With virtual worlds new opportunities arise, and I think that one of the more exiting ways of using virtual worlds is fundraising. No doubt you reach a different audience through virtual worlds. This weekend Relay for Life is hosting a big fundraiser spread out on 35 Heroes Islands.
A similar event in 2007 helped to raise over US $115,000 in total. It’s possible to monitior this years donations from the RFLofSL event site.
Last night I attended a live concert with Tony Uriza, who apparently lost his mother to cancer, and there was an atmosphere of hope and fight for survival with many avatars holding different type of RLF flags.
Of course it’s possible to donate Lindens everywhere on the islands ..
On the avenue leading to Shea Stadium there’s an exhibition by SL artist Byron Oh
Jethopper
Fishbot
Some of the events have also been broadcasted via SLCN.tv
One of the activities is a scavenger/cancer education hunt, and I found one of these inside the Trojan Horse on Heroes19.
Unfortunately I kept loosing my wig, when climbing the rope …
On Heroes3 I got me a nice horse – it was also a place showing pictures of RL cancer survivors.
Demo horse – only to be worn once
Survivors displayed
At the end of the day, I wanted to try out a super-hero costume …
It didn’t really suit me … guess I’m not much of a hero … and now I’m struggeling to get back into (my) shape!
/Mariis
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