Fandom Loves Puerto Rico

featherquillpen:

hansbekhart:

Puerto Rico is in super bad shape. Hurricane Maria has destroyed entire towns, wiped out their electrical grid, trashed hospitals and roads. Right now, ten days after Maria made landfall, more than 40% of the island currently lacks access to drinking water and electricity – literally millions of people. It’s estimated that it will take up to six months to repair the electrical grid and get power back to the island. They will need sustained, committed aid.

How will this fundraiser work?
Creators can sign up over here to auction off fics, art, meta, beta services, consulting, tutorials, anything! Then, we spend the next few weeks whipping social media into a frenzy about how awesome fandom charity auctions are, and how many frigging cool creators have signed up for this one! Then, the auction page will go live on Dreamwidth! Each offering will get its own comment post, and a frenzy of bidding will happen in the comment threads! The winners will have a set amount of time to send their creator proof of their donation. Once they’ve donated, the creator gets to work making cool shit! Easy peasy, lemon squeezy – the tried and true formula for fandom fundraising.

Sign ups will be open until October 15th
The auction will go live on October 21st, and close a day or so later. 
Proof of donations must be sent by November 4th to claim your prize!

Click through here to find out what kind of works can be auctioned, what charity we’ll be donating to, and other information.

If you also want to help donate for immediate relief now, thank you so so much, and here are some reputable organizations that are sending direct aid right now.

All static pages (sign up sheet, FAQ, the auction page, and other info) will be maintained on Dreamwidth to keep links and resources consistent, but please share this post on tumblr or any other platform!  You do not need a Dreamwidth account to comment at the community, but I’m also happy to answer questions or give other information here on tumblr. My ask box is open, anon is okay. 

Fandom has come together and done amazing things – from Sweet Charity to Fandomaid to @fandomtrumpshate. Let’s show some love to Puerto Rico and help them get back on their feet.

I am going to sign up and bid on this and you should too.