Just after 9:00 this evening, we logged our 5,000th unique visit of the day on this blog. That means that all $5,000 pre-positioned in the Buck-a-Hit Day coffers by our Gift-Giving Crew will be donated to our six designated charities. There's another $650 where that came from, and so far today our readers have clicked on our donation buttons and pitched in an additional $3,878. We're less than $1,000 away from our ambitious goal of $10,250 for the day.

This would be a good time for us to thank the many bloggers and others who linked to us today -- on their blogs, and on Facebook and Twitter. Five thousand visits in one day is a tall order, particularly during the holiday season, but by making our cause your cause, you showed that the power of friendship can bring people together like no other force. Thank you!

Now let's see if we reach our contribution goal in just a short time left...