Teresa Warmke

We’re excited to participate in Bitcoin not Bombs‘ launch at Bitcoin 2013: The Future of Payments (“BitCon” for short). Bitcoin not Bombs’ goal is to launch non-profit organizations into the Bitcoin economy. They’ve helped Fr33 Aid navigate various Bitcoin technologies and integrate them into our website, and they helped publicize our decision to become a …

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Apr 15

Fr33 Aid Abandons IRS Application: Q&A

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Today we announced that Fr33 Aid has abandoned its IRS application for recognition of non-profit status. In this post, I answer some of the questions we expect to receive about this decision and discuss related news: – Fr33 Aid becomes Bitcoin-based organization – Fr33 Aid no longer dependent on traditional banks – Fr33 Aid to …

Tags: alternative currency, banking, Bitcoin, gold, silver, silver dime cards

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Jan 28

Surviving the Cold Dark Winter, Part 2: Winterizing Your Home

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At long last, I’m publishing part 2 of our winterizing series by Mike Ruff, republished with permission: Make sure you have a good heat source. If you use a fireplace of wood stove, make sure your chimney is clean and clear, and that you know how to properly operate the flue and damper and such. …

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Dec 13

Surviving the Cold Dark Winter, Part 1

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by Mike Ruff, republished with permission I’m not a fan of Winter, Cold, or Snow. I live in NH, so you would think that would be a bad choice, and that I ought to move. But contrary to popular belief, the Winters in NH are not so bad, especially if you use some common sense, …

Tags: Seasonal Affective Disorder, survival, weather, winterizing

Jul 30

Supporting Free Trade in Style: Fr33 Aid Branded Silver Dime Cards

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Fr33 Aid recently began offering branded silver dime cards as thank you gifts for donations of $10 or more. We decided to guarantee the value of our silver dime cards at $10 in order to support free trade and help us raise the funds we need to fulfill our plans. And we are very grateful …

Tags: alternative currencies, collectible trading cards, don't tread on meme, events, free trade, fundraising, inflation, Libertopia, silver, silver economy

Jul 05

Allergic to Statism: Fr33 Aid at PorcFest 2012

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The Fr33 Aid team had a great time at PorcFest 2012. Leading up to the event, super PorcFest organizer Sharon Osborne agreed that we could keep the same, centrally-located site for our booth in Agora Valley as we had last year. This year was less stressful on the organizing side, as we have most of …

Tags: allergies, CPR, dime cards, PorcFest, volunteering

Feb 28

Liberty Forum 2012: Fun and Roses for the Fr33 Aid Team

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Fr33 Aid Volunteer Jacob Petlon demonstrates how to check for consciousness before starting CPR.

The Fr33 Aid team had a great time at Liberty Forum. There were no injuries, and that’s the way we like it. Among the 500+ participants at this year’s Liberty Forum, we met several people who are interested in volunteering with us, including a nurse who had recently moved to New Hampshire and an EMT …

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Jan 03

Donating is Easy: Pick Your Button

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We’re pleased to announce two new options for online donations to Fr33 Aid: Dwolla and Bitcoin. If you’ve seen us in person, you know we’re happy to accept silver, Shire Silver and various currencies. We also recently started accepting credit cards via a smartphone app called Square. Following are details about each of the donation …

Tags: Bitcoin, Dwolla, fundraising, PayPal, silver, Square

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Dec 19

Fr33 Aid Crew in Action at Libertopia

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Our friend Drew from Freedom’s Phoenix made a video showing us working at Libertopia and talking about Fr33 Aid. Check it out!

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Oct 06

Libertopia Fundraising Update

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