{"id":2606,"date":"2024-10-15T12:16:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2024-10-15T12:22:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T18:22:07","slug":"giftmas-create-a-thon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/giftmas-create-a-thon\/","title":{"rendered":"Giftmas Create-A-Thon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-14px|||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Prairie-2.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Prairie (2)&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>This year instead of running a Giftmas Blog Tour fundraiser in December, we&#8217;re going to try something new &#8212; a create-a-thon in November!<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creators (that&#8217;s you!) <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7\">sign up<\/a>\u00a0and set a goal for what they want to create over the month of November as a part of this fundraiser. This can be anything. &#8220;I want to knit a sweater&#8221;, &#8220;I want to write 50k words&#8221;, &#8220;I want to draw 30 sketches&#8221;. Whatever you want to work on that is creative totally counts.\n<p><strong>Sign up page is here &#8211;&gt; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Creators tell people (Friends, family, fans) about their participation in this create-a-thon and ask them to either donate directly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/pages\/giftmas-create-a-thon\/\">to the fundraiser or pledge<\/a>\u00a0to donate if the creator reaches their goal. Pledges can be lump sum things, (&#8220;I pledge to donate $10 to the fundraiser if you successfully write one poem a day for all of November.&#8221;) or they can be dependent upon how much a creator does (&#8220;I will donate $1 for every 1,000 words you write in November.&#8221;).\n<\/li>\n<li>In the month of November, Creators create.\n<\/li>\n<li>On December 1st, Creators report back to their friends, family and fans about how successful they were in achieving their goals and remind those people about their pledge.\n<\/li>\n<li>Victory!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The fundraiser will be open to accept donations through to December 10th, giving people plenty of time to honour their pledges.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine myself doing some spotlight things to highlight those of us who are creating over the month of November, as well as adding in a couple Kickstarter-like incentives (&#8216;If we reach $1000 in donations everyone will be able to download X free&#8217; or &#8216;If we reach $2000 in donations, everyone who donates will receive this super awesome keychain&#8217; or whatever) but creators are under no obligation to participate or do anything similar.<\/p>\n<p>In order to participate you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A goal\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A way to tell people about your participation (word-of-mouth, a blog, social media, skywriting, whatever)\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ability to keep track of any pledges made to you (a piece of paper, spreadsheet, comments section on your blog)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t even technically need to sign up. But if you <strong>do<\/strong>\u00a0sign up I will be able to send you promotional graphics, include your goal on our fundraiser page, spotlight you and keep you looped in as things progress.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the sign up page is here &#8211;&gt;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><u>Timeline:<\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Now &#8211; Creators sign up and start collecting pledges and donations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">November &#8211; Creators create and may certainly continue to collect pledges and donations if they want.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">December 1 &#8211; Creators share how successful they were in reaching their goals and remind people who pledged about their pledge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">December 10 &#8211; Fundraiser closes to pledges and donations.<\/p>\n<p>Fundraiser page &#8211;&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/pages\/giftmas-create-a-thon\/\">https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/pages\/giftmas-create-a-thon\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Giftmas-1-300&#215;300.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Giftmas (1)&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year instead of running a Giftmas Blog Tour fundraiser in December, we&#8217;re going to try something new &#8212; a create-a-thon in November! How it works: Creators (that&#8217;s you!) sign up\u00a0and set a goal for what they want to create over the month of November as a part of this fundraiser. This can be anything. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>This year instead of running a Giftmas Blog Tour fundraiser in December, we're going to try something new -- a create-a-thon in November!<\/p><p><strong>How it works:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><p>Creators (that's you!) <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7\">sign up<\/a>\u00a0and set a goal for what they want to create over the month of November as a part of this fundraiser. This can be anything. \"I want to knit a sweater\", \"I want to write 50k words\", \"I want to draw 30 sketches\". Whatever you want to work on that is creative totally counts.<br \/><br \/><strong>Sign up page is here --> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p>Creators tell people (Friends, family, fans) about their participation in this create-a-thon and ask them to either donate directly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/pages\/giftmas-create-a-thon\/\">to the fundraiser or pledge<\/a>\u00a0to donate if the creator reaches their goal. Pledges can be lump sum things, (\"I pledge to donate $10 to the fundraiser if you successfully write one poem a day for all of November.\") or they can be dependent upon how much a creator does (\"I will donate $1 for every 1,000 words you write in November.\").<\/p><\/li><li><p>In the month of November, Creators create.<\/p><\/li><li><p>On December 1st, Creators report back to their friends, family and fans about how successful they were in achieving their goals and remind those people about their pledge.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Victory!<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>The fundraiser will be open to accept donations through to December 10th, giving people plenty of time to honour their pledges.<\/p><p>I imagine myself doing some spotlight things to highlight those of us who are creating over the month of November, as well as adding in a couple Kickstarter-like incentives ('If we reach $1000 in donations everyone will be able to download X free' or 'If we reach $2000 in donations, everyone who donates will receive this super awesome keychain' or whatever) but creators are under no obligation to participate or do anything similar.<\/p><p>In order to participate you will need:<\/p><ul><li><p>A goal<\/p><\/li><li><p>A way to tell people about your participation (word-of-mouth, a blog, social media, skywriting, whatever)<\/p><\/li><li><p>The ability to keep track of any pledges made to you (a piece of paper, spreadsheet, comments section on your blog)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p>That's it.<\/p><p>You don't even technically need to sign up. But if you <strong>do<\/strong>\u00a0sign up I will be able to send you promotional graphics, include your goal on our fundraiser page, spotlight you and keep you looped in as things progress.<\/p><p>Once again, the sign up page is here --><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/hcC6oyw1ezanccwY7<\/a><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><u>Timeline:<\/u><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Now - Creators sign up and start collecting pledges and donations.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">November - Creators create and may certainly continue to collect pledges and donations if they want.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">December 1 - Creators share how successful they were in reaching their goals and remind people who pledged about their pledge.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">December 10 - Fundraiser closes to pledges and donations.<\/p><p>Fundraiser page -->\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/pages\/giftmas-create-a-thon\/\">https:\/\/www.canadahelps.org\/en\/pages\/giftmas-create-a-thon\/<\/a><\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[129,25,128],"class_list":["post-2606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-127","tag-create-a-thon","tag-giftmas","tag-giftmas-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606\/revisions\/2619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhondaparrish.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}