Star Trek Movie Fundraiser

Star Trek fans have a lot of heart and a lot of faith in humanity’s future. Many of us find the most endearing part of Star Trek’s message to be that of helping our fellow man and overcoming our pettiness and greed. We proved that with our donations to Doctors Without Borders, which will go to helping many thousands fend of disease and deal with bodily tolls taken by war, famine, and epidemics. Star Trek fans have done something wonderful. Congrats and thanks for making this fundraiser a success!

“We made it!” cried a fan when the Paramount stars looped around the screen at the May 7th, 7pm premiere showing of Star Trek. The crowd cheered.

Despite arriving an hour before showtime, my wife and I were only 5 rows from the front. On an IMAX screen, this is problematic, but the movie was still enjoyable. One fan was promoting his book, “The James T. Kirk Guide to Dating,” and giving a few away. Other fans were showing off their costumes. And the NYC Scifi Meetup had reserved quite a few seats for its members.

The next night (yes, I saw it twice already) was a guys night out. This audience also cheered and laughed at all the traditional lines. The creators included a lot of shout-outs to the fan-base while taking the franchise in a whole new direction.

Overall an excellent time at the movies and looking forward to the truly new generation of Star Trek.

Hope you all saw it and had a great time. Here’s another perspective of the guy’s night out: http://hawley.blogs.com/hawleyblog/2009/05/nerd-out-and-prosper.html

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The largest donation was $125 and our random winner was Tim Hettler. Congrats and hope you enjoyed the show. And a big thanks to every one that donated so far.

If you enjoyed the movie, consider a donation to Doctors Without Borders and help humans all around the planet.

The contest deadline has been extended to tomorrow, May 7th, 1 pm ET. Get your donations in and make sure you email me (milindshah@startrekfundraiser.org) with your contact info. See rules.

And even if you’re not interested in the contest, remember, every donation goes to Doctors Without Borders and help thousands of people around the world.

Make the largest donation by May 7th, 1pm ET May 6th, 12pm ET, and you will win two tickets to the premiere screening of Star Trek in New York City’s AMC Lincoln Square theater. But don’t get discouraged if you can’t make a big donation. Additionally, one random winner will be selected to get two tickets for the same time and day (and theater)! Remember, this is for a good cause, so every donation counts.

AND if the largest donor gives more than $5000, I will instead give you my two IMAX tickets for the same time and day (and theater).

How this works:
Make a donation to Doctors Without Borders through the Star Trek Movie Fundraiser site. Then make a comment, Tweet it, Facebook it, Digg it, or share in any number of ways. Then send an email to me at MilindShah@startekfundraiser.org with your donation amount, contact info, and the ways in which you have shared the site with others. To be clear there are two ways to win, donate large or donate and be chosen randomly. Both winners receive two tickets for the May 7th 2009, 7 pm ET screening of Star Trek. For both winners, I will verify the donation amount with Doctors Without Borders and then contact you. The random winner will be selected by names in a hat. I will meet you both at the theater to hand you the tickets and thank you in person.

Rules and Disclaimers:

• Remember this is a fan initiative, so I don’t have a legal team, so please don’t get technical.
• To be eligible, all donation must be communicated to me (MilindShah@StarTrekFundraiser.org) by email and need to be received by May 7th, 1pm  ET May 6th, 12pm ET. Past donations via the Star Trek Movie Fundraiser site count, so feel free to send me your information.
• Transportation or any other incidental is not provided. This contest is for tickets to the AMC Lincoln Square movie theater in New York City, 1998 Broadway at 68th St, only.
• I will most likely contact you on the afternoon of May 7th evening of May 6th, so please give me a means of contact that you check regularly.
• I will meet you at the theater on May 7th, 2009 at 5:30 pm ET but will wait no longer than 6 pm ET.
• There are no refunds. All donations are final.
• All donations are fully tax deductable. Winning donations are fully tax deductable, minus the cost and fees of the tickets, which are $28 for regular screening, $41 for IMAX screening.
• The highest donation will be published but the donor’s name will not be unless approved. The random winner’s name will be published but not the donation amount unless approved.
• If there is a tie for the winner of the largest donation, the winner will be randomly be chosen by names in a hat.
• Donate as often as you like, however, for the random drawing only your first donation will count. A cumulative of all your donations from the site can be used to determine the largest donation, just be clear in your email to me.
• I will do my best to respond to every email to confirm receipt. Please understand that I’m not responsible for lost emails.
• If there are any errors to these rules or my post, please forgive me. I’m doing this solo!
• Wish I could meet all of you. Good luck everyone! And thanks for showing the world what Star Trek fans can achieve!

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Who is helping them?

You. And Doctors Without Borders. That’s who.

Our future needs to be better than this. Please give and share.

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Just two weeks until the Star Trek premiere! The excitement now builds to to new heights! Channel some of that energy to benefit man by supporting Doctors Without Borders. Organization like Doctors Without Borders are taking the steps necessary to make Star Trek’s idealized human society a reality. Supporting them shows the world just what it means to be a Star Trek fan.

Please contribute to Doctors Without Borders today and encourage others by sharing your experience on this site, using Facebook, Twitter, or your site. Communicate to the world and help the cause!

Here’s the original trailer, just to get us in the mood.

Fans of Star Trek have raised $1520 in just the 1.5 weeks the Star Trek Movie Fundraiser site has been up. With two more weeks to go until opening day, we have the chance to make this opening weekend historic. Tell your friends and share your participation. We can help so many people with our collective enthusiasm for the Star Trek movie.

(Make a bigger impact on Twitter by using the hashtag #startrek when tweeting about this and the shortened URL http://digg.com/d1omZS — and Digg the site too!)

Watch the events around the UK premiere of the Star Trek movie here. (UPDATE: Still running a loop of the events and interviews)

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JJ Abrams and company are conducting a half hour Q&A. Watch it here. (UPDATE: It was lame. Go Sony, for a poor experience.)

As your questions here: http://www.startrekfankit.com/playstationhome/

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