THE CHARITIES ON PARADE BENEFIT

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[THE Santa Claus]

Win a January 2006 Thank You Letter!
See Posts 2 and 6 below for details.
Win a Sealed Thank You Letter!
See Post 2 for details.

This fun event took place February 15-19th.
Thanks for coming! I hope you had fun!

1. Introduction

2. RULES of the CHARITIES ON PARADE GAME

3. PARTICIPATING CHARITIES

4. TICKET HOLDERS AND DONATORS

5. CHARITY MULE AVATAR CONTEST

6. BUMPING CONTEST (run by Arianne Mist Child)

7. BUMPING CONTEST STANDINGS (by Arianne Mist Child)

8. WONDERFUL ELVES!

9. QUOTABLE QUOTES

10. LINK this Event

11. To Participating Charities: How to set up the Parade

12. THE Grand Prize Parade Game Winner!

13 - 15 Reserved if needed.

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 2. RULES of the CHARITIES ON PARADE GAME

Grand Prize is a SEALED 2006 Thank You Letter!
The Grand Prize Winner was ~~cAnDyCrAzE~~ !

Each participating charity has agreed to post a clue somewhere on their first page in big (size 20) orange letters. The clue will lead you to the next charity in THE Parade.

The object of the game is to follow the clues and build THE Parade of Charities in the correct order. Then PM the parade to me.
TO WIN, PM me the list of charities starting with the first one and listing them in the correct order. Every ticket holder who correctly builds the Parade will win a small prize. One of those winners will be randomly chosen to win a SEALED 2006 Thank You Letter Grand Prize! And here is your first clue:

The Rags to ... well not Rags Charity realizes that ria11 really likes reading rules, so there you will reach the next clue.


WINNERS' CIRCLE: (if I PM'd you that you were a winner and you don't see your name here, please PM me so I can correct the oversight!)

~~cAnDyCrAzE~~
~Creative~Chaos~
[Forgotten Twilight]
.lil.kawaii.sheep.
ader210
alleira
Angel Blue Eyes05
Aquamarine23
Arianne Mist Child
athenawillowtree
Blu Winged Pegasus
Burning Peasant Head
Christmas Girl 8)
detroit_iceman313
evil_moxie
Frank_the_hobo
Girl_lover5
HermioneGinnyWeasly
hiriyou
Honeybee2299
I LOVE YOU DUCKY HAT
Jessk
JoyRose
KathleenElizabeth
l!l Dreamer
Leo_Ayu_Dragon
Leon Truar
lev_21n01
LoveDoc
magicheide
minichao
Ms Mystica
Music is Life 7.11.02
NYYanksH8r
Roseumie
Sariah-chan
secondgrade94539
Shattered`Sil`iluuth
StarfireSongbird
Syris Vivian
Vampiretwins
Velvet Opera

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 3. PARTICIPATING CHARITIES
(This list closed on February 11th. There are 37 Participating Charities!)

Participating Charities Listed Alphabetically (not in Parade Order!)

AlexMcCandles Charity
All Newb Charity
The Anti-Apathy Charity
BitterSweet Charity
Bump & Donation Charity
Carrot On A Stick Charity
Charity for the poor and lowely
Charity of the Elements
DA ITEM DUMP
The Destiny Charity
The Disguise Me Charity
Dreamcatchers Charity
The Druid"s Grove Charity
The Ebenezer Foundation
Every Day is Christmas
A Fair Many Wishes Do Come True
Fairy Wings On Our Payment - FWOOP
For The love of Penguins!...Charity
FREE THINGS for the deserving
The Gaia Persocom Exchange
The Giveaway Charity
The Giving Branch
Holiday Charity
Little Angels
Makeshift Wings Charity
*Name Here* Charity
"Outta My Garage" Charity
The Rags to...well, not Rags Charity!
Random Number Game Charity
Roseumie"s Damn Smexiness Charity
The Sealed Envelope Charity
Supernatural Desires
The Sushi & Muffins Charity
The Tangled in Starlight, V3
Wing Your Way ^^
The wonderful dreams charity for questing gaians
Zip.Zero.Nada.Charity

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 4. TICKET HOLDERS AND DONATORS
Tickets are only 300g. To buy a ticket, please start a trade with me for 300g. When I confirm it, I will post your username here and PM you your ticket that you can add to your signature, post in your thread, and use to advertise this fun event. All proceeds from ticket sales will go to charities! Winners: biggrin

~~cAnDyCrAzE~~ biggrin GRAND PRIZE WINNER! CONGRATULATIONS!!
~Creative~Chaos~ heart biggrin
[Forgotten Twilight] biggrin
.lil.kawaii.sheep. biggrin
ader210 biggrin
alleira biggrin
Angel Blue Eyes05 biggrin
AppetiteforDestruction
Aquamarine23 heart biggrin
Arianne Mist Child heart biggrin
athenawillowtree heart biggrin
BbyFireGurl
Blu Winged Pegasus heart biggrin
Burning Peasant Head biggrin
Cartagia heart
Christmas Girl 8) biggrin
detroit_iceman313 biggrin
Evelyn Elf
evil_moxie heart biggrin
Faith Fairy
Frank_the_hobo biggrin
Girl_lover5 biggrin
GrandmaKeekers heart
HermioneGinnyWeasly biggrin
hiriyou biggrin
HonestlyMe
Honeybee2299
I LOVE YOU DUCKY HAT biggrin
Jessk biggrin
JoyRose heart biggrin
KathleenElizabeth biggrin
l!l Dreamer heart biggrin
Leon Truar biggrin
lev_21n01 heart biggrin
littledreamer
LoveDoc heart biggrin
magicheide heart biggrin
minichao biggrin
Mooncipher
Ms Mystica heart biggrin
NYYanksH8r biggrin
Roseumie heart biggrin
Sariah-chan biggrin
secondgrade94539 biggrin
Shattered`Sil`iluuth biggrin
Shunaro heart
StarfireSongbird heart biggrin
Vampiretwins biggrin
Velvet Opera heart biggrin
whitebunnierabbit heart
Wills the Guy heart
wolf_legend

heart = donated more than the ticket price for a ticket. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! heart

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 5. CHARITY MULE AVATAR CONTEST
This avatar contest has no entry fee, but is for charity mules only. The prizes have been given to those mules who I could find in their charities. If you are one of the mules below and did not get your token prize, and want one, please PM me so I can send it to you. Congratulations to all the adorable avatars!

Entries alphabetically by charity affiliation:

All Newb Charity of All Newb Charity

yukitora-chan of BitterSweet Charity.

Dimentional Warrior Hiro of DA ITEM DUMP

Tas in Disguise of The Disguise Me Charity

Dreamcatchers "Give Me Coffee" of Dreamcatchers Charity

Druid_Grove of The Druid"s Grove Charity

LoveDoc of The Giveaway Charity

Dude of the Roots of The Giving Branch

Holiday Helper of Holiday Charity

Mystical_Night "Teh Newbie Nurse" of Newbies~Oldbies Charity

ria11 of The Rags to...well, not Rags Charity!

Sealed Mule of The Sealed Envelope Charity

Supernatural Desires of Supernatural Desires

SushiMuffins of The Sushi & Muffins Charity

[Arianne Mist Child]

2k BUMPING CONTEST!

Okay, Calling All Ticket Holders! Let's get this party started with a lot of bumps to get the thread some attention! I will be running tandem bumping contests: one for individuals and one for charity tag teams!

INDIVIDUAL BUMPERS

Rules:
*Post in the thread and NUMBER your bumps.
example:

ANYbody

Bump #1

*Bumps must be numbered sequentially (1,2,3,4...)
*You may use the word "bump," a graphic, or another posted word/phrase --just please be consistent --it makes it easier to check!
*The bumper with the most bumps wins

a January Thank you letter
Second place wins 1k in Gaia gold,
and third place wins 500 gold.
350g goes to 4th place
150g to fifth place!

*Start bumping on Feb.15th at 12:00AM your time zone--ends midnite on the 19th your time zone.

CHARITY TAG TEAM BUMPERS

Rules:
*Register your charity's TEAM in the first post by listing the name of your bumpers. Each needs to be a valid ticket holder to compete. Yes, a charity can have a team of ONE! 3nodding
example:

Sample Charity Mule

My team for Sample Charity is XYZ, Abbadabbadoo, and Zima Bump #1

*ONE team member at a time may post in the thread and must state the charity's name and NUMBER your bumps. The sequence of posts might look a lot like this...
example:

XYZ

Sample Charity #2

ANYbody

Bump #7

XYZ

Sample Charity #3

Lucky1

Lucky Charity #19

Zima

Sample Charity #4

(here Zima has taken over and XYZ is no longer bumping)

*You may use the word "bump," a graphic, or another posted word/phrase --just please be consistent --it makes it easier to check! SO have your team all use the same thing!
*Your Bumps must be numbered sequentially(1.2.3.4...). And only one team member can be bumping/posting at a time. So if someone else starts, the person posting previously needs to stop.
*All members of the stated team must bump at least 10 times. Yes, I will be checking!
*The charity team with the most bumps wins

A JANUARY 2006 THANK YOU LETTER!!!!!
Second place wins 1k,
and third place wins 500 gold.
350g to the 4th place
150 g to the 5th place winner

*You may register your team anytime BEFORE February 15th, but the bumpers may begin bumping on February 12th--yes three days before the event to let the buzz build and give us the best contest we can! Remember for bumps to count you need a TICKET from Santa! heart

[Arianne Mist Child]

FINAL Standings

Top Individual Bumpers
Jessk 465
lev_21n01 352
Sariah-chan 57
AthenaWillowTree 40
Angel Blue Eyes05 30


Top Charities
Charity of Dreams 2500!!! heart
Roseumie`s Damn Smexiness Charity Bump 2500 !!! heart
ALL Newb Charity 102
Holiday Charity 3
Outta My Garage 1

Registered Charity Bump Teams:
All Newb Charity
Roseumie`s Damn Smexiness Charity heart
Charity of Dreams heart

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 8. WONDERFUL ELVES!
These are the wonderful elves I have helping me! Some act as judges for the Charity Mule Avatar Contest, some monitor the Bumping Contest, and some donated banners or other things to this event.

`~`TinkerBell`~`
Arianne Mist Child
Jesse-sama
JoyRose
murdererdelacroix
Roseumie
Sweet-lou
Wills the Guy

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 9. QUOTABLE QUOTES

Zaphriel

And this is why we luff you so much!!! You always come up with the best ideas! heart

Dreamcatchers

You can bring charities together like no one else

Arianne Mist Child

Hooray for Santa and a cool way to build community among the charities! heart biggrin

lev_21n01

I just want to say Thank You also for haveing the Parade. It opened my eyes to haw many wonderful, giving people there are on Gaia! Thank You!!!

All Newb Charity

Santa on behalf of everyone at our charity, THANK YOU!! heart heart biggrin heart heart

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 10. Link this event!

CHARITIES ON PARADE BENEFIT

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[THE Santa Claus]

Post 11 - TO PARTICIPATING CHARITIES: HOW TO SET UP THE PARADE!

Here's what it should look like when it's set up:
In this thread I will post the first clue. In big orange letters it might say, "Find the Apple in ABC Charity." So ticket holders will go to the ABC Charity and find an apple. (They'll note that the first charity in the parade is ABC Charity.) Near the apple will be another clue in big orange letters. It might say, "Go to the Links in the Beta Charity." So ticket holders note the first charity in the parade is ABC Charity and the second one is Beta Charity. Then they go to Beta Charity and find the Links post, where they find the next big orange clue to the next charity. For this to work, ABC Charity had to PM me their clue to the apple. And Beta Charity had to PM me their clue to the Links post. Then I PM'd Beta Charity's clue to ABC Charity, and they posted it by their apple. I'm still not sure this makes sense, but we'll keep working on it until we get it, because I think it will be fun.

* Your charity's clue must be submitted to THE Santa Claus via PM no later than February 11th so I have time to set up the Parade. Please make sure the name of your charity (as it appears in THE List of Charities) is included in your clue. Also, the clue should lead to a post on the first page of your charity.

EXAMPLE: "See Santa's Workshop in the Every Day is Christmas Charity for what's next."

* The clue I send you must be posted no later than February 13th so that when the fun begins the 15th everything is in place. If the charity that your clue leads to does not post their clue in time, I will have to eliminate them and adjust your clue accordingly, so please stay flexible on the 14th.

Any questions, please PM me! Thanks!

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 12 - Grand Prize Winner for THE Parade Game is ~~cAnDyCrAzE~~ !
(I numbered all winners alphabetically. See page 474 for random number generation that picked the Grand Prize Winner #1!)

1. ~~cAnDyCrAzE~~
~Creative~Chaos~ -- MY MISTAKE! (sent double prize)
2. [Forgotten Twilight]
3. .lil.kawaii.sheep.
4. ader210
5. alleira
6. Angel Blue Eyes05
7. Aquamarine23
8. Arianne Mist Child
9. athenawillowtree
10. Blu Winged Pegasus
11. Burning Peasant Head
12. Christmas Girl 8)
13. detroit_iceman313
14. evil_moxie
15. Frank_the_hobo
16. Girl_Lover5
17. HermioneGinnyWeasly
18. hiriyou
19. Honeybee2299
20. I LOVE YOU DUCKY HAT
21. Jessk
22. JoyRose
23. KathleenElizabeth
24. l!l Dreamer
Leo_Ayu_Dragon (no ticket, no prize, but still a Winner!)
25. Leon Truar
26. lev_21n01
27. LoveDoc
28. magicheide
29. minichao
30. Ms Mystica
31. Music is Life 7.11.02
32. NYYanksH8r
33. Roseumie
34. Sariah-chan
35. secondgrade94539
36. Shattered`Sil`iluuth
37. StarfireSongbird
Syris Vivian (no ticket, no prize, but still a Winner!)
38. Vampiretwins
39. Velvet Opera

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 13. - Reserved. I think... xd

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 14 - Reserved. Just in Case.

[THE Santa Claus]

Post 15 - Reserved. Thread is now open for Fun!