Fantasy Faire's "Children of Stories" Roleplay Finalle

 

 

 Of of the activities in the Fantasy Faire is the Children's Roleplay, done by the "Children of Stories." This year marks the tenth such roleplay, and the one for 2023 incorporated characters from the previous nine, "The Children of Stories And The Secrets of Flambois." Characters from the nine groups found lanterns that requested their help, summoning them to the Fairlands Academy of Magic, at Flambois. Some of the children were eager to accept the invitation to enroll. Others were hesitant, wondering if there was something not so innocent going on. And over the next several days were a series of roleplay sessions, in which the story came about, gradually revealing what was going on and what was needed to do about it. There was a witch up to no good, and it turned out she had the help of some dark entity, the details which can be revealed on the Daily Update page (here).

 

 

On Sunday April 30, the finale of the roleplay took place in the Fairlands Junction sim. The characters were ready to confront the evil witch and get rid of her once and for all, "Lets do this!" "... for we have all been touched by the Unweaver .. we will show him what for!!" "Be prepared though, once we have the witch trapped here, there is no telling what will happen!" "Ready your spells children!!!"

 

The event was turned into a party with DJ Madonna playing the music. Over time, tens of thousands of Linden dollars were donated, some people offering to match large amounts, "I will match the first 5,000L donation made." There were also avatars of all shapes and sizes, some getting comments, "OMG those tiny kitten wearing mushrooms outfits are the CUTEST THING ever seen!!!" And there were comments about the event, "watches that kiosk jump, cause this is the power of the children!! NOTHING CAN STOP THEM!!!!"

 

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 Loki Eliot would post a video of the confrontation with the witch, and the greater dark force revealed. At the very end, there was an unexpected surprise.

 

The total amount raised that day exceeded 500,000 Linden dollars.

Go Relay! 

Bixyl Shuftan

Announcement: Toys For Tots Donation Drive Total

December 26, 2020

TOYS FOR TOTS 2020 FINAL COLLECTION NUMBERS !

Merry Christmas Happy Holidays To All !

Thanks to all of you, we have all pitched in and
help make this Christmas a better one for many
underprivileged children.

This year was a very successful Toys For Tots
Donation Drive For us here in Second Life. I want
to thank all of you for your efforts and support.

We have collected a Grant Total of: $2,022,318L
Which Equates to = $8,098.00 US
Process Credit Fee = $283.00 US
With Draw Fee From Second Life = $405.00 US
Which Gives Us A Total  Of = $7,410,00 US

Kickazz Audio Stream Rental Donated an
additional $1090.00 US to round out a donation
Total of $8500.00 US

Yea Us !  High 5's All Around.

TOP THREE DONATION COLLECTORS
517650    Chuck Clip 

207534    Yazhu Ichibara

170090    TheCowb0y Resident -

There is no way to put into words how thankful
and appreciative I am of all of you. Smile, and
feel proud of the smiles you helped create !

A special thank you goes out to two individuals,
that year after year work hard to help make
our drive successful. Thank you, Steffi Spires
and CherryBlossum Garnet !

REMEMBER:
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us;
what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
― Albert Pike

Thank all of you again,
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year,

Jayson Marjeta

Newser Reporter Writes Children's Book

Marcel Mosswood is known in Second Life as an artist, as well as an accomplished reporter for the Second Life Newser. But one can now add real-life author as part of her accomplishments. On Facebook yesterday, she announced she had finished writing, and illustrating, a children's story, "Jrappa The Giraffe And His Chicken Soup." The book was written under her real-life name.

It's done! My children book in RL! YAY!!

Written and illustrated by me. It's a story about a giraffe who would like to cook chicken soup, but it is not only a story, I put math learning between the story.

I hope children will be more like to learn math with this book.

Two other writers for the Newser, Grease Coakes and Nydia Tungsten, have also written books in real life, and went on to publish them.

IW Video: "InWorldz Winter Fest 2016"

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From Ben Vennegoor on Dec 7, "Impression of the official InWorldz Sponsored Event Fall Fest 2016.
Benefit for Toys 4 Tots."  http://www.inworldz.com

Brand new video from the Tuna Bandit showcasing our gorgeous Christmas Year End Event for Toys for Tots! We have tons of events going on for it, and will be posting them as we go! Stop in today! http://places.inworldz.com/InWorldz%20Events%20A Register at http://inworldz.com! It's free and fun!

Press Release: 7th Annual Toys 4 Tots

The 2015 Toys4Tots season in Second Life is in full swing and now it's time for for the Seventh Annual Toys 4 Tots Breedables Expo and Fair,  scheduled for November 21st - 29th.  The event will cover 2 sims, both dedicated to all Breedables in SL and also non-breedable vendors/sellers. Events will include live performers, raffles, and one very special auction.

A full schedule of events and totals raised to date can be found on our website: http://sl-t4t.org

If you would like to get your own set of fundraising tools- kiosks, sale vendors, etc. Please contact Rocky Hillburton, Marissa Goodliffe, or Shannon Hillburton (Shannon Dubratt).

You can also join the inworld group, Annual T4T Christmas Benefit here:
secondlife:///app/group/28795771-c4a8-ac48-cf40-ead01828608c/about
Just copy and paste the group key in local.

Thank you for all of your support for Toys4Tots!!

ToYs for ToTs  sponsored by WK Wild Kajaera, Escape to Jupiter (221, 126, 22)

Toys For Tots Raises $30,000 Dollars at Second Life Expo

Last month, Toys for Tots held it's sixth annual fundraiser in Second Life. "Last year's Expo was an outstanding success, adding over L$1,600,000 to the Toys For Tots coffers" their website stated. This year, they far exceeded it with over 7.646,000 Lindens raised, or a whopping Thirty Thousand US Dollars! The event lasted eight days.

http://www.sl-t4t.org/

Bixyl Shuftan

Scenes From the Toys 4 Tots Drive

The Toys 4 Tots Breedables Expo, mentioned ahead of time last week, is currently going on. This is the sixth year in a row the children's charity has run an event in Second Life.

The Christmas-themed event had a number of exhibits. The event started on November 15, and will be going on until November 30.

Toys For Tots mentioned they raised a total of 1,600,000 Lindens last year, and already they have exceeded that. As of the writing of this article, their total is about 1,732,000, or about $7,000 US dollars.

Check out the event for yourself at Ponie Wonderland I (128/218/21).

For more information, check the SL Toys For Tots blog: http://www.sl-t4t.org/ .

Grease Coakes to Have Second Children's Book Published

Earlier this year, Grease Coakes (John Krauss in real life) broke into the published fiction market with his children's story "Ginny Griffin Goes to School." Recently, he finished a sequel to the tale of the young girl, "Ginny Griffin and friends." Grey Lupindo interviewed Grease about the book, and when it will be out.

Read Grey's interview of Grease in People.

"Jamm For Genes" Raises Over Half a Million Lindens

Late Sunday evening at the Vahalla sim, the "Jamm for Genes" reached it's goal. Just after 11PM as musician OhMy Kidd was playing on stage along with Sariane Sands, the total amount raised for the charity for the Children's Medical Research Institute passed the half million Linden mark. The moment was marked with much cheers and applause.

There was also a bit of joking. "I'm sooo tired," Cellandra Zon of The Pocket commented, "and I didn't stay up as much as Bundy did." Bundy Xue of B&Bs just laughed, "Cell, it makes it worth it to go without sleep." The two girls huged one another, Bundy commenting, "Oh emm gee, I am not tired now, I am wide awake."


As the last hour of the fundraiser that had gone on since Friday went on, people were saying goodnight and congratulating one another, "It's been an awesome weekend." "Congratulations to everyone involved." Checking the next day, the total raised was over 530,000 Lindens.

"Thank you for your gene-erous contribution."

Bixyl Shuftan

"Jamm for Genes" at "B&Bs"

After raising over 229,000 Lindens at "The Pocket" for a total of over 300,000 Lindens, "Jamm for Genes" moved to the northwest corner of Vahalla Island (35/215/16). The schedule given was as follows:

12 AM Rocky Toocool
1 AM  Spike & Band
2 AM  Russell Eponym
3 AM  Bronze8020
4 AM  Whirli Placebo
5 AM  beth odets
6 AM  Kevin M Thomas
7 AM  Mark Seery
8 AM  Vincent Carpathea
9 AM   Bara Jonson & Free Balan
10 AM  KatRose Serendipity
11 AM  REALLYMAD Morpork
12 PM   NeoMaximus Brandenburg
1 PM   Thera D
2 PM  TerryLynn Melody
3 PM   Koga Andretti
4 PM  Starrfish Ohmai
5 PM  Rock Doghouse
6 PM  Rod Hyx
7 PM  Billy Thunders
8PM   Lyrica Acoustic
9PM JoeSatriani Feden
10PM  Bamboof Stillmorning
11PM  OhMy Kidd

Jamm for Genes is a recognised charity and part of the annual Jeans for Genes fund-raiser by the Children's Medical Research Institute - see these web links for more information.

http://www.fundraising.cmri.org.au/event/jammforgenes2013

http://www.jeansforgenes.org.au/cmri

For further information  about Jamm for Genes IM OhMy Kidd in world or email ohmykidd@grapevine.com.au

"Jamm For Genes" at "The Pocket"

After their initial event at "Lacy's Place," the "Jamm for Genes" moved to "The Pocket." This wasn't the Aussie club's normal location at the Fendahl and Cassandra sims, but at Vahalla Island, (217/45/16). This picture was from very late into the night when most of the American crowd had gone to bed, no doubt it had more when the action started at 7PM SL time.

After Midnight tonight, the action moves to "B&Bs," the third and last location.

Jamm for Genes is a recognised charity and part of the annual Jeans for Genes fund-raiser by the Children's Medical Research Institute - see these web links for more information.

http://www.fundraising.cmri.org.au/event/jammforgenes2013

http://www.jeansforgenes.org.au/cmri

For further information  about Jamm for Genes IM OhMy Kidd in world or email ohmykidd@grapevine.com.au

Jamm For Genes

"Jamm for Genes" is taking place this weekend. The event started at Midnight last night with a concert at Lacey's Place, which will continue on for the day: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sasha/15/216/27

The Pocket will hold a 25 hour concert starting at 7 PM : http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vahalla%20Island/217/45/16

B&Bs will host the finale concert from Midnight on the 4th August.

 Jamm for Genes is a recognised charity and part of the annual Jeans for Genes fund-raiser by the Children's Medical Research Institute - see these web links for more information.

http://www.fundraising.cmri.org.au/event/jammforgenes2013

http://www.jeansforgenes.org.au/cmri

For further information  about Jamm for Genes IM OhMy Kidd in world or email ohmykidd@grapevine.com.au

Press Release: Jamm for Genes in Second Life 2013

Since 2007 Jamm for Genes in Second Life has raised more than $7,500 for the Children's Medical Research Institute - an Australian Charity with global benefits.

In  2013 Jamm for Genes in SL we will be holding fund-raising concerts throughout the first weekend in August, supported by the generosity of over 50  Second Life musicians who will perform and donate all tips to the fund-raiser.

The event kicks off at Midnight on August 2nd with a concert at Lacey's Place http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sasha/15/216/27

The Pocket will hold a 25 hour concert starting at 7 PM on August 2nd http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vahalla%20Island/217/45/16

B&Bs will host the finale concert from Midnight on the 4th August

Artists appearing at the event will include The Lohners, Jaggpro McCann, Russell Eponym, OhMy Kidd, The Matthew Show, Senjata Witt, Franklea Anatra, Noma Falta, Phoenix J, DaveCorbett Darwin, BlindBoy Gumbo, Bronze8020,  Laidback Celt, Stinna Celt, Mamaa Saiz, MrJonze Independant, Bamboof Stillmorning, Rosedrop Rust, Dead Cat Hat, Freestar & Quai, Anj Gustafson, Rocky Toocool, Spike Luckstone, Whirli  Placebo, Beth Odets, Kevin M Thomas Carpool, Vincent Carpathea, Bara Jonson, Katrose Serendipity, Rock Doghouse, Billy Thunders, JoeSatriani Feden and more. 

 Jamm for Genes is a recognised charity and part of the annual Jeans for Genes fund-raiser by the Children's Medical Research Institute - see these web links for more information.

http://www.fundraising.cmri.org.au/event/jammforgenes2013

http://www.jeansforgenes.org.au/cmri

For further information  about Jamm for Genes IM OhMy Kidd in world or email ohmykidd@grapevine.com.au

OhMy Kidd is authorised to collect funds for Jamm for Genes under his RL name Matthew Davies. All in world donations will be transferred to the charity in full. Alternatively you can donate through OhMy's  Everyday Hero fund-raiser page at https://jammforgenes2013.everydayhero.com/au/ohmy-kidd

SL Newser Reporter Breaks into Published Fiction with "Ginny"

Grey Lupindo didn't have to go too far for her latest interview. Grease Coakes, noted Second Life Newser reporter, has broken into book publishing with his children's story "Ginny Griffin Goes to School." Grease has been writing in one form or another for much of his life, and came up with the idea for "Ginny" a few years ago. Getting the story to print, however, was a challenge.

Read Grey's interview of Grease in Extra.