Having fun at a benefit is great, but not if you end up raising very little money. Approximately 450 people showed up for sumo suit wrestling, a raffle and T Bird and the Breaks for Twestival, a benefit for charity:water. Many people told me they were having a great time.
Well, I’m happy to report that not only did we have a great time, we raised $8868 for charity:water. Considering Los Angeles and London are a lot bigger than we are and raised just over $10k, I’d say we rocked and then some. Many thanks to Orgsync, Sentient Services, WebWorks, Mosso, JungleDisk, Kimbia,SxSW, TechRanch Austin, Piryx, Nerdabout, and Network in Austin for their cash donations. I would also like to thank Stalelife, Stephanie Malone Designs, Buildasign.com, A Glimmer of Hope, and Basiccouture.net, Storme Wood, and Paul Walhus for volunteering their services. Aces Lounge did a great job of accommodating us.
Thanks to all the volunteers. You made this happen and don’t forget it!
The money we raised is enough for over two wells in many areas. That equates to water for possibly tens of thousands of people. All my blessings to charity:water and its partner charities like A Glimmer of Hope for all the hard work they do to make this happen.
If you’d like an Austin Twestival t-shirt, I’m selling the rest for $10 a piece with all profits going to charity:water. Leave a comment on this post and we’ll meet up when I’m back in town. If you’d like to see the pics, check out images by Michael Cummings, Jungle McLovin, and Eugene Hsu.
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1 Carla // Feb 16, 2009 at 10:36 am
Hey, I’d love to buy one of the extra shirts, I didn’t have cash on Thurs. Hit me up when you get back.
-@redyelllow
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2 Krist // Feb 16, 2009 at 10:57 am
I’ll pick up a couple of shirts. Will you be at SMC?
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3 Matthew Parente // Feb 16, 2009 at 11:11 am
Thanks Michelle for all your hard work!
For those interested, Michelle shared some additional thoughts on the events here (click my name to go to post).
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4 Damon Clinkscales // Feb 16, 2009 at 11:56 am
I’ll take an XL shirt.
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Michelle, do you still have shirts left? @chrislee
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