One year ago two staples of the Transformers (you know, the Hasbro toys that turn from cars into robots...though that's REALLY simplifying) fandom (The Allspark and TFWiki) came together to raise $2,340 for the Hasbro Childrens Hospital. Funnily enough on accident but I'll spare the details. You can see them here. After the fold I'd like to tell you about our efforts to double that to 5K this year!
Long story short, The Allspark and TFWiki came together last February without charity in mind. We were trying to pool funds together to buy an obscure magazine with pretty pictures of toys from 1986 that we had never seen before. We quickly raised the money for the pictures and just kept going, turning it into a fundraiser. $2,340 later and the Hasbro Childrens Hospital was our recipient.
Fast forward a year and we want to do even more. This time it's charity from the start and we're trying to raise $5,000. If all this blog does is get you to click the link above and learn about the work the HCH is doing, this won't be for naught.
If you'd like to follow along with our efforts you may do so here. If you would like to donate, we have a page all set up for that here. Even if you laugh at the thought of grown adults playing with toys, in the end it's all for the children.
Thank you for taking a moment out of your day to read about our drive.