It's with no small measure of trepidation that I reveal www.level-up.com, still in it's earliest infancy, to the public. But while the site is in it's infancy, the infrastructure is solid and, in my opinion, is a wonderful platform to begin a charitable foundation on.
In a nutshell: Level-Up.com is a website about video games, but equally focuses on leveling up in life as well as in game, with a strong emphasis on community service, and fundraising for worthy charities. No less than 75% of gross proceeds raised from fundraising, auctions, raffles, pledges, events, and donations will go directly to charity.
Slightly more info:
Level-Up will be four major parts, each one vital to the advancement of the project and the gaming community as a whole.
I've got the groundwork almost entirely finished, and National City Bank is offering me a very gracious line of credit to further my initial work. But it's going to come down to getting the word out. Over the next several days I'll be in contact with over 30 companies and corporations, large and small, about sponsorship, and press information. If you know someone that plays video games, or is at all a philanthropist, please let them know about level-up.com (the first 50 donors will be immortalized on the website as Founding Supporters). Or, if you know anyone in the press that would like to follow a new charitable venture involving youth, I'd love to speak with them.
In a nutshell: Level-Up.com is a website about video games, but equally focuses on leveling up in life as well as in game, with a strong emphasis on community service, and fundraising for worthy charities. No less than 75% of gross proceeds raised from fundraising, auctions, raffles, pledges, events, and donations will go directly to charity.
Slightly more info:
Level-Up will be four major parts, each one vital to the advancement of the project and the gaming community as a whole.
- The first is Level-Up Gaming, the news portion of the site, which will offer all the news, reviews, previews, interviews, and editorials that gamers demand.
- The second is Level-Up Charities, which calls on gamers to raise funds for those that need it, and the gamers may just walk away with some very cool new toys. Level-Up Charities will also be covering events on the ground, raising awareness and taking donations. Costs of administration are planned to be offset by corporate sponsorship, and later also offset by 501(c)(3) Non-Profit determination.
- The third is iLevelUp, which is an extention of Level-Up Charities. iLevelUp focuses on community service, and how the average gamer can harness the competitive and cooperative spirit that drives them do exceed in games, and apply that drive to bettering themselves and their local communities. iLevelUp will include a worldwide database of community service projects that gamers can be a part of, all of which is run by the gamers themselves.
- The fourth, not yet named, is focused on delivering information to gamers about educational and career opportunities in the gaming industry, and will also serve as a sort of insider's look into the profession, with insight from real professionals living the real life.
I've got the groundwork almost entirely finished, and National City Bank is offering me a very gracious line of credit to further my initial work. But it's going to come down to getting the word out. Over the next several days I'll be in contact with over 30 companies and corporations, large and small, about sponsorship, and press information. If you know someone that plays video games, or is at all a philanthropist, please let them know about level-up.com (the first 50 donors will be immortalized on the website as Founding Supporters). Or, if you know anyone in the press that would like to follow a new charitable venture involving youth, I'd love to speak with them.
