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3 Days, 5 Books, Limitless Community
By Corvus | July 10, 2009
This is important to me, so even if you find yourself wondering what this has to do with games–please just read through this post.
My partner in life and creativity, Rachel, is walking in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3 Day in Seattle in September. The walk is 60 miles across three days and the net proceeds, as you would expect, go to support breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment. According to Susan G. Komen For the Cure, more than 200,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and nearly 40,000 will die from the disease.
It’s quite likely that you know a breast cancer survivor. It’s not too much of a stretch to think you know someone who didn’t survive.
Not only has Rachel been in training, building her walking stamina well beyond my own (and I consider myself quite the walker), but she’s working hard raising the entry fee in ways that return value to her community. Asking for money is not something either of us are very comfortable with, so it’s been a big learning experience to find ourselves in this position.
First off, she’s made an arrangement with the Laurelwood Pizza Company and they are generously donating 15% of the proceeds from their NE 40th Avenue location in Portland, OR on Monday the 20th. She’ll be there in the evening from 5-close, but if you live in the area, please stop by and have at least a pint. Their beer is excellent and their food is pretty amazing.
Secondly, she’s put together a Wii bowling tournament at Guardian Games on Saturday, August 1st from 1-5p. I speak from experience when I say Guardian Games is a great spot to hang out and that the staff and clientele are very welcoming. The entry fee for the Wii bowling tournament is $15 and there will be prizes for the winners.
Seeing her efforts, both in fund raising and in walking, I found myself wondering what I could do to help. When we hit the fast-track to publishing The HoneyComb Engine participatory storytelling manual, I realized what I, what we, can do for her. The online version of the manual will go live on September 9th. We’re committed to having the print-on-demand version (most likely through Lulu) available by the holidays. Current estimates suggest it’ll probably cost between $15 and $20.
But you might not have to pay that much for your copy.
I’m giving away the first 5 HoneyComb Engine manuals ever to be printed. They’ll be personally transcribed with a thank you and signed by both Rachel and myself. We’ll even toss in a copy of the PDF manual, which we’ll be selling online as well.
All you need to do to be eligible for the drawing is follow this link to Rachel’s Breast Cancer 3 Day profile, LINK!, click the button labeled Click to donate to Rachel!, and donate $5.
That’s it. Just $5.
Every $5 dollars donated will count as an entry in the giveaway. So donate $10 and you’ll get two entries in the drawing. Donate $15 and you’ll get three entries, and so on. Just be sure to put “HoneyComb Engine” in the Personal Note field so we know to add your name to the drawing.
I know the gaming community is amazing when it marshals its forces to support a good cause. One in eight women in their lifetime will be diagnosed with breast cancer and Susan G. Komen is pretty much the source of funding for breast cancer research. Your donation is not only tax deductible, but you could be one of the first people to own a copy of our brand new role-playing system.
Thanks for reading.
Tagged:3 day walk for the cure, Honeycomb Engine, rachel, susan g komen. | 4 Comments »
July 10th, 2009 at 8:19 am
Non-US residents are welcome to participate in this giveaway.
July 10th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Gladly donated. Best of luck and fun to her on the walk.
July 10th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
I’m in, too. Good luck!
July 11th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I am so in on this. Expect my donation on Monday.