Few things are as devastating as a child diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Young patients and their families are quickly thrust into an unfamiliar and often frightening world of medical decisions and hospital protocols. At the same time, they are typically coping with emotional upheaval and financial anxiety. Their needs go well beyond what even the best medical care can provide. However, in the words of a parent, sometimes even during the craziest storms you are lucky enough to get a rainbow . Let’s do as much as we can to give them that chance, and make them want to keep smiling forever !
The Children’s Cancer Association needs our donations to provide supportive mentors to children undergoing emotionally isolating and physically difficult cancer treatment. In collaboration with GlobalGiving, we will release a link on Christmas Day to donate to a collective brony fundraiser for this mission. The payment takes place on their website, so it is completely trustworthy, tax-deductible and sent directly to the Children’s Cancer Association. Depending on how many people donate in the first week, CCA will also be granted an extra 500$ to 1500$ bonus offered by Global Giving !
Sharing is an easy feat, so this will also act as a mix between charity sale and blind auction. Not only will the most generous donors receive extra prizes such as paintings, scarves, custom ponies or plushies, but every single one will be immediately granted a digital copy of a completely exclusive music album, product of the collaboration between the most talented bronies. More than 25 artists have already signed in for this, and it will only keep on getting bigger !
How you can join the cause :
First of all, spread the word ! There are so many brony communities out there and we can t possibly reach them all by ourselves, so make sure that everyone knows about this !
If you’re good with music, you’re welcome to join on My Little Remix if you haven t already and submit a piece to the album ! It’s also a great opportunity for your music to reach more people, as it will be published alongside the big names already working on this. You can find more details and complete instructions here.
If you make or own pony-related stuff and feel generous, you could offer it as an additional prize for the top donors and help raise more for the kids ! Now is your chance to get busy and make a difference in the lives of many children with your creative skill. Standard eBay auctions already go pretty high, but we can only guess how much more can be raised when it’s for charity !
You can send your pledge to us ( smile.bfg@gmail.com ) that you will create or offer something for this event, so that we can showcase your art and your generosity as soon as it’s done.
For the digital artists out there, we are also welcoming any kind of art submission ! The theme is a simple word : “smile”. What to do with it is only up to you, so let your creativity flow ! The best ones will be showcased in our regular roundups, throughout the whole event. We will also need 179 x 114 px pictures for our widget showing how much have been donated.
Send all non-music submissions at smile.bfg@gmail.com and be source to include a source link to get credited!
The actual month-long event will kick off on the 25th of December, but we need as much as we can before the end of the year to get that 1500$ extra grant for CCA, so be sure to check in after Christmas ! If you are already planning to donate but won’t be able to do so between December 25th and December 31st, you may contact us at broniesforgood@gmail.com , so that we can direct you to our private donation link on Global Giving. We will still be accepting donations after the end of the year, but only 2011 donations will help us getting the 1500$ bonus !
A big Brohoof to all the fantastic artists who made this take off and to all those who will make it succeed, and thank you for your generosity !
The art above is donated by PashaPup
My heart goes to your charity, as I know things will be sucessful and hopefully every child (or filly) would carry a smile for Christmas.
While I can not donate money (short on bank funds and can’t do a thing without any inspection from my family) and can’t create music, I can try to find time to do a drawing for BFG (on scanned paper of course)… So… Let’s hope I have the free time to do so.. ^^;
Pony music AND charity? Those are, like, my two favorite things. I’m in.
One thing, though. Which artists are already in on the album?
The list as well as the “participate” button can be found here: http://mylittleremix.com/submission/list.php?event=24
Concerning artists in other mediums, anyone can join and do their own take on the theme
I would love to take part, but I’m horrable at drawing ponies and I have no musical talent. But what I can do is support this with bids. I know how much it means to people with cancer to have a smile on their face come the holidays.
Peace.
you have my sword!
is it alright if i draw a picture then take a picture of it then submit it?
Of course it is!
How many / much needs to be donated for the bonuses?
P.S. Just noticed the situation in the opening picture. I feel as slow as molasses in wintertime.
Well there are just so many ways to earn the bonus that I think its best to just give you the link with all the possible paths: http://www.globalgiving.org/dy/v2/leaderboards/global-open-challenge/index.html?d-1342871-p=1&d-1342871-s=5&d-1342871-o=1
So far our strength would be numbers so an extra $2000 if we have the most donors (the most donors is set at 160 now) and we can also get another $300 if we spread the donation link the most across facebook (by sharing)
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If anybody is trying to budget for this, there is a minimum donation of $10. Also, don’t try to game the system please. Global Giving does have a system in place to detect cheating. When you’re caught, your donations (all of them) will not count towards the total number of donations for the bonus.
I usually never donate to charity’s. Its not because I dont want to its because I can’t really afford it. But this seems like an awesome charity with and awesome goal. I’ll donate all that I can. Thank you Bronies for good for doing this. It will really help some of those families.
I donated, but I failed at the whole getting-the-album part. Twice. Is there anyway I could get the album without using ANOTHER ten dollars? ^^;
Yes, you can send us an email at (broniesforgood(at)gmail.com) and we will forward you the download link
Thanks for donating!
Okay, I donated but I still have a doubt: will I receive the album by mail or by clicking on a link or anything else? I’m kinda lost
You see, I followed the instructions but I feel like I failed, as always.
I just wanted to know if I should wait a little longer or panic or do something else.
Still, I made my donation and felt happy to contribute to such a nice project
(Also forgive me if my English isn’t perfect, I’m from France)
Thanks
You should receive the link automatically within a few hours on donating at the latest, if you do not receive it you can email us at broniesforgood(at)gmail.com and we will forward it to you.
Thanks for donating, you have made a difference in the lives of the children who need it
Hey guys.
So… when is the next Smile! Christmas charity event happening?
I so loved the first one (though i was late for the party) that i must see this become annual.
I’m afraid that I cannot donate more than $10 a month (under usual circumstances) but i will do my best to promote this page positively.
The brony herd is such an amazing bunch of people, it makes me feel like we as humans can finally take a step forward TOGETHER without having to trip anyone up in the name of progress.
Thank you all.
My hubby has low blood platelets due to her zaman.
C. May Lycopene worsen it?.