Thanks to everyone who made yesterday's Buck-a-Hit Day such a success. We reached our goal of 1,250 hits just before 4 p.m., and we metered more than 1,800 hits for the day. So now we'll give $1,250 to charities that feed and shelter needy people in Oregon.

We're particuarly grateful to the folks who put links on their blogs yesterday sending people here. They include:

If we left someone off the list, please let us know and we'll get them mentioned here as well.

There's one piece of unfinished business. We offered to match donations to the Oregon Chapter of the Children's Heart Foundation, up to $250. In fact, we collected $147. In hopes that there are still a few more generous souls out there who would be willing to make a contribution, I'm extending the deadline on that through tomorrow, Friday the 16th. We'll leave a donation button up on the main page sidebar, and here's another one just for good measure:

I know this organization and some of the kids it's trying to help. They're great people, and it's life and death, folks. Please think about chipping in. No amount over 99 cents is too small.

As for me, it's off to write the checks for the first $1,250. Thanks again, everyone.