Popular Post Alastor Posted December 6, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) Politics and War Holiday Happiness: Charity in the Nuclear Winter Hello all. I'm 5 days late on this post but oh well. As a global war rages on and countless civilians and military personnel are experiencing untold suffering on Orbis in roleplay, let's take a minute to remember that suffering exists in the real world as well. The holidays can be a time when people are tight on cash, but it's also a time for giving. A time when people look to give happiness and hope to others. Typically every year around the beginning of December I like to attempt to organize some sort of fundraising drive so that our small community here can make some positive impact on the world. As it turns out, it's slightly harder than you'd expect to find a reputable charity with an accessible website that you can utilize to do a group fundraiser that would appeal to the widest possible audience. So while it may not be the most "holiday" themed, I hope you will still look upon this as an opportunity to come together and make a difference as a community. https://my.charitywater.org/bartholomew-roberts/pnw-holiday-happiness Charity Water is a charity that the nationsim community has utilized before in the past, they are reputable and no one (including myself) except the intended recipients sees a penny of the funds raised by our campaign. I get nothing from this, you get nothing from this, this is an opportunity to potentially change our world for the better as quickly as you would make a purchase on Amazon. There is no minimum or maximum donation limit, but I set our goal for $5000 just in case we're really feeling spirited. The charity itself is all about offering access to clean water across the globe in an international effort to provide the most basic of necessities to people who need it. https://my.charitywater.org/global-water-crisis This link provides more information, and obviously there's more info to be found on their website. Paypal is accepted, which is my preferred method of donation due to privacy and security - but they also accept cards. Thank you for your time, your care, and your (hopeful) donation. quick edit: I would ask that if you cannot or will not donate, that you share this on your alliance forums or discord servers. Edited December 6, 2018 by Bartholomew Roberts 3 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastor Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Thank you, single other anonymous donation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exar Kun -George Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Great Cause, shared with BK! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibsheway Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Respect 1 Quote ⲡⲓϣⲁⲉⲓ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastor Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 I've been told by quite a few people that PnW isn't the best place to raise money, but that's not the point. This is a rare chance for our community, that shares these forums and this game, to come together for a common good. The amount we raise isn't the point. It's the occasional opportunity to set aside IC differences, or even OOC disagreements, and make some sort of difference. Whatever we donate here will go to a positive end, hopefully the goodwill generated by this gesture will matter as well. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Traveler Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Here is a link to the Charity Navigator review of this organization: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=12548 Solid marks all around! This is a great way for our community to get together and spread the love this year. I'll push the fundraiser out to the Great Job! Nation and start encouraging people to lighten their wallets! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Xun Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Sorry, I spent all my money on fighting Pantheon. Quote . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Popular Post Alex Posted December 10, 2018 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2018 I'm a big fan of this, great idea @Bartholomew Roberts! I've actually been a supporter of charity: water for a few years, and just last week I actually finished reading CEO Scott Harrison's book, Thirst (which I would highly recommend, it was a great read.) I'm a Spring member, which means I'm already donating monthly to charity: water, but I also pitched in $30 for your campaign, too. That's enough money to bring someone clean water, and I wanted to show solidarity with you in your efforts. Keep up the good work! EDIT: I just stuck a notice about this in #changelog in the P&W Discord Server as well. 2 7 Quote Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? Suggest ItForums Rules | Game Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aksel Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) Donated (Joshnytx) to this great cause. There are always people in the world, even locally, your neighbors who have it worse than you do - often charities are centralized on oversees, so do remember to work local too, help out friends, family and neighbors during the holiday season & throughout the years...simple humanity goes a long way. Will also share this within the ORB Community & TI. o/ Edit: Additionally - created a full spread of information on the organization w/ links to back up your fundraiser, free to the public w/ easy share link. Sharing it to our large ORB Community, alliance, family, and friends. https://orbisweekly.net/thirst/ Edit Edit: If anyone donates $30 or more to this cause, I will upgrade current ORB membership to Platinum OR give you free Platinum Membership. This is also x3 - so instead of 6 months of service, you will be hooked up with 18 months of service, for free, for choosing to give life to someone this holiday season. It's a $45,000,000 PW Cash value - all for free - and it takes mere seconds. Edited December 12, 2018 by Mad Max 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senator Aurelius Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Great! Never hurts to spread the awareness 1 Quote GREG HOBBS HONDA, DEALER FOR THE PEOPLE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastor Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 You guys are great! Special thank you to Alex for throwing this into the changelog! We're almost to $250 raised which is way more than I expected to *end* with. Right now the website says we've raised enough for seven people to get access to clean water. If you think about how much your household pays for water, you've given these people sustainable access to clean drinking water for the collective price of 2-4 months of water bills. That's my favorite part about Charity: Water, the low cost and ability to impact a life in such a significant and positive way. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Great idea @Bartholomew Roberts, hope we hit the goal and bring clean water to lots of people! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aksel Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 (edited) You got 104 days left - set some money aside and do something good. 17 people currently getting clean water thanks to this awesome community, why not push for more? Read more about and support BR's campaign! Edited December 17, 2018 by Mad Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aksel Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Hey Y'all! Just wanted to pop this in as a reminder: https://orbisweekly.net/thirst/ We still have 82 days left with over $500 raised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alastor Posted May 12, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2019 Hey guys just wanting to drop a final update! We raised $519 for Charity Water through this PnW donation drive, 100% of that money has been allocated into field work for digging wells and providing clean access to water for third world areas! The email they sent me says over the next 21 months they'll be updating us on the status of the work being done so if anyone's interested in that I can make a new thread but I assume it'll be long time periods between posts. Charity Water has been a great way to raise money from gaming communities in the past for me, I know they'll keep up their great work going into the future. Thank you guys for your support, donations, and help getting this post visibility! And sorry for gravedigging 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prefontaine Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Guess we better get to working on that stupid idea of "water as a resource" in game now to celebrate. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillzBob Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Prefontaine said: Guess we better get to working on that stupid idea of "water as a resource" in game now to celebrate. i still think natural disasters would be pretty cool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aksel Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 10 hours ago, Bartholomew Roberts said: Hey guys just wanting to drop a final update! We raised $519 for Charity Water through this PnW donation drive, 100% of that money has been allocated into field work for digging wells and providing clean access to water for third world areas! The email they sent me says over the next 21 months they'll be updating us on the status of the work being done so if anyone's interested in that I can make a new thread but I assume it'll be long time periods between posts. Charity Water has been a great way to raise money from gaming communities in the past for me, I know they'll keep up their great work going into the future. Thank you guys for your support, donations, and help getting this post visibility! And sorry for gravedigging Awesome update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Epi Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) 1 Edited February 17, 2021 by Epi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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