Thanks to everyone who contributed content and donations to the Maui Wildfire Relief Second Life fundraiser, with all proceeds going after Linden Dollar cash-out to the Maui Food Bank, one of the main non-profits helping victims of the Lahaina blaze. I took the above pic by the banyan tree tribute just before the final tally, which was L$ 2,342,991 -- i.e. about US$ 9,012, before service fees.
Pretty impressive amount for an event that quickly came together after the wild fire tragedy! Much mahalo to lead organizers Cort Brandriss, Wendz Tempest, and Amanda Bork for putting it together.
Also great that many of the participants, including co-organizer Wendz, have a Maui background. Wendz jammed live on the ukulele, while DJ Johnathan Heiss shared a personal story about his time in Lahaina; Tatiana, who grew up in Lahaina, created a promo video for the event (watch below).
Speaking of service fees, perhaps Linden Lab will waive them in this case, as the company occasionally does for other fundraisers they help promote. (Hamlet hinted with much aloha.)
It would be a nice gesture for Linden to waive the cash-out fees on a one-off basis for this fundraiser. Every dollar counts when doing disaster recovery and relief, and those cashout fees can amount to a small but significant chunk of cash not going to where it needs to go.
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