Spreading the word - IF YOU PLAY WOW READ UP!
Running of the Gnomes is tonight! 8 PM US Centeral Standard Time!!
There are people throwing out invites now, and the event promises to be bigger than ever!!
The second annual Running of the Gnomes will be held on Scarlet Crusade-US Alliance Side (Where else would we hold such an event?) Starting in the Gnome starting zone.
Why are you guys doing this? What's going on? Gnomes?!
Back in 2009 Skakavaz and I came up with the idea to turn SeeD's tabard Pink for the month of October. It was a huge hit with our guild, everyone taking to heart the idea of spreading Breast Cancer awareness. In 2010, we decided to put together a fun "little" run with some friends where we'd run from the gnome starting area to the end, and play some games and then have a party at the end, and raise some money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. We turned our tabards pink, rolled our pink haired gnomes and....A LOT of gnomes showed up!!! Our "little" run turned out to be a lot of folks, who had a great time, and it was a pretty meaningful event for many people. A lot of us had a blast! We promised it would be a yearly event, and while some of us are no longer on Scarlet Crusade, Ska and I put our brains together and SeeD, House of the Valar and whole lot of us are teaming up for an amazing Gnome filled event!
SeeD in their Pink Tabars On October 23rd, 2009
How do you participate?
Easy! Roll a gnome, give it pink hair, give it a cheeky name or a name that means something to you (We love tasteful jokes, but please nothing vulgar.) or any name at all, and on the day of the event, Tatayana and friends will give you an invite to our "Racing Guild" (Gnomies are too low to participate in raids, so this is our work around.) Show up early, and we'll give you tabards, and people hanging out from various other servers.
Yet again we'll be racing to Booby, er, Booty Bay, and making ourselves a pink ribbon out of gnomes!
We look forward to seeing familiar faces, people from last year and new people this year, to raise awareness, and to join us for this fun event! Bring your friends, bring your guild!
What's the point? How does a bunch of Gnomes and Pink Tabards do anything for Breast Cancer?
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Everyone's been affected by cancer of some form. And, Breast Cancer can affect our Moms, Sisters, Girlfriends, Teachers, Best Friends, Co-Workers, it can even affect Men! Breast Cancer is something that with vigilance can be caught early, and catching it early can save a life. If one pink tabard or all of those gnomes reminds even just one person to check themselves, or go get a mammogram, we've done our job for the year.
But we're also raising money along the way, playing games, and talking to our members about screening, and encouraging them to talk to family members who have been putting off going to the doctors.
What's this about Small Change? How does the pledge system work?
SeeDlings, HoTV members, and Friends will yet again be pledging small change per gnome to donate to the Susan G. Komen foundation.
Members can pick a "Small Change" amount that works well for them. They're not required to, but a good number of members did last year, and we hope they want to again this year! As you can see, even saying that for every gnome that shows up they'll donate a penny, it can add up! If you invite all of your friends and everyone agrees to do the same, and everyone donates a penny for every gnome there, we can make a big difference just by doing a small thing!
1 Penny=1 Gnome If 10 Gnomes show up You donate $0.10
1 Nickel=1 Gnome If 10 Gnomes Show up You donate $0.50
1 Dime=1 Gnome If 10 Gnomes Show up You Donate $1.00
1 Quarter=1 Gnome If 10 Gnomes Show up You Donate $2.50
Needless to say, even those of us who donated dimes last year wound up coughing up a bit of money! Some of the officers also made bets about if "X amount of people show up, I'll donate This much, and my pledge!" Never have we been so excited to turn over our piggy banks!
Or you can just donate money to the Susan G. Komen Foundation! Again, every bit helps the cause! Our Team ID Number is: 8196587
You can find our Donation Page at: http://www.info-komen.org/site/TR/PassionatelyPink/HeadquartersSite?px=8196587&pg=personal&fr_id=2263
I can't go because I don't have a WoW account!
Make a trial account! Roll a pink haired gnome! Let us know you're coming!
I only have Hordies on Scarlet Crusade, and all of my character slots are full, or all of my characters on Scarlet Crusade aren't gnomes!
Pgymy oil turns you into a pink haired gnome! You can join us at the start of the race if you're Alliance in your "Disguise" and escort us along, or if you're Horde outside the gates of Stormwind. Horde members can also rock some fabulous pink mohawks if they're Trolls! And our alliance Night Elf Druid friends can even turn into Pink and white cats! Not to mention the outfits! Just keep in mind this is a peaceful event!
I'm a gnome on Scarlet Crusade, but I'm a high level. Do I HAVE to roll a new gnome?
You don't have to! Maybe change your hair color to...Pink! And run along with us. All of our gnomies will appreciate the escort through the scarier parts of our trip!
I want to help with the run!
Tell your friends! Post this on your guild website! Tell everyone and anyone you know! Turn your tabards pink, and tell your realm why! Or maybe you have other ideas of how you can help?
Where are you guys Running?!
Well, we drew you a handy dandy map! Well, Skakavaz did this year, I just got killed a lot in the process while testing out our route. :P
