HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHRISTIAN!
I am so incredibly thankful for all of the community support my fundraiser has received. On January 2nd I made/ordered 100 stickers, made a venmo, and posted online that I was selling them for $5 a piece. I was hoping to sell 100 stickers and raise $500 by February 17th to donate for my brother’s birthday- and it felt ambitious. I could not have expected the volume of support my fundraiser received. Within the first day after posting my fundraiser online we raised $771. I ended up selling out of my 100 stickers in around 3 days so I ordered/sold 100 more. The cost of stamps, envelopes, and stickers was personally paid for by me and 100% of the money you guys donated went directly to the donation. I was able to donate $1,746 to the 988 today and it’s all because of everyone’s support- I really could not thank you all enough.
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Life has an option to donate directly to them on their website and provides an option to dedicate the donation in someone’s honor (which I totally did for Christian). The money donated goes towards strengthening their infrastructure, providing suicide awareness, and towards supporting 988 caller’s with resources. I am attaching a link that describes some of what 988 does-. To give you an idea, since they launched in July 2022 they have received over 8 million calls, texts, and chats!
