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Post: 96474209_1 created on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:50:01 +0000
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The Daffodil Movement has been held every year during the month of April since 2006 (except in '08 when the event was held in May). During the month of April, we try to gather as many Gaians as possible to equip a daffodil bouquet on their avatars for the whole month to promote cancer awareness. This is the time we take out of our regular schedule as Gaians and as people to remember those we have lost, honor those who have fought and won, and encourage those presently fighting cancer.

For even more information about The Daffodil Movement and to check out our year-round headquarters you can follow this link to go to guild.

For the duration of the Easter event we now have a hangout thread in the event forum which can be found here.

⇨ANNOUNCEMENTS:
April 30th - Awareness Ribbons now available in Barton Boutique!
April 30th - Nartian Raffle & Farewell Party Planning Threads up in the guild
April 30th - The end of the main event.
April 5th - Easter even thread is created and opened!
April 1st - Thread is officially open and TDM officially has begun!
March 30th - Thread created.

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Post: 96474209_2 created on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:50:28 +0000
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⇨Follow Gaia's ToS

⇨Do not quote any large blocks of text, such as any of the posts on the front page of the main thread or a team's thread.

⇨Please read the FAQs before asking a question. That way we can be sure we have plenty of time to answer any unusual or specific questions instead of answering the same common ones over and over.

⇨Contacting Crew: We request that you please check over the FAQs before sending of the team captains any direct questions. We will get back to you as soon as we can and we appreciate your patience with us in this matter.

⇨Be supportive of one another! Try to get along.

⇨And most importantly, strive for positivity. We encourage you to share your stories and feelings concerning cancer, cancer awareness, and the like, but this will not be a pity-party. Many people may be going through cancer themselves or seeing someone they love dealing with it. We’re here to hope for the best. heart

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⇨Team Spirit Contest
This is The Daffodil Movement's most important contest and where teams really become a factor. Whichever group shows the most enthusiasm throughout the event will win a real life donation to an organization affiliated with that team's type of cancer. A general donation to the American Cancer Society will be made if one can not be made directly to a society related to that particular type. Of course, you are welcome to make donations of your own. So get out there and show your team spirit! The winner will be selected by an anonymous user(s) who will be around during the event.

⇨Avatar Contest
Even though tektek is no longer around, that doesn't mean the avatar contest is going away. Make an avatar using your teams color (or lavender if you decide not to join a team) and send a screen shot to The Daffodil Movement in a private message. This contest will run from April 8th - 28th. Entries sent before then will be ignored. Gold prizes will be given out to the winner for each team (and sometimes runner up) during the Farewell Party.

⇨Random Number Generator
This year about 564,800 Americans are expected to die of cancer—more than 1,500 people a day. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US, exceeded only by heart disease. So for this particular RNG you will generate a number between 1 & 564,800. The first person to generate the number 2 & 1500 will each win a gold prize. Please send a private message to The Daffodil Movement with a link to your winning post to receive your prize.

⇨Scavenger Hunt
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For each week of April, a riddle will be posted. Use it to find the image seen on the left which will be hiding here in main thread or somewhere in the guild. Once you've found it send a private message to The Daffodil Movement with the location for that week for a gold prize. A grand prize will be given out during the Farewell Party to the person who solves the riddle and finds the image all 4 weeks with the quickest times.

Riddle of the Week

April 6-12: Oh how nice it would be to have some hope early, where could I be?
April 13-19: ???
April 20-26: ???
April 27-May 3: ???

⇨Team Support Contest
This is for all teams (including captains), hosted by Team Leukemia. For each post you make in this thread you will earn two points for your team. But they can not be bumps or emoticons. It will run all month. The second part of this contest is you will also earn one point for each item you're avi is wearing in your team's color(s) each day. At the end of the month the team and the person with the most points will win up to 5bil gold.

⇨Posting Prizes
Senorita Hope is also going to give out gold to the sixth and eighth poster on each page of the main thread - six letters in Cancer and eight in Daffodil. Every poster on page fifteen and sixteen will get gold too- Fifteen letters in Cancer Awareness and sixteen letters in Daffodil Movement. This will be done in the main thread and in her team thread.

⇨Daffodil Fairy
As she has in the past, the elusive and magical Daffodil Fairy will be giving out gold to the first person to quote her posts. So keep an eye out for a chance on some free gold.

⇨Nartian Raffle
The Nartian Raffle is a part of the The Daffodil Movement Farewell Party which will be held at the end of the month. There will be many prizes being raffled off, including the final grand prize of a Nartian Rock. The other prizes will be whatever people donate for the event. If you would like to donate a prize for the raffle, send a trade to The Daffodil Movement Mule labeled "Raffle Donation". This will keep the items separate from the general donations sent to the mule.

⇨Farewell Party
The Farewell Party is a formal wear event where we all get together, hold the Nartian Raffle, and say our goodbyes. A thread for the party will be made in the guild, but we are going to try to have everyone party in real time in Mrs_S_Snape's house, Towns 2 or if we have enough people a Friends Chat. More information about the time and place will be announced through the guild towards the end of the month.

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Post: 96474209_4 created on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:51:41 +0000
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Like the teams you see at relays in real life, teams in TDM are intended to pump up the excitement with some good-natured competition.
In our case, however, teams are based off of different types of cancer. In the past we have had more than 5 teams but due to low participation numbers from the previous 2 years, it was decided to limit the amount further.

Many of the activities revolve around teams. At the end of the event, the team deemed "most spirited" will win a real-life donation for their cause.

To join a team, all you have to do is go to its HQ and ask to join. Your team's Captain may have specific rules for joining, like a keyword to make sure you read the rules or a stand-out text they might want you to post in, so look out for those.

Questions about teams? Consult the FAQ's first, located in the post below this one.

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Team Melanoma
Color: Black
Captain: Love Renewed
Link to Headquarters

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Team Childhood
Color: Gold
Captain: Rei Akira-Chan
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Team Kidney
Color: Green
Captain: Mrs_S_Snape
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Team Leukemia
Color: Orange
Captain: Senorita Hope
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Team Testicular
Color: Orchid
Captain: Jestering Jester
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Post: 96474209_5 created on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:54:36 +0000
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⇨I want to help the Movement. Where do I send my gold, items, and daffodils?
Donations should be sent to The Daffodil Movement, our mule. Donations of gold help us give better prizes in the contests, and yellow items give the mule something cool to wear. (Items are sold at the end of the Movement to go toward next year.) Please do not send us daffodils unless they are already made into a bouquet. It is too expensive and time-consuming for us to turn hundreds of daffodils into bouquets by ourselves. We'd rather use our gold pool for prizes, so please only donate bouquets. (: single daffodils will be donated to Old Pete's Dumpster Dive.

⇨I wanna show my support by wearing a daffodil bouquet during the whole month of April, but can't make or buy one. What's this about free bouquets?
You're in luck! Many generous Gaians have donated daffodil bouquets to us, so that we may pass them along to whoever needs one. To request a bouquet, just send a labeled trade to The Daffodil Movement.

⇨Do I have to wear a *yellow* daffodil bouquet?
No. You can wear whatever color you want.

⇨Can I be on more than one team?
You are welcome to post whatever ribbons you want in your signature or around the site to show your support. However, when it comes to official teams, you have to pick just one. This is especially important for the spirit contest. You can only follow your team's events.

⇨How do I join a team? What do I have to do for my team?
It's not all that scary. All you have to do is post in the HQ of the team you want, saying you want to join. The thread might have a special procedure for joining, so look out for that. Tada! You have a team. Depending on what your team's Captain wants to do, there might be events or contests that your team is doing. None of these are required for membership. They're just for fun! The important thing is just to support your team with a whole heart. Put its ribbon in your signature. Dress up in your team colors. The team that's deemed the most spirited wins a real-life donation for that type of cancer, so shake those pom-poms!

⇨Do I have to be on a team to be a part of the Movement?
No. You don't even have to post in the thread. The most important thing about the Movement is making the cause visible. All you really need to do to be a participator is to wear the bouquet and point our way if anyone asks about it. (:

⇨Why can't (insert name of cancer here) be a team?
There are a few teams we have every year, but generally, the teams change from one year to the next. That's because I would like to keep the number of teams to 10-11 each year, but still want to give exposure to all kinds. So, the teams rotate. Please don't try to invent your own team. The team threads you see were made by officially chosen Captains who spent a lot of time and hard work to make their threads. If you want to captain a team, you'll have to wait until next year.

⇨Can I be a Team Captain?
Team Captains are chosen in March. They build their threads and are trained in their duties so to be ready for April. You'll probably have to wait until next year, unless the captain of your team resigns and decides to pass the torch to you. But, if you're serious enough about it to wait a year, you'll probably be a shoe in. Keep in touch with the guild occasionally throughout the year.

⇨How do I receive announcements about event details?
In order to receive announcements about details about the 2014 TDM and events in the future, simply join The Daffodil Movement guild. Generally the only time you will receive announcements from the guild is around the time the event is going on.

Still confused? Visit the Q&A thread.

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Post: 96474209_6 created on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:55:04 +0000
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This list explains the functions of different parts of the guild and links to threads of interest.

⇨Main forum
Where we keep basic TDM info
Cancer Awareness Ribbons Thread
Art of TDM Collected Over The Years
Cancer Links and Resources
The Yellow Wall
Ribbon Petition/Affiliates list
Q&A about TDM

⇨Events Board
Where people get the word out about events they're holding.
Events Directory

⇨Team Threads Forum
Where teams have their home base to meet up at. Threads in this forum can only be OP'ed by designated Team Captains.

⇨Articles/Cancer in the Media
Where we share stories of interest to the community.

⇨Memorials
Where users make threads dedicated to honoring people they want to remember.

⇨Chat Forum
Random, off-topic, anything really chat.

⇨Archives
This is where old threads are moved year after year. Kept in this forum in order to pass along ideas to future teams, and to show off everyone's hard work.

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Post: 96474209_7 created on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:55:39 +0000
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This is where we honor those that survived, those that did not, and those still fighting. To submit a name for the Yellow Wall, send a PM to the event mule with their name. If you want their name to be linked to an entry in TDM’s journal, send a personalized dedication along too. It can be a letter to them, their story, a memory about them, anything you like. (please specify at the beginning of your PM that you would like for the story to be added to the journal.)

Our Wall has become so massive that it now has its own thread. You can visit it in its entirety by clicking the link below.

The Yellow Wall

Click the link below to view the archive of personalized dedications.

The Daffodil Movement's Journal

If you would prefer to tell someone's story yourself, in a way that will always be open for editing or expansion,
you can make a thread for them in the Memorials Forum.

Memorials Forum

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Post: 96474209_8 created on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:56:11 +0000
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If you would like to affiliate with the Daffodil Movement, send a PM request to Mrs_S_Snape labeled "Affiliation Request". Send your banner and take any of ours that you like below. Your banner will be placed here, in a thread on the home forum of the guild.

Affiliates will be checked occasionally for alive-ness and they will also be posted in by our mule when TDM is coming up.

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Post: 96474209_9 created on Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:56:49 +0000
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