A Simple Raffle To Raise Money For People In Need

Find Me At twitter.com/ogbillybatson

About

Hi everyone! If you're here, hopefully it's because you've heard about this raffle somewhere.

I’m looking for collectors, gamers & altruists who wanna help raise some money for some people and some causes that I care about (Women, Black Lives, LGBTQ Communities, The Unhoused, Latinos & Latinas, and Asian-Americans).

Long story short. I've been fortunate enough to live a life rarely having to worry about survival, shelter, or where I'm going to get my next meal. To be honest, I didn't really have anything to do with that. It was mostly thanks to other people and the fact that I guess I just lucked out. For as long as I can remember it's been apparent to me that not everybody is so lucky, but in the past year of COVID-19, I've witnessed more and more people fall into absolutely untenable situations. Like a lot of people, I just feel like... I just want to do whatever little I can to help somebody not have it so hard. I know a lot of people feel the same way. Sometimes we feel powerless to help in meaningful ways. It's hard to organize. It's hard to expend that mental and physical energy. We are all busy. Anyway, I don't want to say too much. I just want the effort to speak for itself and I hope that other people will do something like this too. What I'm doing requires relatively little, but I hope it pans out in a way that helps some people in need. If anyone would like to do something similar, I'd be glad to consult with you on it. I can always talk further about it on some of the social media platforms linked in my contacts too at any time.

The foundations that I have chosen are mostly in Los Angeles but there are a few in Oakland as well.

Here are the rules:
I am going to choose one game from my collection at random and open it up for a three day raffle period.

If you donate at least $10 to any of the charities listed below during that period and DM me proof of donation on my twitter account, you will be entered.

At the end of each period, I will put the names of the donators into a hat and I will choose the winner at random live on my twitch channel:
twitch.tv/otsumamiboy

The winner is chosen at random and if you have donated during one game's period, it is absolutely encouraged to donate for another game's period and you will be eligible to win again as well.

Regardless of how much you donate in any particular period, you will receive only a single entry into the drawing as the focus of the raffle is to raise money for those who need it. Generosity, of course, is still encouraged.

Additionally, if you'd just like to donate, feel free to do that too!

Please keep in mind that I am unconcerned with the actual collector's value of these items and some of their casings may not be in perfect condition, though I can assure that all of the discs are in working order. Some of the Mooks may be slightly damaged.

Foundations & Donations

Feel free to donate to any of these foundations. Below I have listed what they are, their mission statements and where you can donate.

Los Angeles LGBT Center
The Los Angeles LGBT Center is building a world where LGBT people thrive as healthy, equal, and complete members of society.
Donate Here

Los Angeles Organizations Committed To Black Lives
This is a resource with over a dozen charities, and their mission statements, that are dedicated to providing support for Black Lives. Additionally, Liberty Hill supports many other under-served subgroups within our shared community.
Liberty Hill

Downtown Women's Center
The Downtown Women’s Center is the only organization in Los Angeles focused exclusively on serving and empowering women experiencing homelessness and formerly homeless women.
Donate here

Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles is the nation’s largest Asian American legal and civil rights organization and serves more than 15,000 individuals and organizations every year.
Donate here

Jovenes Inc.
A home and family for those without, Jovenes helps youth, ages 18-25, end their cycle of homelessness. Located in Boyle Heights and serving communities throughout Southeast LA County, Jovenes works deeply with our youth focusing on not only their needs for housing, but also healthcare, education, employment and trauma recovery.
Donate Here

LA Family Housing
LA Family Housing helps people transition out of homelessness and poverty through a continuum of housing enriched with supportive services.
Donate Here

Hollywood Food Coalition
We have been serving those in need since 1987. The Hollywood Food Coalition provides a warm, nutritious meal along with access to basic daily needs, such as clothing, backpacks, sleeping bags, and hygiene items, as well as assistance with housing placement and referrals.
Donate Here

Moms For Housing
Moms for Housing is a collective of homeless and marginally housed mothers. Before we found each other, we felt alone in this struggle. But there are thousands of others like us here in Oakland and all across the Bay Area. We are coming together with the ultimate goal of reclaiming housing for the community from speculators and profiteers.
Donate Here

Punks With Lunch
Punks With Lunch is a non-profit organization run by volunteers dedicated to building community by providing life-saving services, along with harm reduction resources to underserved and marginalized individuals.
Donate Here

Oakland Homeless Response
Currently 100% of funds raised through the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Foundation fundraising page goes toward providing temporary structures and services in support of Oakland’s “Cabin Communities.”
Donate Here

THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE CHOSEN AT RANDOM AND RAFFLED FOR THE ABOVE FOUNDATIONS (photo above, additionally, photos of individual items will be tweeted when they are raffled)

Contact

If you have any questions, my DMs will be open during the raffle period and I will be checking them regularly. You can find my twitter and my twitch below.

• Twitter
• Twitch