which you can use for your 2017 taxes 🙂
On October 13th 2017, I will also be hosting a charity event at Hudson Hound in New York City at 7:00 pm. At this event, you will see hung on the walls all of the experiences that my several guest contributors and myself have posted on the blog, as well as information provided by the March of Dimes on their programs and statics that they have generated. Hopefully these pieces of information will generate a discussion and encourage you to help out. I will also have my laptop in the room so if you feel inclined you can donate right then and there.
Over the next few months I will be hosting a series of Happy Hours where people can read and learn about birth defects and how people are dealing with it. Otherwise if you feel charitable you can donate via my March of Dimes charity site!
This fundraising campaign will continue till April 2018 which is when I will walk in the March of Dimes walk in Hartford, CT.
GENEROUS DONORS – $100 AND UP
To help energize this drive, I will gift a bottle of my limited-edition theGuha (2017 Syrah) wine to those who donate over $100 to the March of Dimes. There are a total of 33 limited release bottles of theGuha wine. I will keep the number of theGuha bottles that remain available on this website to ensure that you receive a bottle when you donate generously. On the March of Dimes donation site, I will be able to see who has given a $100 and up donation, and I will therefore coordinate with you to get you the bottle of wine if this applies to your donation.
Thanks again for your help and I hope you go away with a better appreciation of the hardships of Birth Defects can have on someone and their parents.
Update as of 9/21/17
One week into the charity we have raised $1,794! 12 bottles of 33 of theGuha limited release bottle of wine have been reserved. This has been a great start and hopefully we can continue with the momentum.
Update as of 10/1/17
A couple weeks into the charity we have raised $4,305! 13 bottles left of the 33 of theGuha limited release bottle of wine have been reserved. This has been a great start and hopefully we can continue with the momentum.
Update as of 11/8/17
A two months into the charity we have raised $6,597! 5 bottles left of the 33 of theGuha limited release bottle of wine have been reserved. This has been a great and hopefully we can continue with the momentum.
Update as of 11/13/17
Two months into the charity we have raised $7,106! All of the bottles the 33 of theGuha limited release bottle of wine have been reserved. This has been a great and hopefully we can continue with the momentum.
We will continue to post personnel blog posts sharing experiences and continue to raise money for March of Dimes. March of Dimes will help stop children being born with birth defects now I want to do something to help those who were born with defects. Medical bills can pile up thus making college unattainable. So I am going to start a college scholarship to help those few that I can. If you are interested then please get in touch with me.