Ashleigh
10/3/2011 12:52:00 PM
Someone on the WoW forums suggested I post this over here, and here I
am.
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It's coming! The second annual Running of the Gnomes!
October 8th, 8pm CST on Scarlet Crusade-US 8pm CST/ST (That's 6pm PST/
9pm EST)
The event will start in the new Gnome starting area!
***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 of
Scarlet Crusade'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!
***How do you participate?***
Easy! Roll a gnome on Scarlet Crusade, 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 team page at on our website at
seedpinkforthecure.blogspot.com
***I can't go because I don't have a WoW account!/My friend wants to
go but they don't play WoW!***
Make a trial account! Roll a pink haired gnome! Let us know you're
coming! What a great way to get your Mom/Friend/Girlfriend hooked on
the game too!
***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
You can again, see it on our website:
Seedpinkforthecure.blogspot.com