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Other Stuff => General Wargames and Hobby Discussion => Topic started by: axiom on September 15, 2014, 08:35:51 AM
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Wouldn't it be great if there was some way to get excited about the wargaming hobby in combination with raising cash for charity?
Well, actually, there is! Over the last 6 months myself and some others have been pulling together a simply amazing pool of prizes for a charity raffle in aid of the international childrens' charity, UNICEF.
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http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/ (http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/)
We are launching with an initial pool of 15 prizes, with a further 15 being added over the course of the project. Here are just some of the fabulous prizes up for grabs:
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Regiment of unreleased Warhammer Empire Warrior Priests
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Ratspike artbook signed by John Blanche
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Original 1987 pencil sketch of Warhammer 40,000 orks by Ian Miller
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Warhammer 40,000 Chaos Terminator painted by Paul Sanderson
Donations are made through JustGiving - the secure charitable donations platform (linked from the Project Alchemy website) using credit or debit card, or paypal. Every £1 donated to the project qualifies the donor to receive a raffle ticket to be entered into the draw (i.e. £5 donated = 5 tickets). The donation period runs until 9th November, after which the prize draw will be made.
Please take a look at the website http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/ (http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/)
Please donate generously!
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Just over £200 raised on the first day - great result & thanks to everyone who has contributed so far.
Please take a look - if you like what you see, why not donate a couple of ££?!
http://project-alchemy.weebly.com (http://project-alchemy.weebly.com)
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I will get in on this (and am writing this message to mark the page fopr when I am at home)
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Great stuff! Thanks very much :)
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Our current total is £673! As an incentive to donate, the prize pool gets bigger - five fantastic new prizes have just been added. A superb classic Iron Claw Space Pirate painted by Battlebrush Studios, artwork by Des Hanley and Roberto Cirillo, as well as some rather tasty miniatures. Here's a teaser, to see all the new prizes and for information on how to win them, visit the Project Alchemy website (http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/) or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Project-Alchemy-Raising-Cash-for-Unicef/881262778551333)
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Whoa that Ian Miller artwork... super cool!
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At roughly halfway through the fundraising period, we've broken the £1,000 total - a fantastic result and thanks to all who have donated to date. Don't forget, the more you donate, the more chances you have to win, as every £1 = 1 entry into the prize draw.
http://project-alchemy.weebly.com (http://project-alchemy.weebly.com)
To help encourage more donations, we've added another 5 fantastic prizes to the pool for the draw:
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Good luck, and thanks for your donations!
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Just 2 weeks to go before entries to the prize draw are closed on 9th November. Our current total is £1,265...we'd love to hit the £2,000 target, so if you haven't already donated, or can spare just a few ££ more, here's the final 5 prizes to try and tempt you!
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Remember, every £1 donated = 1 entry to the prize draw - the more you donate, the more chances you have of winning something great in time for Christmas!
http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/ (http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/)
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So close to the total now with nearly £1,500 donated in aid of UNICEF! Thanks to all of you who have delved into your pockets so far. Remember, you can only be entered into the prize draw with donations received by Sunday 9th November. Every £1 donated = 1 entry to the draw, so the more you donate, the more chances of snagging a prize you have.
Let's try and hit that £2,000 target!
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Information on how to donate at: www.project-alchemy.weebly.com (http://www.project-alchemy.weebly.com)
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I was going to donate but then I remembered gift aid....
How do you get the gift aid, can I pay through paypal?
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I was going to donate but then I remembered gift aid....
How do you get the gift aid, can I pay through paypal?
Gift aid is automatically added on UK donations - you just need to check the box that asks if you want to Gift Aid the donation. And yes, you can pay via paypal - when Just Giving processes the donation, it asks for your preferred payment method (credit / debit / paypal) :)
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So close to the total with £1,778 donated! Remember, if you want to be in with a chance of winning one of the 30 fantastic prizes, you need to donate by this coming Sunday (9th November) over at www.project-alchemy.weebly.com (http://www.project-alchemy.weebly.com)
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Hadn't noticed this before. Happy to take part with small contribution as I donate to Unicef here in Finland monthly anyways.
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Great! Thanks :D
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Does today still counts to enter the draw?
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Ditto above...but I donated either way.
Looks like you made your goal!
Cheers,
Blue
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Hi both, yes, Sunday 9th was counted as part of the draw. Apologies for the late reply.
The donation period has now come to an end and an amazing £2,240 raised. Thanks to everyone who found some cash to donate, and congratulations to all the prize winners.
The full list of winners is up on the Project Alchemy website:
http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/prize-winners.html (http://project-alchemy.weebly.com/prize-winners.html)
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I have a small confession to make: I took part, and was lucky enough to win Elric:
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The photo is good, but it just doesn't do the paint job justice. I could never manage to equal that quality, but I'm happy to have this guy safe in a display cabinet.
And happy uo have contributed to the project too - congratulations and a big well done to the organizers.