The Fundfax Fairraiser: Win Cool Stuff, Support a Worthy Cause
June 23, 2009 70 Comments
graphic made by ElusiveEagle
Perhaps you remember Marissa, a 19 month old baby girl who was diagnosed with Infantile Spasms when she was a mere two months old. Her stuffed bunny Fairfax travels the world, sharing not only Marissa’s story but also spreading awareness of the serious pediatric epileptic condition that she, and other young children, suffer from. Approximately eight months ago we pulled together for a community project titled Fairfax ‘n’ the Chief in honor of her father (who is a fellow Halo fanatic). Today I’m proud to announce The Fundfax Fairraiser, a very special fundraising effort that will benefit sweet baby Marissa and those that are helping her through this very difficult fight.
The Fundfax Fairraiser gives you, the passionate gamer, a chance to win some absolutely incredible video game-related prizes. For every $1 you donate, you will receive one chance of winning everything from a Kotobukiya Steel Spartan 12” Figure (covered in more Bungie autographs than you could ever begin to count) to an EA Sports Pack to an autographed copy of The Godfather II to one of dozens of games spanning across the various platforms. So, you are interested in trying to win some cool stuff while helping out a worthy cause? Let’s take a gander at the things you just may find yourself the proud owner of when this is all said and done, and then we’ll get down to the nitty gritty details of it all.
Current active numbers: 1-5430 {all donations have been processed}
The Bungie Bundle #1
(generously donated by Bungie)
Autographed Kotobukiya Steel Spartan 12” Figure
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The Behemoth Bundle #1
(generously donated by The Behemoth)
Handmade (Super Limited Edition) Crocheted Castle Crashers Orange Knight Hat, PirateNinja Tee in Medium, Castle Crashers King Pack DLC Code, Castle Crashers Buttons
The Behemoth Bundle #2
(generously donated by The Behemoth)
Blue Knight Figurine (signed and drawn on by lead artist Dan Paladin), Behemoth Polo in Large, Castle Crashers King Pack DLC Code, Castle Crashers Buttons
Autographed Maw Poster (3 copies total)
(generously donated by Twisted Pixel Games)
Autographed Maw Poster (one winner will also get a Maw Tee in XL)
The “You’ve Only Played Halo 3?!” Bundle
(generously donated by Captain Spark)
Halo®: Combat Evolved (PC), Halo®: Combat Evolved (Xbox)
The Halo Bundle #2 {JUST ADDED!}
(generously donated by SpaceGhost2K)
Custom Anime Cortana Xbox 360 Faceplate, Plasma Grenade
The Hudson PSP Bundle
(generously donated by Hudson Entertainment)
Bomberman Land (Sony PSP), Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts (Sony PSP)
E305 Rings of Light Xbox 360 Faceplate {JUST ADDED!}
(generously donated by SpaceGhost2K)
Sealed E305 Rings of Light Xbox 360 Faceplate (numbered and brand new)
The Crafty Super Mario Bundle
(generously donated by Lost Mitten and The Clay Collection)
Set of 4 Bead Mario and Luigi Coasters, Super Mario Buttons, Mushroom Earrings
Fairfax (3 bunnies total)
(generously donated by Marissa’s Dad)
Win your very own Fairfax! Lots of love required.
The RPG Bundle {JUST ADDED!}
(generously donated by SkelBrute)
Tales of Vesperia (Xbox 360), Blue Dragon Plus (Nintendo DS)
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai (3 copies total)
(generously donated by Ska Studios)
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai (XBLA)
Current active numbers: 1-897 {all donations have been processed}
The Bungie Bundle #2
(generously donated by Bungie)
Autographed Halo 3 Limited Release Embossed Launch Poster
The Halo 3 Bundle
(generously donated by mendicantbias00, Louis Wu, and The Clay Collection)
Halo 3 MC Action Figure, Autographed Halo Prints, Halo 3 Cufflinks
The Halo 3 Bundle #3 {JUST ADDED!}
(generously donated by BTSculptor, Louis Wu, and SpaceGhost2K)
Halo 3 MC Active Camo Action Figure, Halo Prints (one autographed, one not), Plasma Grenade
The Hudson Wii Bundle
(generously donated by Hudson Entertainment)
Deca Sports (Nintendo Wii), Fishing Master World Tour (Nintendo Wii), Bomberman Land (Nintendo Wii)
The Green Bundle
(generously donated by The Clay Collection)
Yoshi Necklace, Green Shell Earrings
The PopCap Bundle #1
(generously donated by PopCap)
Bejeweled Twist (PC), Bookworm Adventures (PC), PopCap Bag, Peggle Tee in Medium, Peggle Plushie, Bumper Sticker and more!
The PopCap Bundle #2
(generously donated by PopCap)
Peggle Nights (PC), The Wizard’s Pen (PC), PopCap Bag, Peggle Tee in Large, Peggle Plushie, Bumper Sticker and more!
A Guest Appearance in Chronicles of ODS Steve
(generously donated by DeepCee)
Star in an upcoming episode of ODS Steve!
Poker Smash (10 copies total)
(generously donated by Void Star Creations)
Poker Smash (XBLA)
Current active numbers: 1-964 {all donations have been processed}
The Harmonix Bundle {JUST ADDED!}
(generously donated by Harmonix)
Rock Band 2, Complete Bundle (Xbox 360)
The EA Bundle (4 copies total)
(generously donated by EA)
Autographed Copy of The Godfather II (PC)
The EA Sports Bundle #1
(generously donated by EA Sports)
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 Nike Golf Shirt, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 (Nintendo Wii), NCAA Football 10 Xbox 360 Faceplate
The EA Sports Bundle #2
(generously donated by EA Sports)
Madden NFL 10 Under Armour Bowling Shirt, Grand Slam Tennis (Nintendo Wii), NCAA Football 10 Xbox 360 Faceplate
Halo 3 Art
(generously donated by Jim 028 and rowboat 000)
Halo 3 16 x 9 in. Framed Canvas Print
The Hudson Nintendo DS Bundle
(generously donated by Hudson Entertainment)
Bomberman Land Touch! 2 (Nintendo DS), Dungeon Explorer: Warriors of Ancient Arts (Nintendo DS)
The Sega Dreamcast Jewelry Bundle
(generously donated by The Clay Collection)
Sega Dreamcast Controller Earrings, Sega Dreamcast Controller Cufflinks
The NinjaBee Bundle
(generously donated by NinjaBee)
Cloning Clyde (XBLA), Band of Bugs (XBLA), Outpost Kaloki (XBLA), A Kingdom for Keflings (XBLA)
Plants vs. Zombies (10 copies total)
(generously donated by PopCap)
Plants vs. Zombies (PC)
THIS FUNDRAISER IS NOW CLOSED
The Fundfax Fairraiser Specifics:
- Donate your desired amount by utilizing the link either above or below. Prizes are separated into three main “prize pools”. For every $1 you donate, you will receive one chance (in the form of a numbered virtual ticket) that you may put towards the prize pool of your choosing. State which prize pool you would like your tickets to go towards in the message box. You may divide up your donation however you choose however if you don’t specify, your tickets will automatically be placed in Prize Pool #1. You will receive an email (check your spam box) within 24-48 hours confirming your donation and telling you the numbers of your virtual tickets. (Numbers will be updated daily on the main page.)
- The prize list is subject to change, and new things will be added as they are received. Everything will be kept current on this main page.
- The fundraiser will be open for two weeks and will close on July 7th, 2009 at 11:59 pm PST. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the fundraiser will be closing on June 27th at midnight PST. My apologies for the inconvenience.
- Winners will be drawn live with a random integer generator via a video stream broadcast over the internet (details of which will be announced at a later date). Winners need not be present to win. Winners will be sent a message to the email address associated with their account and they will then have seven days to claim their prize. Please make sure your contact information on your account is up to date.
- Prizes will be shipped in a timely fashion after being claimed. We are not responsible for items that are damaged or lost during shipping, but rest assured great care will be taken in the entire shipping and handling process.
- There is no limit to the amount of tickets you may purchase, nor is there a limit to the amount of prizes you may win so give generously and often to increase your chances of winning!
THIS FUNDRAISER IS NOW CLOSED
Do you have a question? Are you a company who wishes to contribute to this cause? Email me via my contact form and I will promptly get back to you. A very big thank you to all the companies and individuals who so generously made this fundraiser possible!
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You rock, angel. <3's <3's <3's
Awesome. This contest is full of win.
awww shes adorable
I wish everyone good luck on this contest; I myself won’t be participating, but I hope that little Marissa (and others like her) can make it through their troubling conditions.
Kind sentiments are greatly appreciated as well. :)
amazing idea. I’ll donate on payday.
Do it for the cause, not for the because.
I’m so lame it hurts sometimes.
I’ll be searching the couch cushions for change.
Awesome! I didn’t think you would use the title I randomly came up with =]
I shall be donating to this more than worthy cause. Also hearts for Marissa <3<3<3<3
It was you! I couldn’t remember who came up with that, I just remember seeing it in the chat box. I’ve been pondering over the name of the fundraiser for two weeks and that one is just the perfect amount of cute and silly that this thing needed. :)
glad I could help in some way haha
I have no luck when it comes to these types of contests, but this is definitely for a great cause! Gonna go raid the coffers now!
Great prizes and a great cause! Give whatever you can!
Thanks ahead of time to all who contributed!
Wow, awesome job, angel! You managed to score some amazing prizes! I’m sure you’ll raise a ton of money given those great prizes and the very worthy cause. I’ll certainly be buying a bunch of tickets, and I’m sure a bunch of the other folks over at 8-Bit Brigade will as well!
OMG, I knew I would forget to thank someone! You, and 8BB in general, were invaluable in the organization of this. It took me everything to simply not cut and paste your entire article (especially the rules which I’m sure you saw your heavy influence in!). Thank you so much for all your help and advice. It really made a difference in the finer details of everything. :)
We’re happy to help! You did all the heavy lifting, and it seems like you’ve done an excellent job so far. I can’t wait to see how much you raise and I look forward to watching the drawing!
Dear Angel I’d like to state that the N64 jewellery bundle…. shows a Dreamcast bundle
You are totally right. Thanks for the fix!
Hello, epically beneficial exchange rate :D
Looks like the N64 bundle is actually a Dreamcast bundle.
Just fixed it. Let us never speak of my error again!! ;)
You know that you just killed your image amongst those that still remember the classics and may be still fanatic about them, right? -cough-me-cough-
Psh. If it were an Atari, there wouldn’t have been any issues! That’s what I grew up on. :)
I’m on my second go through growing up. xD I never had an Atari 2600 or Sega Megadrive but I got both now, the Megadrive more recently than the 2600. Oh and today I bought a replacement for my broken Gameboy Color, it’s Magenta :3 or pink according to my brother. That totals my amount of videogame systems(including handhelds) to 11.
And me! My Duck Hunt high score is 313,700 on two ducks!
Lots of great prizes to win. Lets hope this generates a train load of money for Marissa and her parents.
Great work on this angel.
I’m so happy to have been able to help with a donation for this contest! (I donated the Mario coasters & buttons in Prize Pool #1). I hope you’re able to raise a ton of money for this most excellent cause! I’m also very happy that you were able to get so many prizes to be donated… yay! :) Fantastic work! :)
Thank you from marissas nana and the whole family!
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Woohoo! Good luck on the raffle, folks. But more importantly, a big thanks to angel for putting this together. I’m pretty stoked to be able to donate to this, but I’m even more excited to get some raffle tickets. These prizes are really amazing.
I wish I had a credit card…
You could raise so much more money if recon was added to one of the bundles. Everybody would go for that one and then i would have a better chance at the others.
and knowing my luck, I’d get it. I don’t have XBL.
Offering recon will only bring people who want recon and don’t care so much about the cause. “OMg raiconex, heres a doller from my moms credit card i hope i win!” Yea it would probably bring in a ton of money but it wouldn’t really spread awareness. I dunno, just my thoughts.
Bungie Bundle #1? Man… forget Recon!
(Great work bs, this is awesome.)
Seconded!
Besides, Recon will be available to the masses in 3 months.
I am extremely grateful to Bungie for donating tangible, autographed Halo 3 collector items that will still have value in three months and beyond. They took a lot of time and effort putting those thing together, and for that I am appreciative. :)
some awesome schwag and for a great cause…payday tomorrow so I may find myself with some vitural tickets.
Best of wishes to all involved.
Recon has sort of lost it’s appeal I think, since it’ll be not so special in about 4 months
The awesomeness of this is awesome.
Done and done. I’m really starting to get a knack for this charity thing.
Hang in there girl! you’re in our prayers!
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Yup definately gonna donate once I get funds in my paypal. I’m not even a mother quite yet, just another month, but already I can empathize and imagine how scary it is to have something medically wrong with your child, and the general public is in the dark about it. I hope everything turns out the best for Marissa.
I donated, and sent you an email.
If I win sell the stuff and keep the money. I will donate as much as I can. every time I can.
“All it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
l33t amounts of money donated, I hope she gets better!
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I done donated! I wish you luck and give you prayers for your little girl, I hope for the best :)
Hat tip to ctrlaltdel-online.com for making me aware of the fundraiser (the construction plush bunny pictures he posted a while back were very enjoyable :)
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okay just donated some money! Just to let Marissa and her family and friends know: your plan to raise awareness is succeeding I believe! Even here in the Netherlands (a tiny little country in Europe, next to Germany) people are reading this comic and thus about Marissa and her condition. I wish you all the luck in the world, little Marissa!
To Marissa and her family. Keep the faith.
“Faith will move mountains”
My heart goes out you. Keep the donations coming even is small…every little bit helps~
TTL Venus
I want to take part in this, but how can I pay? I live in NZ and I don’t have a credit card…
I have been advertising this like a crazy fool, angel, but I have run out of places to advertise on. Anyway, I hope that this charity raises a very high amoun of money. Little Marissa and others like her deserve better. :)
All the best to Marissa and her family. Heard about your cause through CAD, and instantly was moved and donated, you’re getting heard around the world and you have my thoughts and best wishes. Chin up, you’ll get through this :)
From ickle UK, xx
Added in some money to the cause.. Not a lot.. but every little bit helps.
It’s a shame that this had to be cut down early.
i hurried thru not realizing it was pst. i did not read completely and would like my dollars to be split between the three prize pools if possible. dont worry if it is to much hassle! i am a doofus!!! here’s to baby marissa’s better health :)
I donated a couple bucks. Wish it could have been more. My prayers go out to Marissa and her family.
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! =((((((
Last time i checked the contest ended on July 7th! Now when i come to donate it’s been over for 3 days? D=
That SUCKS =[ I was gonna donate like 50-100$ too DDD=
Oh well, I hope this brings a hell of a lot of money to the family =] Thanks a LOT Angel for doing this, you are awesome! =D Also, good luck everybody who entered =]
Yeah, believe me, I would have preferred it went until the 7th too.
when will winners and prizes be announced?
Soon. I found a site last night that live streams video and is easy to use. I’m in the process of learning all the smaller details about it and then I’ll announce the final date as soon as I have it. I imagine it will be within the next week!
Prizes are listed up there ^.
BSangel’s still working on the mechanism for announcing- the fundraiser was supposed to go until the 7th, so she was supposed to have a bit more time to work out the technical kinks. Soon, I’d guess, but I don’t know any more than you do.
I’m getting excited, the anticipation is horrible! I hope Marissa is okay, this is all for her! I only wish there was more time for the fundraiser so more could be raised!
I hope things are looking up for you all. I was just wondering if plans for the draw have been made. I may be soon loosing my apt. and if I win I would hate to see the lot go to a non-gaming fan. Anyhow I hope all is well and look forward to hearing good news. :)
The winners have already been drawn and emailed. You can scan this tag for all the updates relating to this fundraiser. :)
Marissa’s Bunny