Meal-Morial Madness 2025 : Mission Complete

Six years! I cannot believe it’s been that long, but we’re still here because of events like this year. Every year we go in facing some amount of uncertainty about whether or not the event will be as successful as years past.

This year in particular, I think we are all facing higher prices and having to look at our budgets a bit closer. And those in need are hit harder than ever with funding cuts compounded with higher prices. But you showed up, and you helped many in need.

Every year we like to share statistics about the event. This year we raised $9,870.00 for Feeding America, making it our second-highest fundraiser.

• 286 individual donations
• Median donation amount of $20
  • Up from $10 last year!
• ~87 donors
  • Tiltify doesn’t distinguish between anonymous donations this year, so that’s a rough guesstimate based on username. There were 42 donations with no username or email, so the number is likely higher.
• 36+ games
• 69 unique chatters on Twitch (nice!)
• Our highest watch time on Twitch. Nearly 2x higher than it has ever been
• 28 volunteers
  • 7 NEW volunteers
• <$7,000 away from taking the # 1 spot for Team Fundraiser on Tiltify (NEXT YEAR?!)
• Only 2 network issues where the stream went out for a bit

We’ve been asking for help early in the year every year, and we’re thrilled to say that we were able to add seven new volunteers to our team (and we hope they’ll be back next year!). We want this event to be a success for years to come, so we’re incredibly grateful for the support we receive. If you’re interested in helping out with the event, please follow us on social media, join our Discord server, or send us an email at [email protected]. We (by we I mean Jess who rocked it by herself this year) really need some help with our social media next year, so if that sounds like something you’d be up for, please let us know!

Words cannot express my gratitude for everyone’s generosity for this event. It brings me hope that together we can make change for the better, at least one step at a time. Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. We will continue doing this as long as you keep showing up.

If you were unable to see who made this event possible, we’ve included our closing credits video here. Please enjoy. And we’ll see you next year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1PQqkfeUX8

And before you ask, we’ll get the VODs up in the coming weeks (or months) so you can watch any moments you missed. The prize team will be reaching out to winners soon.

Eternally Grateful,
Jared “jarbochov” Cherup

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