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Your name will be on the Road Trip blog's "Special Thanks" page.
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The "Special Thanks" page shout-out + you choose a "Would You Rather..." (classic road trip game) question to be posted and answered on the IFD Facebook page.
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All the above + we'll send you a postcard from one of 50 states--you can send a preference!
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All the above + we'll write your name in the sand on a beach in Hawaii and post the pic on the Road Trip blog--and email it to you!
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All the above + you'll get a "Special Thanks" credit on a Video Story. You'll be the only one for that Video Story and it will be there forever!
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Ever wanted to see an Alaskan sunset, the Grand Canyon or any other location in the U.S. but haven't been able to? For 500 bucks you'll get all the above + we'll do a live webcam of any one location we visit so you can see it real time.
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Better tidy up because you've got company--we're coming to you! We'll make a stop in your town and film your video story or audio story. If you're too shy and don't want us to, you can choose one destination along the way.
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Nathan Manske is the creator and editor of the LGBT, true-stories blog "I’m From Driftwood" and a freelance copywriter. He is indeed from Driftwood, Texas, but has lived in Brooklyn, New York since 2003. For creating IFD, Manske was selected as one of The Advocate's "Forty Under 40" (http://www.advocate.com/printArticle.aspx…). His inclusion, along with the others on the list of "young activists, artists, and other standouts" was described by the publication as “proof the qualities that make a leader are often innate—and that the gay movement is still in good hands.” IFD also gained notable recognition from other on- and offline media outlets including The Austin Chronicle's "Best of 2009", Instinct Magazine (http://instinctmagazine.com/features/i%E2%80%99m-from-driftwood-s-nathan-manske), NPR, AfterElton (http://www.afterelton.com/people/2009/11/nathan-manske), Andrew Sullivan, Towleroad (http://www.towleroad.com/2009/03/im-from-river-forest-illinois.html), Queerty, Houston Press, and The Austin American-Statesman (http://shopping.statesman.com/SS/Page.aspx…;).
Before creating I’m From Driftwood, he spent 4 years as a full-time copywriter, working first at Hanft Raboy & Partners, then Berlin Cameron & Partners, and has fortunately been able to combine his personal passions with his profession. His Chemistry.com television commercials raised awareness as well as eyebrows by taking on eHarmony’s discriminatory policies towards gays and lesbians. eHarmony has since changed their policies. He also found a way to actually get paid for being a geek by writing the third X-Men film’s interactive website for 20th Century Fox. Other work has included Match.com, in the U.S. and the UK, Lincoln, VitaminWater, Sony, Comcast, Howard Johnson’s, Diet Pepsi, Hertz, and Showtime. Nathan received an Advertising degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
