#@ vancityreynolds on tumblr give the people what they want

[kamwashere]

happy 10k to this post. here are some of my favorite tags

still waiting for their live action rom-com

[bagel--bytes]

The live steam may be over, but you can still donate to decrease world suck at the link above where you can get incredible perks like a cool crab in your email once a month, or a wood coaster with Mystachio’d mans face on a T-Rex on it, or a map with the half fake/half real town of Agloe, New York!

Creators like Brennan Lee Mulligan, Sam Reich Brian David Gilbert, the Drawfee crew, Tessa Violet, Karen Kavett, Kevin Perjurer (Defunctland), Jarvis Johnson, Mark Watson, and many more were all involved this year, and tumblrs own Ryan Reynolds ( @vancityreynolds ) donated a prop from Deadpool to be auctioned off for donations.

In all seriousness, this is a cause that I, tumblr user bagel—bytes, really believe in. The world is pretty rough right now and most people want to help but don’t know where to start. Charities can often use funds poorly and fail to create real change and so it becomes even harder to find somewhere you can trust to actually help. The Project for Awesome is something I trust.

The first half of the proceeds go to Partners in Health in a continuering effort to reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone, where 1 in 20 births result in the death of the mother. With the previous donations from the P4A (and many many others) they have been able to work with the people of Sierra Leone to gain better access to medical resources, provide training for todays midwives and tomorrows, and build safe places for people to give birth, the still birth rate in Koidu has dropped 50%.

The second half of the donations go to charities nominated and voted for by the P4A community. The funds are split proportionally to the votes each charity received, and each charity is evaluated to make sure the funds will not go to waste. Frequent recipients include The Star Won’t Go Out, who provide help to individuals and families living with childhood cancer, Fandom Forward, an organization that uses the internets passion for fandom to make the world a fairer place by fighting against book bans, defend queer rights and reproductive rights, and protect the environment, and the Thirst Project, who fight to end the global water crisis to beter prevent struggling populations against disease like malaria, HIV, and other water borne viruses. I personally voted this year for Survival International who champion tribal peoples around the world and work to help protect threatened tribes, and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), who do what the name suggests.

This is my 7th project for awesome but the 16th P4A ever, and as of today we have donated over 20,000,000 USD to the causes above and so many others. I’m so proud of what we are able to do every year and so greatful that I get to be a part of it. Donations will still be taken for the next handful of days (the week of February 19th-25th, 2023) and I highly encourage everyone who can to donate even a small amount if you can.