Seeds of Kindness Update

Hey everyone, have an update on Seeds of Kindness!

The music album is progressing very nicely at My Little Remix, and you can already find a preview of it at the bottom of this post! We extended the deadline to accommodate people studying for exams, so you can still submit a song until March 22nd! More info here.

We are also looking for custom pony merch, commission offers, and Steam gifts as prizes for the most generous donors. Thanks to such prizes, the CCA received five donations over $1,000 last time, so these gifts truly are doing a lot of good!

Thanks again to everyone contributing to this, and keep spreading the word!

Musicians and artists needed for Seeds of Kindness

As introduced in our last update, we are currently working with My Little Remix toward another event, Seeds of Kindness, to help save lives by building a clinic in Uganda and a village for Street Children in Burundi. To make this happen, we need help from you musicians and artists out there! Many generous bronies offered wonderful prizes for Smile! and helped raise more than $26,000, and we hope to make this success repeat itself! If you either make or own custom pony art (or even non-pony stuff such as Steam gifts) and want to use your talent to make the world a better place to live, we would love to collaborate with you, so feel free to check out this page here for additional information on Seeds of Kindness and ways you can participate:

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If you have specific questions, feel free to shoot us an email at broniesforgood @gmail.com

You can learn more about the clinic, the Green Village and our partner, Your Siblings, on their FAQ – it’s a good read. Their policy is to cover all travel and personal costs as well as money transfer fees independently from donations, so that 100% of what you give will be spent exclusively on said projects !

Thanks again to everyone making all of this possible, and spread the word !

Smile! event is over, over $26,000 raised !

Twenty. Six. Thousands.
That’s how much you guys raised in one month. Indeed, the tips to GlobalGiving got back to the CCA in the form of a $3,000 bonus! All going straight to the Children’s Cancer Association, all to make this world a happier place to live in, all to help children in need smile and live again ! This is so amazing, THANK YOU SO MUCH ! Really, we couldn’t even begin to thank you all enough for making this happen !

To all the musicians who made such an amazing album.

To Piquipauparro, whose prize was chosen by the most generous donor, who donated as much a $1,250.

To Xofox, who offered a handcrafted wooden pony commission. To shytalon, who offered several art commissions.

To the whole Cutie Mark Crusade team, who will give extra thanks to donors in their upcoming game.

To RoarinRoy, who offered an awesome set of Pinkie Pie headphones.

To MasterTortilla and Futtashy here at Bronies for Good, who not only helped setting this up but also offered a pony scarf commission and an original painting, respectively.

To Tsutanai-Neko, who offered a Nurse RedHeart custom.

To RinellaWasHere and Pen Stroke, who both offered fanfic commissions.

To Equestria Daily, DerpyHoovesNews and everyone else who helped spread the word.

To all of you, thank you so much once again for making this happen !

What’s next ?

Even though the actual event and prize contest is technically over, we will still be keeping the fundraiser open for a while for those who may have missed it and still want to get the album. However, we don’t plan to stop there, as there will always be even more good to be done ! We are now working on another event that we shortly announced a little while ago : Seeds of Kindness.
This next event is aimed towards funding two major projects of the non-profit group Your Siblings :

– The first $10,000 collected will be used to complete the building and supplying of a clinic in Uganda, where there is less than one doctor per 12,000 people, and life expectancy is only about fifty years. After this initial impulse, the clinic will be self-sustainable and able to provide free emergency care without any external help for anyone who can’t afford to pay for it.
– When the clinic is fully funded, the next donations will be used to build a Green Village in Burundi, where street children who lost their parents to the civil war can find a home and learn to earn their subsistence without having to resort to crime.

You can learn more about our partner, Your Siblings, on their FAQ – it’s a good read. Their policy is to cover all travel and personal costs as well as money transfer fees independently from donations, so that 100% of what you give will be spent exclusively on said projects ! Cool fact : their web server hosts Ponyleaks, as their second chair and lead developer is no other than Telofy, also author at DerpyHoovesNews !

Anyway, if your interested in getting involved with the project, or would like more information on how Seeds of Kindness will work, check out the page on projects!

Thanks again everybody! None of this would be possible without your continued support and effort!

Love and solidarity!

-BfG team

Smile! breaks $21,000 & Introducing “Seeds of Kindness”

Amazing news everybody!

We just broke the $18,000 bar on the donation page! In fact, we all even raised more than $21,000 for the Children’s Cancer Association, because all of the tips to GlobalGiving got back to the CCA as an extra bonus, so that they actually receive $3,000 more than what is shown!

There is only one week left until the 25th, when the winners of the prizes are decided, so be quick if you want to be one of them! As of now, the two top donors are tied for first prize, and the four top donors after them for the second, so I want to make sure everything is clear on what will happen if they don’t make other donations by the 25th. As explained in the initial post, donations are cumulative and in the event of a tie, the donor whose last donation was made the earliest will get priority.

Thank you so much to all of you for your generosity, and a big shout-out to all of the artists who contributed to this! We will still be taking taking donations for a while, but be sure to follow the instructions to get the album.

Introducing Seeds of Kindness

Because good things do NOT end, we are currently working toward an even bigger event, and we are looking for artists willing to lend their talent and help a worthy cause!
This next event, “Seeds of Kindness”, will fund two projects:

– When the clinic is fully funded, the next donations will be used to build a Green Village in Burundi, where street children who lost their parents to the civil war can find a home and learn to earn their subsistence without having to resort to crime.

The policy of our partner, Your Siblings, is to cover all travel and personal costs as well as money transfer fees independently from donations, so that 100% of what you give will be spent exclusively on said projects.

How you can help:

– My Little Remix is currently working on another charity album, which will be instantly sent to every donor. If you’re good with music and want to contribute to this cause, you can find more info here.

– Just as with Smile!, we would like to offer extra prizes to the most generous donors! We can’t say exactly how much before the event ends, but we received HUGE donations, and their sum is several times higher than the sum of what each individual prize would have sold for on eBay. If you either make or own custom pony art (or even non-pony stuff such as Steam gifts) and want to use your talent to make the world a better place to live, we would love to collaborate with you, so shoot us an email: broniesforgood at gmail dot com!

– If you are more versed in the digital arts and can’t make any physical gift, you can also contribute with a gift to charity and the whole community: We are also looking for various kinds of media that can be released to celebrate major milestones! If you are up for the challenge, email us with your ideas and we will contact you with further information and advice.

Once again, thank you all so much for making all of this possible!
Love and solidarity to you all.

Smile! Charity Album Released !

Good News Everybody !

The Smile! charity album has been completed and is now ready for distribution to those of you who have contributed to the Smile! CCA fundraising efforts. We are all extremely happy with the sheer quality of the submissions, not only coming from well-know artists, but also from many undiscovered talents. This album features 22 of the best submissions, amounting to a grand total of 77 minutes of diverse, high quality music ranging from Classical to Rock, including Acoustic, Jazz, Dance, Drum & Bass and many more ! You can find the full tracklist at the bottom of this post and a preview of some of the early submissions here.

If you have already donated on our Global Giving page while following correctly the instructions, you should have already received your digital copy of the album by email in our latest thank you note. If you have already donated but didn’t receive anything, please contact us at [email protected] and tell us your name and how much you donated, so that we can check it and match your email address with the donation we received. We will be happy to send you back the album as soon as you do, as well as make you eligible for the extra prizes !

How can I get this album ?

Donate to the Children’s Cancer Association following the instructions below to receive your digital copy of the album as well as become eligible for the additional prizes. Donations are cumulative, as long as you use the same email address every time.

Go to our page on GlobalGiving.
Choose how much you want to donate.
Click on “Make this donation a gift, in honor of, or in memory of someone“
Choose an e-card from the selection at the top, it doesn’t matter which one
Fill the form as shown here. This is important : if your email address is “[email protected]”, then replace “my.email(at)address” with exactly “example(at)gmail.com”.
You can now proceed to the payment by credit card or PayPal.
Be sure to save the receipt for tax deduction, which is as well an additional proof of your donation, just in case.

Here is the full tracklist :

1. One Cold Morning – Makkon
2. Say it isn’t Snow – thattechnique
3. A Heart Warming Night – AJTheEngineer
4. The Winter Wonder Carol – Bagpipe Brony
5. I’ll Be Coming Home – All Levels at Once
6. Pinkie Pie’s Fashion Show – DonnDeVore
7. Let’s Go – BlackElectric
8. Finding The Light – Exploding Heart Technique
9. Family Ways – And The Rainfall (Youtube)
10. In the name of Kindness – Nosnibormada
11. Octavia’s Smile – Dark Symphony
12. Forgotten Symphony – Aspect of The Storm
13. A Memoir of Silence – Navy Brony
14. First Bird of Spring – DrDissonance
15. Busy Day – Jeffthestrider
16. Megumi no Uta (Song of Blessings) – MIU
17. ForChorda – randomblockfilms
18. No Words – Replacer
19. Rebuilding Our City – sdogginsworth
20. Snortle at the Jazzy – Psychedelic Brony
21. Sorceress Girl – SoGreatAndPowerful
22. Memory Lane – Osoth

SWAG. Bonus track – Circuitfry and Pinkie Cake

Extra special thanks to the contributing artists, My Little Remix, Equestria Daily, Global Giving, the Children’s Cancer Association and all of you generous bronies who decided to help support this wonderful cause.

Brohooves to everyone who has donated so far, and let’s see how much more good we can do, love and solidarity to you all !

Launching Smile ! : A Christmas Charity Event

Hi everyone !
Because Christmas is the time of giving, we are inviting the whole brony community to show the Element of Generosity and make a difference in the lives of many children. 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, and their needs go well beyond what even the best medical care can provide. But together, we can be the rainbow that will make them want to smile forever !

The Children’s Cancer Association, a top-rated, award-winning charity, provides supportive mentors to these children and brings friendship in a time of loneliness, soothing music in a time of crisis, resources in a time of turmoil and vital support in the midst of life-threatening illness. More than 40 talented artists have already offered their talent to support this cause in the brony way : giving back.

As a very special Christmas gift, every single donor will receive a digital copy of an exclusive music album. The involvement of the music community over at My Little Remix is truly amazing : in only a few weeks, and despite their high quality requirements, we are now looking at a 74 minute-long production ! Those who had the chance to listen to the teaser can tell you how high the quality bar is set. It also shines by its diversity : Classical, Electronic, Acoustic, Dance, Drum & Bass, Rock and Jazz are only a few of the musical genres featured. They are now in the final phases of mastering, and aim to have it ready in a couple of days at the latest. Donate now and you will be e-mailed a digital copy as soon as it’s done. We will also be sending solid copies of it to the Children’s Cancer Association to let the kids listen to it and know that out there, even complete strangers care about them and put in that much work, just to make them smile.

Additionally, the most generous donors will receive very valuable presents kindly made for this cause, although we are even now still receiving more pledges at [email protected] ! How our present system will work, for example, is if by January 25th, if a total of 10 gifts have been pledged, then we will get in touch with the 10 most generous donors. Then, they can choose which present they prefer among the list, with the top donors being given priority. In the event that two people donate the same amount, the donor whose last donation was made the earliest will get priority.

Releasing the album on BandCamp would have been an easy option, but then Paypal, BandCamp and taxes would have taken their cut and donors themselves would have missed out on tax deduction, when they would have done even more good by donating directly to the Children’s Cancer Association. Because of this, the donations will take place on the Global Giving website, a trusted, well-known foundation that will grant you complete tax deduction and forward your money directly to the Children’s Cancer Association, without us or anyone else handling any of it. Moreover, we can not only track in real time how much our community raised, but also provide undeniable proof of it, so that our achievement can never be doubted or forgotten. This also makes it our best shot at finally getting some good press !

How can I donate ?

Donating now will automatically pre-order the album for you, as well as make you eligible for the additional prizes. Donations are cumulative, as long as you use the same email address every time.

Go to our page on GlobalGiving.
Choose how much you want to donate.
Click on “Make this donation a gift, in honor of, or in memory of someone“
Choose an e-card from the selection at the top, it doesn’t matter which one
Fill the form as shown here. This is important : if your email address is “[email protected]”, then replace “my.email(at)address” with exactly “example(at)gmail.com”.
You can now proceed to the payment by credit card or PayPal.
Be sure to save the receipt for tax deduction, which is as well an additional proof of your donation, just in case.

Brohooves to everyone who contributed in some way to the album, to all the artists generously offering these beautiful gifts, to the Children’s Cancer Association volunteers for brightening the lives of children in need, and to everyone supporting this cause, if only by spreading the word !

Smile event is close to launch !

Hi everyone, have a little update on the event in favor of the Children’s Cancer Association !

First of all, I want to thank all the great artists and musicians who have already offered their collaboration, their involvement have really been amazing and this is turning out so much better than we could ever hope for !

The charity album planned with My Little Remix is a huge success : we are still waiting for the last submissions to be sent, and despite the quality standards we are holding for this, more than one hour of quality music already made the cut ! We can’t help letting you take a sneak peek at this production, so have a small teaser at the bottom of this post !

We have also received some great contributions from generous artists, to be sent as gifts to the top donors for their generosity ! If you missed our previous call and would like to help this cause, we are still accepting gift pledges of any kind, be it art, merch, commissions or even non-pony goods, so feel free to contact us at [email protected] !

On Christmas Day, we will release a link to our stand on Global Giving, letting you make a tax-deductible donation to the Children’s Cancer Association and receive our exclusive music album as a very special Christmas gift !

Brohooves all around, and thank you all for your generosity ! See you again for Christmas !

Smile Christmas Charity Album Teaser

A very awesome fundraiser under-way!

A Fundraiser is just about to kick off and we are really excited about it! It involves art, charity and ponies, what’s not to love? The post is so big and there are so many ways in which you can participate that I’am not going to try and explain them here. Instead have a link to it, read up on it, mark the dates on your calendar and get to work on some pony art!

Warning: It’s amazing, so read carefully…

Picture related, its my initial reaction to the fundraiser.

A reminder and a few more things

So the development of this site has almost come to a close and we will be adding a few things here and there as ideas take us.

During September we organized the blood drive: Nurse Redheart’s Roundup, we had quiete a few participants which made us extremely happy and which unquestionably helped many people who depend on the donations. However, this event is still very open and anyone who can, can participate. We would also appreciate it if you would let us know about your participation by adding your name on a spreadsheet. This event also counts towards earning your own BfG button! All the nessecary information can be found under Projects -> Present on this website.

We have also started to elect “charities of the month” you can find these on the very top of the page. Donating more than $20 dollars to any charity will also help you on your way to earning a button from us (the details are on the Projects -> Present page)

And last update is: we now have our own Steam group! You can find it here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/bronies_for_good

That’s all from me for now, until next time.

Looks like I’m getting sent back to magic kindergarten…

Since this update is EXTREMELY tardy!

If you didn’t already gather, we changed some things. It’s looking a little nicer around here. Updates are ongoing, so some things may be unfinished as of right now. We are in the process of doing quite a bit of work around here, and by the time it’s completed, it’ll be…nice.

The banner is just me fooling around with someone else’s masterpiece in Paint, expect it to change soon. Many apologies to CrappyUnicorn for using your image as a background until we get our own. Hopefully linking people to your DeviantArt profile (twice) will make up for it?

Anyway, expect some more changes here soonish. Till then: Stay sane, spike your mane!