"Homes For Our Troops" Event Raises 125,000 Lindens

On Sunday December 16, Veterans Isle held the last of their monthly fundraisers for the Homes For Our Troops  charity. The event was organized in part by Frets Nirvana, and had one DJ and several life musicians.

The benefit is scheduled from 4 PM to 9 PM PST.  Featured artists will be DJ Waya Snowpaw, Melenda Baptiste, Wayne Rhodell, Hogan Baily and Cryptic Harmony. So far we have sent $13000 in donations to HFOT for 2018.  Let’s make this a big night!  Can we go over the $15000 mark?

Singer Hogan Baily offered to appear at the venue of choice to the highest donator. The event raised a total of 125,220 Linden dollars, or about $500 US dollars.

Veterans Isle Fundraiser Raises over 75,000 Lindens

On Sunday, Sept 24, Veterans Isle hosted a benefit for the Homes For Our Troops charity. The event had a DJ performance and four live musicians from 4 to 9PM SL time. The fundraiser was organized in part by fellow musician Frets Nirvana.

We are sponsoring September 2017"s benefit for Homes for Our Troops tonight.  It is always a pleasure and a highlight of the month and tonight is no exception.  Just look at this lineup!

Senjata Witt 5-6 PM SLT
Suzen Juel Resistence 6-7 PM SLT
Soulvision 7-8 PM SLT
Hogan Baily 8-9 PM SLT

As the event went on, people donated cash into two kioska on either side of the stage. On occasion, Frets would challenge people to put a certain amount in, offering to match it. The event would raise a total of  75,500.

Fundraisers for Homes For Our Troops are held monthly at Veterans isle, usually held on the last Sunday of the month. The next event should be on Sunday October 29.

Bixyl Shuftan

Veterans Isle Fundraiser Raises 110,000 Lindens

On Sunday, March 26, the Veterans Isle sim held it's monthly benefit concert. Organized by Frets Nirvana, the event was to raise funds for the Homes For Our Troops charity, and ran from about 4PM to 9PM SL time. Besides DJ Waya Snowpaw, several live musicians were scheduled to appear: Savannah Rain, Dimivan Ludwig, Hogan Bailey, and  Frets Nirvana himself.

Following Hogan Bailey concluding the event with his live singing and dancing girls performance, Linden dollars continued to be contributed past the slightly more than 100,000 L that had been brought in by then. Checking the following morning, the total had gone up to 110,000.

Frets Nirvana holds a few other benefit concerts for Homes For Our Troops every month, but his event at Veterans Isle is his largest and most successful. It is held monthly on the last Sunday. The next fundraiser in the sim should be on Sunday April 30.

Fundraiser at Veterans Isle Raises Over 120,000 Lindens

 On Sunday August 28, Frets Nirvana held his monthly benefit at Veterans Isle. The event is to raise funds for the veterans charity Homes For Our Troops. The event took place from 5PM SL time to just after 9PM (Midnight EST), and besides himself included singers Zak Claxton, Srv4u Conacher (Da Bluez Preacher) and Hogan Baily.

Come out, support and help us by helping our severely wounded veterans through Homes For Our Troops. To learn more about the Homes For Our Troops visit https://www.hfotusa.org. We have another great lineup of premier talent from the Second Life musician community.

The money was donated into house shaped kiosks on either side of the stage. Frets would throw in some Lindens of his own once certain levels of fundraising were reached, at one point dropping in 10,000 Lindens. Zarah Dawn offered, "Anyone donating 2k message me and I'll make you a custom jewelry set." Dahlea Milena, the hostess for the event, told people she had served in the military for twenty-two years, "I had friends still serving, and children old enough to serve or almost old enough. At least one of my child's school friends is no longer with us because of their service after 9/11."

A total of 121,250  Lindens was raised that night. Although Frets does a few HFOT fundraisers at other venues, the monthly benefit at Veterans Isle is still his best known and usually most successful one.

"Thank you again Frets for helping to organize all this."

Bixyl Shuftan