Pride Month 2021 Fundraiser

Throughout Pride Month 2021, I will be hosting a fundraiser here in support of the Samaritans of Singapore. Suicide is a tragedy that disproportionately affects male youths like myself, and one that is unfortunately more likely for queer youth in Singapore who’ve been ostracized by society, kicked out by their families, and so forth. Beyond the demographic that I’m a part of, with the CoViD-19 pandemic leading to solitary quarantine and isolation for many, our inability to socially interact with many at this time has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health, which makes supporting organizations like this even more important right now. Since I’m not yet 23 years of age, I am unable to volunteer yet with the organization, but hopefully I can use my platform to get the cause out there. 🙂 

The fundraiser will last the entirety of the month of June. Here are the perks you’ll receive for supporting the cause during this time: 

-Donate any amount, and you’ll have your name/username at the end of every article and on the homepage of my blog for the next year. 

-Donate the equivalent of SGD 10 or more, and I’ll send you a thank-you letter, complete with a terrible Eternal-related joke/pun (anywhere in the world [!!]). Or, if you prefer not to give me your home address – understandable – I will send you a text document with the same contents through Discord. 

In addition, we also have a couple of stretch goals that I will fulfill should we reach them: 

-At TEN total supporters, I will delve into the depths of my other hobby and release a 1-shot fanfic for an Eternal pairing of Twitter’s choice. (If the pairing involves real people, then both parties need to consent to having fanfic written about them.) If reached, I will be releasing both a YA and a NSFW version. 

-At TWENTY total supporters, I will host a minimum 2 hour Jackbox Games stream in the Team Eternal Journey (TEJ) Discord. I’m sorry, but OBS hates my laptop. Everyone else watching is of course welcome to stream their perspectives. 

But Storm, god, the transaction fees for donating to an overseas charity are ridiculous. All those currency conversion rates are awful. In fact, for the Samaritans of Singapore, the minimum donation for web-based donations is SGD 10 to make the processing fees worthwhile. And you know what? I agree. As someone who’s held off on Twitch subs for years because the conversion rate of what actually goes to the content creators – or in this case, the charity – isn’t very much at all. 

So. In the interest of getting the highest donation percentage to worthy charities, you will qualify as a supporter of the fundraiser for donating to ANY suicide prevention hotline. If you’d still like to support SoS, that’d be amazing. But supporting these organizations as a whole is the most important thing. Below are some examples of organizations to donate to, depending on your locale: 

–National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (U.S.) 

–Samaritans UK (UK) 

–Lifeline (Australia) 

(If you need help finding one for your country/area, let me know!) 

So, once you’ve made your donation, find me on Discord (I’m stormguard798#1346) and send me a screenshot/screen capture of the donation thank-you page and/or receipt, as well as how you would like to be referred to in the articles/on the home page. If your donation exceeds SGD 10, then I will also ask you in what medium you would like your thank you letter, and where to send it to, if applicable. 

If you are unable to monetarily support the organisation in any way, please also spread the word amongst friends and family – every little bit counts. Thank you very much in advance for supporting all these suicide hotlines. To a better tomorrow. 🙂