function makeRequest(url) {
        var httpRequest;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
                httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        }
        else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                }
                catch (e) {
                           try {
                                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                               }
                             catch (e) {}
                          }
                                       }

        if (!httpRequest) {
            outputText('There was a problem loading the data');
            return false;
        }
        httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { processRequest(httpRequest); };
        httpRequest.open('GET', url, true);
        httpRequest.send(null);
    }

function outputText(msg){
  document.getElementById("donors").innerHTML = msg;
}

function processResponse(httpRequest)
{
  outputText(httpRequest.responseText);
}

function loaddonors()
{
  makeRequest('getdonors.php');
}

function processRequest(httpRequest) {
  try {
      	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) {
           if (httpRequest.status == 200) {
                processResponse(httpRequest);
           }
                   else {
                   outputText('There was a problem loading the data');
            }
        }
        } catch( e ) {
  	  outputText('There was a problem loading the data');
        }
}