Archive for December 2011

The management of the StudentLoanist donates 10% of the income from student registrations to charity. The December 2011 donation was to the Salvation Army. They have many programs with lots of  different ways to help people, and according to their website they helped 30 million people during the year 2008.

Last night I watched a tv show that was reviewing a website set up to collect donations for individuals so that they could fund inventions, musical recordings, books and other products that require start up capital. Over the past 2 1/2 years the website has recieved over 100 million dollars in donations. Now, what is interesting is that these donors sent the money to the individuals with no guarantee that the money would be spent as intended. The money went right into the individuals bank accounts to spend as they determine is appropriate. The donors sent money based on good faith.  Personally, I dont think I would send money to some unknown person for something that they “might” do.

Accountability is one of the things that makes the StudentLoanList so great. Students pay a very small fee to be on the list, and because of the way we process donations, our donors will know that their donations are being used 100% toward the student loan debt of the anonymous individual that they select to assist.

update 1/13/2012     Nobody was able to identify the Santa.   That contest is closed.   The half price registration code will work until 50 people have used it  

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all !  The StudentLoanList is already very inexpensive ($10 for three years), but the StudentLoanList is offering a half price registration to 50 people !!!  All you have to do is enter this  code :      hoholucky50          when you register on the StudentLoanList.    Act fast, this offer is only good for 50 registrations !

Oh wait, we have one more discount to offer !!   How about a FREE registration on the StudentLoanList ?  The first person to identify this Santa    (tell me where he came from, what he was for)  will recieve a free registration. Send your guess about Santa  to   Allyson@StudentLoanList.com

P.S. In case you are busy….dont forget …..you can register, use the discount and then submit your loan documents on another day !

Ex-Citigroup CEO  Sandy Weill  plans to donate the proceeds of the sale of his Manhattan  penthouse to charity !

No, he didnt specifically mention the StudentLoanList in his press release, but we here at the StudentLoanList applaud Sandys concern for society and his kind spirit in making the donation.

The apartment sold for $88 million dollars, and the buyer paid full asking price. Not bad in todays Real Estate market !

Information for this blog note came from an article written by Julie Zeveloff  (msnbc.com money).

Is it absurd to design a website that will be based on finding donors to make it successful?  I think not. America as well as other countries have a history of sharing funds to help the needy. The difference about this website is that the definition of needy is somewhat different. While the students who register and list on the website are probably not starving and most likely have not recently suffered damage from a tornado or hurricane (although not entirely impossible)…..the intelligent students and graduates who are burdened with student loan debt are the future leaders of America. How could their lives and their contributions to society be different and enhanced if they are free from enormous debt ?    

Our donors and potential donors have the ability to help the future by relieving  our  hard working young people from the stress of student loan debt.

Philanthropy exists in America !  Read about it in this article from CNN Money

October 29, 2011. Today we drove by the campus do the School of Mines in Golden,Colorado. What a beautiful campus it has!

The trees were showing their amazing fall colors, and it was a beautiful sight to see. An interesting note about the School from Wikipedia “most notably, Colorado School of Mines is ranked #1 among top Universities by salary potential”.

During 2010, Americans donated 290.89 billion to various charities. Most of these donations (72%) were made by individuals or households. Other sources of donations were foundations, bequests and corporate giving. For more information you can read the article: Charity in America.