Howdy all!
The last day in February each year is Rare Disease Awareness Day, and each year my wife and I do a Walk Across Eorzea where we RP walk through every ARR zone (or as many as we can do during the event). During the event, we stop at various little towns and give out prizes to people who are walking with us, and we stream the event to talk about our story and our daughter "Lil Stomp" who has a rare disease.
Some of you may recall me posting an (almost identical) message last year, and we raised over FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!
If anyone is interested in joining, we'll be setting out from the Limsa Aetheryte on Gilgamesh Server at 3pm EST on Sunday, March 1st. Anyone is welcome, and prizes are just random rolled along the way, including both ingame mounts and minions. We used to raffle Mogstation prizes, but SE has locked down most gifting for things like that, so I'll need to double check those.
You do NOT need to donate anything to roll for the prizes in-game! The prizes are being given away based on rolling using the in-game system and is unrelated to donations at all. We do the walk and give away prizes to help raise awareness and to share stories, and while we promote the charity page, it is not required.
If you're interested in following the event, link is here: http://spot.fund/5thAnnualWalkAcrossEorzea
Link to the stream (live at 3pm EST on Sunday):
Please note that there is NEVER an expectation of donating money to be part of the event. There is a link to the twitch stream where we will host the walk on that page as well.
I do want to stress that this is a registered non-profit, and that my family does not in any way benefit from this money. Our daughter is one of the Lucky ones who does not need full-time care or much outside assistance. I also want to make it clear that donating is not required and should only be done if you have the money available. Times are tough for many people, even just raising awareness is great.
Hope to see people there!
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The last day in February each year is Rare Disease Awareness Day, and each year my wife and I do a Walk Across Eorzea where we RP walk through every ARR zone (or as many as we can do during the event). During the event, we stop at various little towns and give out prizes to people who are walking with us, and we stream the event to talk about our story and our daughter "Lil Stomp" who has a rare disease.
Some of you may recall me posting an (almost identical) message last year, and we raised over FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS!
If anyone is interested in joining, we'll be setting out from the Limsa Aetheryte on Gilgamesh Server at 3pm EST on Sunday, March 1st. Anyone is welcome, and prizes are just random rolled along the way, including both ingame mounts and minions. We used to raffle Mogstation prizes, but SE has locked down most gifting for things like that, so I'll need to double check those.
You do NOT need to donate anything to roll for the prizes in-game! The prizes are being given away based on rolling using the in-game system and is unrelated to donations at all. We do the walk and give away prizes to help raise awareness and to share stories, and while we promote the charity page, it is not required.
If you're interested in following the event, link is here: http://spot.fund/5thAnnualWalkAcrossEorzea
Link to the stream (live at 3pm EST on Sunday):
Please note that there is NEVER an expectation of donating money to be part of the event. There is a link to the twitch stream where we will host the walk on that page as well.
I do want to stress that this is a registered non-profit, and that my family does not in any way benefit from this money. Our daughter is one of the Lucky ones who does not need full-time care or much outside assistance. I also want to make it clear that donating is not required and should only be done if you have the money available. Times are tough for many people, even just raising awareness is great.
Hope to see people there!
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