SL is fab for a lot of things, one is there's always a discotheque open where you can go for a boogie. Just like many other folk in SL, I love to boogie!
On Saturday a disco i've been to a few times - and thus a member of their group - was holding a fund raising night for charity. The charity in question was Warchild. It needs all our money to help kids in war.
This was no Children in Need fund raising marathon. This was lots of weird and wonderful people, dancing the night away to an array of (s)hits, spun by a disc jockey who'd given his own time for free and couldn't enjoy the fun as much as everyone else, although maybe dj-ing was lots of fun for him.
If i'm honest i expected the total donations to be quite low, somewhere around 10,000$L at the end of the night. How wrong was I!!!! When i left - and there were a few hours left to go - the total was at 33,000$L! People can be so generous, even in SL! Just imagine how long you'd have to camp to earn that amount of cash!!! I'm not sure of the final total, but i'm guessing it'd gone up a fair bit by the close!
Maybe charities need to use SL more. They were pushing for a target of L$40,000. If we assume they got it, that's just over $150? It's an impressive total when you consider the cost of hosting the night (very little) and any costs incurred by the venue would probably be offset by the improved traffic rank they'll get, and people who'd never been there before, liking the place and coming back in the future.
I took a few photos on the night, of course i'm in them all :p Click on them below to see a bigger version.
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