Today's journal entry is pure pimpage for a Gaian Charity. And yes, I'm going to hit you up for contributions. So to be fair, I'm stating it up front so you can run away screaming early and go watch Barney or whatever it is that you do when you're not reading my journal. I do hope you'll hang around, though.
Once upon a time there was a Booty Grab Charity run by an account/avatar/person/whatever was behind the keyboard called Wishlist Santa. This person thought (and quite rightly so) that most Booty Grabbers knew how to make gold, and maybe they'd be generous enough to donate a little of it towards a Christmas Charity.
This person was right. Wishlist Santa received donations; the donations were turned into Gaian items; and the items were distributed to those who asked. The charity did so well it opened again for a second year.
But unfortunately all that time being inside a cow let the cow fleas eat Santa's brain, and for various reasons that don't matter any more, Santa was not able to fulfill the obligations of the charity last year.
Fortunately, Santa had elves. Those elves took over Santa's work and made sure the donations were distributed to the worthy and the not so worthy but who at least had the brains to follow the simple instructions.
And those elves liked the whole idea so much that they decided to continue on without Santa. Of course, without Santa, the whole charity and thread needed another name and another face, and that's where Pesty Elf comes in. Pesty's good at being the band's front man. Front elf. Whatever.
(Pesty Elf is the mule of a reasonably well-known high end tank owner (which means it's not me because it's not), name available upon request.)
So where do I come in? I started getting involved and donating and publicizing the charity because it's exactly what I like to see in a charity: ask and ye shall receive. Ye may not receive everything on your list or even the most expensive thing on your list (let's face it, elves have budgets), but all you have to do is ask. (And ask after a certain date and not before. That's not too hard a rule to follow but some people have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time.)
So yes, I'm here to ask you to send your donations to Pesty Elf, because it's really hard to give stuff away at Christmas if you don't have any gold to buy the stuff with. Gold is good, but items are also welcomed, although please understand that if they're not what people are asking for, they'll probably be sold to finance things that people want.
If the thought of just simply sending in some gold makes your Gaian bank account slam shut, think about taking my Seven Tanks A Week Challenge.
It's really simple: Sit down and log into Gaia. Play Booty Grab on seven good tanks. Add up what you grabbed and donate it.
What makes it painless is that it's quick. You send the gold before you really get emotionally attached to it so you never think of it as "yours". You don't even miss it. It takes about 10-15 minutes and it adds up fast.
To make it more interesting, once a week I post my own seven tanks score just to see if anyone can beat it.
We're also looking for threads who wouldn't mind giving the charity a link in their link sections or what have you. Some of the more popular threads have, and all are welcomed and appreciated.
One of the things that saved my Gaian Christmas after the unpleasantness last Christmas was making sure I could keep up my donations to the Charity and giving gifts to friends. Because while it may or may not be better to give than receive, giving sure does give you lots of warm fuzzies.
So think about it. And thanks.
purplewiz · Sat Aug 06, 2011 @ 12:52am · 0 Comments |