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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:29 am
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I just saw the topic on the Cosplay for a Cure, and it gave me this idea for the post. As the title say, do the conventions you attend have a table or activity to raise funds for a non-profit organization?
On Kaisen 6 on December 2009, we had a table pro-benefit of a friend's mother, who was in need of medical attention in the U.S.A., for she suffers for Lung Hypertension. I think that's the proper name in english. So she and her friends sold on the spot drawings and paintings, had a donation can, plus they also sold raffle tickets for various items... A Gian homemade Prinny plushie, a Hellsing poster, a giant painting...
That and the convention itself donated I believe 600 dollars for the cause! Thanks to this effort, her mom was able to go to NY and get the medical aid she needed, and is still alive and kicking, although she needs to keep her air tank and tubes with her at all times.
I told the organizer I like the fund-raising idea, and I told him to keep it up. He said about next kaisen (last month) it would be an abused children home. I don't know if it was actually done though, as it actually needs to follow a process and protocol...
So, what about your cons?
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:15 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 10:56 pm
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Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 8:41 pm
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 8:27 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 2:53 pm
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SakuraRico Tsuki Nushi Unfortunately after the Anime FF con scam of '07, not many conventions or anime organizations are willing to do non-profit work for fear of being ripped off. Hmm... I'm trying to google such event, I can't find anything but a news site that announces theotaku.com reporting it, but that site doesn't give any info. Can you explain it to me how they did it or find an article that covers it? I find such acts to be... well... "Off with their heads" >.<
Took me a little bit, but I found it also named "Anime Tour for the Cure." Google that and you'll get a variety of blogs and forum posts. From just reading quickly, seems like an roaming anime con was put together in Vegas where the proceeds would go to breast cancer research. But the con fell apart, with dealers being scammed, and then the head director ran off with the money mid-Saturday. All the while this was filmed by MTV.
Looks like a big deal. ._. And I can see how that would turn the dealer community off of "for the cure" type cons. But I think as long as the con just promises to devote a portion of their proceeds to charity, they can still be trusted. :/
One thing about Momocon is that it's free to attendees and the tables for artists and dealers are relatively cheap. So the money it donates to the Komen foundation comes from sales of shirts, pocky, ramune, and donations, which is more trustworthy.
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:24 am
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 12:34 am
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La Ahna SakuraRico Tsuki Nushi Unfortunately after the Anime FF con scam of '07, not many conventions or anime organizations are willing to do non-profit work for fear of being ripped off. Hmm... I'm trying to google such event, I can't find anything but a news site that announces theotaku.com reporting it, but that site doesn't give any info. Can you explain it to me how they did it or find an article that covers it? I find such acts to be... well... "Off with their heads" >.< Took me a little bit, but I found it also named "Anime Tour for the Cure." Google that and you'll get a variety of blogs and forum posts. From just reading quickly, seems like an roaming anime con was put together in Vegas where the proceeds would go to breast cancer research. But the con fell apart, with dealers being scammed, and then the head director ran off with the money mid-Saturday. All the while this was filmed by MTV.
Looks like a big deal. ._. And I can see how that would turn the dealer community off of "for the cure" type cons. But I think as long as the con just promises to devote a portion of their proceeds to charity, they can still be trusted. :/
One thing about Momocon is that it's free to attendees and the tables for artists and dealers are relatively cheap. So the money it donates to the Komen foundation comes from sales of shirts, pocky, ramune, and donations, which is more trustworthy.
Well unfortunately, it was more than just the dealers that got hit. Several big sites like ANN and theotaku.com and several other influential people like (podcasters and con heads) in the anime community were really touched at the thought of using anime to help people and went all out to help the con.
(I think the venue and hired staff were also unpaid, but it's been a while since I listened to that episode of anime pulse.)
Free advertisement and promotion, art contests, all types of media coverage, you name it. And when they found out they'd been had, they were crushed. Not only had they been tricked, but they were sort of relying on this con to show the world that otaku were not the aggressive basement dwelling nerds that they'd been labeled as.
Since that, almost none of the people who were scammed have ever put the effort to try and help another con for fear of being tricked.
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Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 3:45 pm
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:46 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 2:48 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:53 am
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:47 pm
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