Noah here.
For all my general sentimentality, I'm a real grinch about people online. I find them generally self-satisfied, unwilling to step up, too enamored of looking cool to help do good in the moment.
So when I say that it is those same people absolutely crushed it, donating almost $5,000 for food banks across the US right before the holidays, you know I mean it. I'm unbelievably proud of what we've managed to do, but we did it with lots of help.
On to next year—bigger, better, earlier.
When we started the 1st Annual No Substitutions, Please Triviathon Fundraiser, Noah’s goal was to put his ability to be supremely annoying at the service of feeding people.
Which is exactly what he did, and boy, did people validate it. We raised nearly $4,500 for food banks in 21 areas—and we don’t have to be done yet!
If you’ve got cash burning a hole in your pocket, and you want to show those BlueSky users another thing or two, we’re still happy to take your donation!
https://nosubsplease.org/1st-annual-nsp-fundraiser/
We'll shortly be sending thank-you notes to all the donors who've reported in with receipts, especially since many of you absolute legends increased your donations significantly from their original amount.
So far, just one day in, 25 of our donors have given $3,015 to their local food banks. It might be a bit overused as an adjective these days, but it's really incredible how profoundly you responded to help feed your communities. The Lord's work, quite literally.
Happy Thanksgiving, gente.
Gente, this is it.
In under two hours, @Louisa and @nsmckinnon go head-to-head in the 1st Annual NSP Triviathon Fundraiser, raising money for local food banks with each question they answer correctly.
We are extremely grateful to all our donors—but if we can impose on your generosity, we'd love to do even better than this.
So we're taking pledges on stream! Noah will read a poem! It will be tons of fun and we will learn things!
The fun begins at 7:00 PM EST:
https://www.twitch.tv/lnpgaceta
We have good news and bad news.
Good news: we hit our goal! Man, y'all really, *really* wanted @nsmckinnon to read a poem on air, huh?
Bad news: we'll only raise this amount if he and @Louisa can answer all 66 questions—so we're going to keep pushing!
How much further can we go in 23 hours? Let's find out together:
https://nosubsplease.org/1st-annual-nsp-fundraiser/
With two days left, *if* @Louisa and @nsmckinnon manage to get every single question right, and with Noah matching the first $500, we've beaten his old triviathon record of raising $3,317.
But we want to feed people even more than that, and we want a cushion because we're not perfect. So help us! Donate! Boost away!
Don't you want more pictures of Minnie and Clark? Don't you want to make Noah read a poem on air?
Then fill out the form and let's make it happen:
https://nosubsplease.org/1st-annual-nsp-fundraiser/
Four days left until @nsmckinnon and @Louisa get on their trivia horses, and Noah already owes you three pics of Clark and two of Minerva, which is just about the best problem we could be having.
We're just about two-thirds of the way towards our goal . . . so there's still a dramatic reading of a poem at stake! Take the next two hours, gente, and get those numbers up!
With five days left until our fundraiser, despite our best efforts, we're still not where we want to be.
So we're busting out the big guns.
For each new organization pledged, @nsmckinnon will post a Clark pic.
For each new state, he'll post a Minnie pic.
If, by the grace of God and the kindness of strangers, we hit our goal, Noah will select a random donor and, during the fundraiser, dramatically read a poem they choose.
Five days left to make it happen!
One week left! We've added another org, another state, and another few dozen dollars.
Seven days until @Louisa and @nsmckinnon compete to answer 66 trivia questions and—hopefully—raise lots of money for food banks across the States!
Whether you're the first from your state, add a new organization, or simply contribute funds to help feed more people this holiday season, anything is welcome!
Best-laid plans of mice and chefs . . . we ran into some technical difficulties with our form, so if you’ve tried to donate overnight, we did not receive an entry.
Could we trouble you to try again?