Help Us Save YouthCare’s Orion Center! PRIZES ADDED

Kat
Kat Posts: 4,987
edited February 2014 in The Porch
Help Us Save YouthCare’s Orion Center!
December 02 2013

We are combining forces with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and the Slog this holiday season to help raise money for the Orion Center, which houses homeless teens in Seattle WA. The Orion Center’s funding was slashed recently, and its young adult shelter was almost forced to shut down. While the County and the City of Seattle kicked in enough money to keep the Orion Center's programs going, the group needs to raise $100,000 to keep providing food, shelter, safety, and life alternatives to Seattle's most vulnerable population over the next year.

Pearl Jam fans! Together, we can help save the Orion Center! But with a competition! That's why the Slog is pitting Pearl Jam fans against Macklemore & Ryan Lewis against Slog fans! The fans that raise the most money for the Orion Center by December 24th WINS!

GO HERE TO DONATE! http://34068youthcare.thankyou4caring.o ... -donations

Share with your Friends and Family! Use the Twitter hashtag #TeamJam

Let's do this!

And if you donate at least $25 to the Orion Center right now, then forward the Slog your receipt at <!-- e --><a href="mailto:charity@thestranger.com">charity@thestranger.com</a><!-- e --> and your commenter handle, the Slog will give you a commenter tag on Slog that says PEARL JAM FAN!

Information on YouthCare here: http://www.youthcare.org/

Link to the Strangers Slog here: http://bit.ly/seaslog
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  • RS151862
    RS151862 Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,734
    Reissue 2000 more copies of Benny. Make them some random color people will go apeshit. $100 each = $200,000. Half to band, costs etc.. half to Youth care. Problem solved.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,675
    RS151862 wrote:
    Reissue 2000 more copies of Benny. Make them some random color people will go apeshit. $100 each = $200,000. Half to band, costs etc.. half to Youth care. Problem solved.

    Yeah..


    if the band would just have pressed more copies of Benny they would have had the cash by now...

    ...think Pearl Jam, think.
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  • curmudgeoness
    curmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,131
    I made a donation, no Benny vinyl needed here. :)
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,815
    I have no idea who Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are and what "the Slog" is or what a "handle" is (unless we're talking CB's) or what a "commenter handle" or "commenter tag" is , I don't Twitter and have never used a "hashtag" other than to denote a number (as I'm, I'm your #1 computer geek) but I do know what homeless is all about so I'm happy to donate to the Orion Center! :D
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  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,987
    YESTERDAY'S TOTAL $$$ RAISED FOR THE ORION CENTER:

    • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans donated: $3,162
    • Pearl Jam fans donated: $2,755
    • Slog fans donated: $935
    • Seahawks fans donated: $0**

    more at:
    http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archiv ... os-winning
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  • jdickey82
    jdickey82 Posts: 38
    One would think that PJ could just flip the bill for this instead of asking their fans to spend more of their money. Doesn't PJ make enough money off its fans to spread its wealth around to this cause on its own? Last I checked, Vedder's net worth alone is in the ballpark of $80+ million. What a joke.
    JD
  • TinAnt
    TinAnt Posts: 343
    We can't let these pukes beat us.
  • Staceb10
    Staceb10 Posts: 675
    jdickey82 wrote:
    One would think that PJ could just flip the bill for this instead of asking their fans to spend more of their money. Doesn't PJ make enough money off its fans to spread its wealth around to this cause on its own? Last I checked, Vedder's net worth alone is in the ballpark of $80+ million. What a joke.

    Wow
  • benjs
    benjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,448
    jdickey82 wrote:
    One would think that PJ could just flip the bill for this instead of asking their fans to spend more of their money. Doesn't PJ make enough money off its fans to spread its wealth around to this cause on its own? Last I checked, Vedder's net worth alone is in the ballpark of $80+ million. What a joke.
    Do you have any idea how many other great causes Eddie Vedder supports, either with his time or financially? I personally don't, but what that means is he could be pretty damn philanthropic, and I don't think we'd ever really know. Could just be he knows what he wants to support and doesn't deviate all that often, who knows!
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,815
    I still don't know who Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are and they're beating Pearl Jam fans? :x

    Come on PJ er's!
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    -Roberto Benigni

  • moretonbayfig
    moretonbayfig Australia Posts: 805
    Would love to donate to Youthcare Seattle, but donation site doesn't recognise my country (only US, Canada & Ireland). I've googled to try and find an alternative way to donate (separate to the competition) but can't find one. Any ideas?
  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,987
    Update:

    TOTAL $$$ RAISED SO FAR FOR THE ORION CENTER:

    • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans have donated: $7,447.00

    • Pearl Jam fans have donated: $4,502.00

    • Slog fans have donated: $2,255.00

    • Seattlish fans have donated: $0.00**

    TOTAL $$$ RAISED SO FAR: $14,204.00!


    http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archiv ... -out-front
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  • sarahrock
    sarahrock Posts: 30
    Just donated; I can't stand for Macklemore to beat us!
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    What the fuck is a Mackelmore? Sounds like ground-up fish guts.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,815
    october22 wrote:
    What the fuck is a Mackelmore? Sounds like ground-up fish guts.
    :lol: Sounds like something my cat would eat.

    Back to the subject at hand, in the past I've known kids in the Seattle area who were basically homeless. Helping out the Orion Center is a good thing and feels good! We also donate to local groups here in my home town that do the same kind of work. That feels good too!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,987
    Update:

    $$$ RAISED FOR THE ORION CENTER:

    • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans have donated: $12,603.00

    • Pearl Jam fans have donated: $7,652.00

    • Slog fans have donated: $4,105.00

    TOTAL $$$ RAISED SO FAR: $24,360.00


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  • Given to...
    Given to... Wyoming Posts: 5,007
    Ouch.

    The times, they are a changin'


    What's up with the SeaHawks fans? I saw in the Stranger they were included but raised $0.
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  • Kat
    Kat Posts: 4,987
    Update:

    TOTAL $$$ RAISED SO FAR FOR THE ORION CENTER:

    • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans have donated: $13,443.14

    • Pearl Jam fans, taking the lead!: $16,228.27

    • Slog fans (hearts!): $5,425.00

    And Seattlish fans are still donating too, to the tune of $750!

    TOTAL $$$: $35,846.41

    http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archiv ... -challenge
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
    Kat wrote:
    Update:

    TOTAL $$$ RAISED SO FAR FOR THE ORION CENTER:

    • Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans have donated: $13,443.14

    • Pearl Jam fans, taking the lead!: $16,228.27

    • Slog fans (hearts!): $5,425.00

    And Seattlish fans are still donating too, to the tune of $750!

    TOTAL $$$: $35,846.41

    http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archiv ... -challenge
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  • Given to...
    Given to... Wyoming Posts: 5,007
    NICE!
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