The fundraiser and birthday messages have been revealed to my friend, who told me to tell you all he's very grateful for the support, the messages (which he happily read outloud to my family), and the donations he already received!
We also decided to keep open the blog and fundraiser for now, so you can still leave birthday messages, add to the fundraiser, and/or raise awareness (by reblogs, speaking to others of all this, linking to the blog/fundraiser on other sites, etc)!
Happy birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day, make sure to celebrate yourself, and I hope that the upcoming days are ones of peace and relaxation for you. Take care! <3
Happy Birthday!! OuO I hope you smile a lot today! I hope that not only your special day, but your upcoming days as well will be filled with kindness, with small surprises that you don't expect. May you reach all of your goals, and may you have loved ones at your side, supporting you every step of the way!
I wish I had been able to do more to promote the fundraiser, make more posts, however offline life has been hectic and I had no energy to do much except reblog to my other blogs (chriscassarcentral, chrisemrysfics, chrispersonalcorner, crossoverfamily).
With that said, it is 5:30 PM here, and I'm not revealing the fundraiser until at least 8 am tomorrow, if not later. So there's at least 15 hours left to try and raise awareness, receive in my inbox birthday messages, and hopefully donations!
The birthday messages can be very simple, especially as I didn't give too many details to respect my friend's privacy. It is a tricky balance, since I know people hope to know what the fundraiser is for, but my friend is a private person by nature, so I had to figure out what I can give, without taking the risk to betray his trust. I have to count of the trust of people who knows me from my other blogs, and know me online in general. A few of them know a bit more details, too. I won't tag specifically anyone to vouch for me, but I will tag a few people at the end I feel comfortable asking for help spread the last rush promotion!
Donations, too, don't have to be too big. Obviously, if you can and want to donate, do it in whichever amount you decide to do it. But any donation is welcomed, the same way it is welcomed if you cannot donate, but you help spread awareness of this, and/or leave a birthday message. Your help is vital to make this be something else than an idea!
My goal isn't to reach the fundraiser amount, although obviously this would be an amazing gift. What matters to me, however, is simply to show him people care. To give him back a bit of hope in the people of the world. So my goal is to get at the very least a few reblogs and some birthday messages, and if lucky, even a few little donations. If we get more, that's even better.
If you've taken the time to read this post, thank you!
And if you want to help me, consider what you can do and want to do, that is the best gift in my eyes. To know whatever you do, it's because you want to, not because you have to. I personally know what it's like to want to help and not be able to, so I understand why someone might remain silent, or feel like whatever they do, it isn't enough. Your time spend reading this is enough. If you care, that is enough.
So don't feel bad for what you cannot do, or could do but for any reason won't do!
And if you can and decide to do something, you know the main lines: spread awareness, leave birthday messages, and/or donate~!
Tagging a few people I know and interacted with before to various degree, that hopefully won't be bothered with this tag, and obviously don't feel obligated to do anything with this, this is simply to make sure I don't miss out on being seen by anyone that might have wanted to help!
Alors ne vous sentez pas mal pour ce que vous ne pouvez pas faire, ou pour ce que vous pourriez faire mais que vous ne voulez pas faire pour une raison ou une autre !
