2023 Holiday Celebration!

[Beketov 9,026]

 

I don't know about you all but my favourite time of year to be a VHL member is the holidays. From the charity drive to the auctions to the free TPE everyone loves the holidays in the VHL!

 

This is officially the fourth year we've done this after @Banackock originally suggested it back in 2019 and we've chosen, as you can see above, Doctor's Without Borders to receive our charity donations for this year. This is, of course, just our league-supported charity. As always, you are free to donate your funds to any registered charity anywhere in the world and count it towards the auction and our total numbers; all we ask is a screenshot proving the donation (though please remember to redact any personal information). 100% of the money raised by the league will be donated to Doctor's Without Borders, and the VHL will not take any cut. On top of that the league has decided to once again match up to $1000 when the final donation is put in. That means if you all donate $2500 total we'll put the donation up to $3500!

 

In addition to the Donation Drive, we will also kick off our Charity Auction and 12 Days of Christmas. How will it all work? Essentially the same as past years, but here are the exact details for each portion of our holiday season for 2023:

 

Charity Drive: December 12th - 24th

Starting tomorrow members can begin donating. Whether you do so through the league, by donating HERE, privately to DWB, or any charitable foundation of your choosing (receipt proof required for donations made outside the league), it will all count towards the overall contribution from the league. From that overall contribution, the league will match donations up to $1000 CAD, and add that to the donation made through the league.

 

Please post all confirmations of donation, including Paypals through the league, auction wins, and private donations to THIS THREAD. Any donation of $5 CAD, or more, will result in an automatic personal reward of 2 Uncapped TPE + a Full Free Week (12 Capped TPE), as well as an entry to each of the first 3 tiers of the 12 Days of Christmas Raffle.

 

Like past years as well we will be accepting blood donations in the charity drive. Blood is in high demand all year round, but especially at this time. Give the gift of life to someone. If you schedule and follow through with an appointment to donate blood that will count the same as a $5 donation and have the same rewards outlined above and below. For proof just post a photo from during your donation, it doesn’t need to include your face if you don’t want it to, a shot of the machine or your arm or whatever is fine, we’ll take your word for it.

 

As this is the season of giving, members may also donate on behalf of one other user.

 

Holiday Charity Auction: December 13th-20th

@Acydburn will be posting the auction items soon but for now the full rules are available here. Go buy something fun offered up by our community members. Auction wins will count as personal donations for the purpose of individual rewards.

 

As always there are some amazing auction items that we're looking forward to this year so it should be fun.

 

12 Days of Christmas: December 13th - 24th

This year’s 12 Days of Christmas will be similar to the last two years, where there will be a daily thread to claim “tickets” into our final raffle, which will be drawn on a live stream. As always the raffle will contain 4 tiers of prizes, with each day contributing to your entry into each tier, as follows:

 

Dec. 13 - 15: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 1 raffle (1 ticket gained per day)

Dec. 16 - 18: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 2 raffle (1 ticket gained per day)

Dec. 19 - 21: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 3 raffle (1 ticket gained per day)

Dec. 22 - 24: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 4 raffle (1 ticket gained per day)

 

Number of Winners per tier:

Tier 1: 10 Winners
Tier 2: 5 Winners
Tier 3: 3 Winners
Tier 4: 1 Winner

 

As with all our previous raffles if someone is drawn twice they will be considered as having won the higher tier item and the lower tier will be re-drawn. Users may also claim any tier underneath what they have won if they would rather have that item. No rewards can be exchanged for cash but we will ship worldwide as @Berocka found out to the detriment of the league having to ship a jersey to Australia...

 

Rewards and Donation Milestones

As previously mentioned, there will be personal rewards to those who participate in the charity drive / holiday auction, as well as stretch goals to hit which will result in rewards for the community as a whole!

 

$500 Community Donations: 2 Uncapped TPE for Everyone + @twists will stream a declaration of his love for everyone that's been active in the past week.
$1000 Community Donations: 4 Uncapped TPE for Everyone + @DarkSpyro will perform some Christmas themed metal songs
$2000 Community Donations: PT Doubles Week for Everyone +  @Grape will do a full stream of all the Five Nights at Freddy's games.

$2500 Community Donations: 6 Uncapped TPE for Everyone + @Acydburn will stream something, he just hasn't decided what yet.

$3500 Community Donations: 8 Uncapped TPE for Everyone + @Beketov will once again stream Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate (which I'll have to re-install) and name animals after VHL members.

 

Additionally, though not a "stretch goal" in the classic sense, for every $100 donated @eagle_3450 will do a lap of the Nurburgring in BeamNG.drive

 

**Disclaimer: Rewards may only be applied to players created on, or before, December 25th, 2023**

 

Let's do this @Members!

[samx 1,173]

Zoo tycoon surpremacy 

[Berocka 2,263]

6 minutes ago, Beketov said:

ship worldwide as @Berocka found out to the detriment of the league having to ship a jersey to Australia...

Can confirm this happened my partner still wears the jersey whenever we go to the hockey @Banackockhas seen it

[Banackock 8,053]

LETS GO!!!! 

 

 

[Kisslinger 372]

Love it

[twists 409]

Damn my declaration of love is only worth $500!?!?!

[GoodLeftUndone 176]

Time to be active here again

[Banackock 8,053]

Just a little VHL Xmas Charity History here :)

[chikn 130]

Yay!!

[Grape 679]

On 12/12/2023 at 10:25 AM, twists said:

Damn my declaration of love is only worth $500!?!?!

FNAF > Love

[leafsman 207]

Dear Paolo,

 

Thank you for choosing to support Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with a gift of $25.00, which will help us provide emergency medical care for communities caught in crisis.

 

You help make it possible for MSF to respond to humanitarian emergencies as soon as they happen - from outbreaks of disease to disasters and conflicts. Your support helps us plan for the unexpected and be ready to act whenever and wherever the needs are greatest.

 

Again, thank you so much for your generosity. For updates on MSF's work and the impact of your support please visit us at doctorswithoutborders.ca.

 

Sincerely,

Joseph Belliveau

Executive Director, MSF Canada

 

P.S. Your tax receipt is enclosed. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our donor relations team.

 

Donor Relations Contact Information:

 

Phone: 1-800-928-8685 (Monday to Friday, 8am -9pm EST)

Email: donorrelations@toronto.msf.org.

[leafsman 207]

Good idea

[Beketov 9,026]

Just now, leafsman said:

Dear Paolo,

 

Thank you for choosing to support Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) with a gift of $25.00, which will help us provide emergency medical care for communities caught in crisis.

 

You help make it possible for MSF to respond to humanitarian emergencies as soon as they happen - from outbreaks of disease to disasters and conflicts. Your support helps us plan for the unexpected and be ready to act whenever and wherever the needs are greatest.

 

Again, thank you so much for your generosity. For updates on MSF's work and the impact of your support please visit us at doctorswithoutborders.ca.

 

Sincerely,

Joseph Belliveau

Executive Director, MSF Canada

 

P.S. Your tax receipt is enclosed. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our donor relations team.

 

Donor Relations Contact Information:

 

Phone: 1-800-928-8685 (Monday to Friday, 8am -9pm EST)

Email: donorrelations@toronto.msf.org.

 

On 12/11/2023 at 8:49 PM, Beketov said:

Please post all confirmations of donation, including Paypals through the league, auction wins, and private donations to THIS THREAD.

A screenshot would also be better than a copy / paste so that we can confirm it was an actual email; you can hide your email address of course.

[leafsman 207]

5 minutes ago, Beketov said:

 

A screenshot would also be better than a copy / paste so that we can confirm it was an actual email; you can hide your email address of course.

I tried that but it says when it went to do it said it's too big.  Anyway to make it work?

[Beketov 9,026]

Just now, leafsman said:

I tried that but it says when it went to do it said it's too big.  Anyway to make it work?

Send it to imgur and then post that but honestly it’s fine, don’t worry about it.

[ScottyP 199]

Donated! 

[Beketov 9,026]

2 hours ago, ScottyP said:

Donated! 

 

On 12/11/2023 at 8:49 PM, Beketov said:

Please post all confirmations of donation, including Paypals through the league, auction wins, and private donations to THIS THREAD.

 

[v.2 1,406]

Transaction ID: 9VC59920YP2437258

[rory 1,916]

14 minutes ago, v.2 said:

Transaction ID: 9VC59920YP2437258

 

19 hours ago, Beketov said:

Please post all confirmations of donation, including Paypals through the league, auction wins, and private donations to THIS THREAD.

 

[v.2 1,406]

2 hours ago, rory said:

 

 

I ain’t readin allat

[Beketov 9,026]

Hello @Members!

 

I'm excited to announce that we have made our charitable donation for the year of $1656 to Doctor's Without Borders!

 

 

Additionally you all donated $1804 separate from the league bringing our total for the 2023 Holiday Charity drive to $3540! I'm always amazed to see the league come together and make such a difference in the world, it's great to see.

 

You all want some rewards I imagine though don't you? Well it was close but thanks to being $40 over the $3500 threshold we have once again hit every community goal which means every member of the community can claim 20 uncapped TPE and a PT Doubles week! It also means all our community items were met which means:

 

@twists will stream a declaration of his love for everyone that's been active in the past week.
@DarkSpyro will perform some Christmas themed metal songs
@Grape will do a full stream of all the Five Nights at Freddy's games.

@Acydburn will stream something, he just hasn't decided what yet.

@Beketov will once again stream Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate and name animals after VHL members.

 

As mentioned in the OP, unfortunately to keep things fair and not have a bunch of future creates claiming this: Rewards may only be applied to players created on, or before, December 25th, 2023

 

We'll get that stuff all scheduled as well as the raffle draw scheduled soon so keep an eye out for that and, once again, thank you all for making this time of year in the VHL so special!

[Dom 1,445]

1 hour ago, Beketov said:

@Grape will do a full stream of all the Five Nights at Freddy's games.

If grape is nervous, I’m hyped for this one.

[Beketov 9,026]

Oh I almost forgot! @eagle_3450 also owes us 35 laps of Nurburgring…

[Ahma 1,430]

@Baozi ahmacast kpop special it is. podcast will be posted next week.

[Mongoose87 384]

Wow, we must really hate when doctors have borders.