When you go online to purchase raffle tickets and you choose to be anonymous, we do not know who you are. We do not know your name, your postal address, your e-mail address, or your telephone number. We cannot send you raffle tickets.

All money coming in that way will go directly to the Scholarship Fund to help support the students. But you won't get the tickets you indicated you wanted.

I am only posting this notice because we just got yet another such request to mail tickets to no name with no address.

I think I am one of those people. I hit the anonymous button because I didn't want my name to be floating out there in cyberspace; I am afraid of credit card fraud. At least my money is going to a good cause, and that makes me feel better though not so intelligent.

Can you assure me my information will be safe if I choose to go back to the Donate Now icon and purchase tickets and provide all my personal information? There is no time for me to get my check from here to Virginia at this late date.

Anonymous, didn't you have to enter your name and CC# when you bought the raffle tickets? If you're going to be concerned with your info getting out, this is what you would not want to enter.

For what its worth, the server that the TB Foundation uses to process raffle and donations (groundspring.org) uses secure technology and I was confident enough in it to provide my information over the web.

-Eric

To add to what Eric said, we have never, ever had a problem with Groundspring --- nor have we ever heard of one. For those who are unfamiliar with the nonprofit world, Groundspring serves over 1,500 nonprofit organizations and has processed $17.3 million (U.S. dollars) in online donations, including individual contributions as well as matching funds. They are backed by foundations such as Carnegie Corporation, Ford, Kellogg, Surdna, and Tides.

When we receive notification fron Groundspring that a donation has been made, it contains only the basic information: Name, postal address, e-mail address, amount of donation, and the purpose of the donation. Credit card information is never divulged to us.

In turn, we have promised never to rent, share, or sell the names of our donors.