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Jacob Colie was Mercy Corps' Internet Marketing Director.
Location:
Portland, OR, United States
Why I support Mercy Corps:
When people need help, I alway know Mercy Corps is going to be there. Did I mention I work for them too?
Recent Posts
Haiti January 18, 2010 9:39PM
We met our Western Union Foundation challenge
Jacob Colie
Internet Marketing Director
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Over the holiday weekend, the Western Union Foundation gave us $50,000 to match donations to our Haiti Earthquake Fund. We finished the challenge on Martin Luther King Day. Thanks to everyone who gave through Twitter and helped us finish the match.
Haiti January 15, 2010 10:51AM
We met our Nike challenge!
Jacob Colie
Internet Marketing Director
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Yesterday, Nike generously offered us $25,000 to match donations to our Haiti Earthquake Fund. We met this match in record time — thanks to all who contributed!
Haiti January 14, 2010 11:21AM
Satellite images of the destruction
Jacob Colie
Internet Marketing Director
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Here are three satellite images that detail the scale of the destruction in Port-au-Prince. The images include the National Palace, Downtown Port-au-Prince and Sylvio Cator Stadium. The images reveal flattened buildings, high numbers of people in the streets and the gathering of the displaced in front of the National Palace and inside Sylvio Cator Stadium.
National Palace Photo: Reuters/Ho New, courtesy www.alertnet.org
Downtown Port-au-Prince Photo: Reuters/Ho New, courtesy www.alertnet.org
Sylvio Cator Stadium Photo: Reuters/Ho New, courtesy www.alertnet.org
September 29, 2009 2:38PM
Video: Game playing for charity
Jacob Colie
Internet Marketing Director
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Can video games make the world a better place? It sure can. Learn more about how game playing and poverty alleviation connect in this video. When you're finished watching, head on over to GamesThatGive for your first game of Bubble Burst.
August 19, 2009 4:14PM
World Humanitarian Day
Jacob Colie
Internet Marketing Director
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Established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December 2008, August 19, 2009 is the first World Humanitarian Day. The designation of the day is a way to increase public understanding of humanitarian assistance activities worldwide. The day also aims to honor humanitarian workers who have lost their lives or been injured in the course of their work.
