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Help Worldbuilders Fundraiser Reach Goal for Heifer

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Fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss’s yearly fundraiser for Heifer International, Worldbuilders, is quickly coming to a close on January 21, 2013 with a goal of $500,000.

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Rothfuss has a broad following of gamers, sci-fi fans, comic-book collectors and fantasy lovers; and he cheerfully urges this fanbase to give through lotteries, giveaways, auctions and product sales. Worldbuilders, started in 2008, has raised more than $1 million for Heifer International. As of this morning, Worldbuilders raised an impressive $310,854 and counting, but hopes for a big push this week to reach its goal.

In 2008, Rothfuss wrote to his blog readers, “If we raise a couple thousand dollars for them, it will make peoples’ lives better. A couple thousand dollars means little kids get milk to drink. It means families get sheep, which means wool for warm blankets and clothes. It means better wells, so moms with babies can have clean water to drink. I think this is something we can all get behind, can’t we?”

To help him reach his goal this year, Rothfuss is offering the chance to play Dungeons & Dragons with him and other authors, or spend a weekend this spring with him and some of his staff at Heifer Ranch, or even a cameo appearance in an upcoming book. Check out Rothfuss’s blog and his eBay auction site for more information on how to support Worldbuilders, or donate straight to the cause on the Worldbuilders Team Heifer page.

Explaining why he chose Heifer International, Rothfuss said, “Heifer International is my favorite charity. It helps people raise themselves up out of poverty and starvation. All over the world Heifer promotes education, sustainable agriculture, local industry, and clean water. They don’t just keep kids from starving, they make it so families can take care of themselves. They give goats, sheep, and chickens to families so their children have milk to drink, warm clothes to wear, and eggs to eat.”

If you are interested in being a part of this fundraiser and helping Worldbuilders reach the $500,000 goal, or for more information, go to www.worldbuilders.org.

Around the Web: A Big Goal, Study Trip, Celebrity Tips, and Kissing a Pig

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Every Sunday we highlight some of the people who are funding our work creatively or helping us spread the word of our mission online. If you spot Heifer International while you’re surfing the web or know of a fun or creative fundraising effort, please share it with us here in the comments.

Patrick Rothfuss, author and brainpower behind Worldbuilders, which is fundraising with auctions and giveaways. Exciting opportunities include a chance to join him on a weekend visit to Heifer Ranch, a chance to play Dungeons & Dragons with Pat and other authors, and much more. This year’s Worldbuilders is quickly coming to an end, so you’ll want to check out his blog and help him reach his $500,000 goal to benefit Heifer International
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Sara Steinlage carries firewood as part of her chores in Mpomgwe, Zambia. Photo credit: Sara Steinlage, Northwest Arkansas Online.

Sara Steinlage accompanied the Go Women Go Community group last November on a 12-day trip that included some Heifer International projects in Kenya and Zambia.

Congrats to Ben Magod on receiving the Bill Lee Scholarship given to student athletes with academic, athletic and civic accomplishments. Magod is a youth elder at First Presbyterian Church and has participated in mission trips to Heifer Ranch as well as Belize and Atlanta.

Photo credit: Livingston County News

For the fifth year in a row, St. Agnes School in New York raised money to buy livestock through Heifer International for needy families. This year, they raised enough to buy four to five water buffalo, which plow, haul and provide milk. As an encore, Principal Dr. Gerald Benjamin kissed a pig, a water buffalo being unavailable, and the sixth graders chose green, purple and gold to dye his hair.

Health Magazine talks about celebrities and the steps—big and small—they take to protect the planet. Longtime Heifer supporters Mary Steenburgen and Jane Kaczmarek are both featured: Steenburgen for her line of soy candles that benefit Heifer International, and Kaczmarek for being frugal at home by turning out the lights and opening windows instead of using the air-conditioner.

Around the Web: Holiday Shopping Opportunities And Tips

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Every Sunday we highlight some of the people who are funding our work creatively or helping us spread the word of our mission online. If you spot Heifer International while you’re surfing the web or know of a fun or creative fundraising effort, please share it with us here in the comments.

The Happy Simple Living blog has a series of posts offering tips on how to get all your Christmas duties finished by December 1. Your Best Holidays Ever – Week 5 and Seeking a More Meaningful Christmas, has plenty of ideas about how to celebrate in a more meaningful way. Listed first is giving to organizations like Heifer International, followed by a list of other very good ideas you should to check out.

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“Living Wright” from Tulsa World also gives tips on ways to reduce your stress now through the holidays, and also mentions Heifer International gifts as a way to do something as a family or individual that gives to others.

Thank you and best wishes to newlyweds Jennifer and Taylor, who donated to Heifer International on behalf of their wedding guests.

Patrick Rothfuss, longtime Heifer supporter and author, is gearing up for his yearly Worldbuilders fundraiser. If you want to get involved and help, check out his blog post An Open Invitation.

In the Rochester, New York, area on November 18? Stop by Greece Baptist Church for its fifth annual Alternative Gift Market with several charities represented, including Heifer.

And, a little further south in Georgia, check out the Johns Creek Christmas Gift and Mission Fair from November 30 to December 2 at Johns Creek United Methodist Church.

“Worldbuilders” Raises $308k for Heifer

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SometimesHeifer’s support comes from unlikely quarters.

Turns out,one of Heifer’s greatest advocates is a fantasy author named Patrick Rothfuss. Hehas a broad following of lively and thoughtful people, and he cheerfully marshalsthis army in Heifer’s name. During his annual fundraiser, Rothfuss’s Worldbuilders charity matches their donations by 50 percent.

This year,Rothfuss set the goal at $50,000, then $100,000, and kept bumping it up…
When the Feb.7 deadline hit, Rothfuss had raised $308,966!
We are alwaysimpressed by his passion for Heifer’s mission (last year he raised $192,000),but this was incredible. Rothfuss truly brought his entire community together.

In additionto the outpouring of support, Rothfuss also got stories from readers about howmeaningful the act of giving to Worldbuilders/Heifer could be. Here’s a neatexample:

I love, love, love Worldbuilders, but as a broke law student I can’t afford to donate much… So this year, my fiancée and I had a fun idea. We agree with your take on Valentine’s Day, so this year as our “Valentine’s Day present” to each other, we donated in our name to Worldbuilders.

We thought setting aside money for goats was way more important than setting aside money for unnecessary trinkets, and what better way is there to celebrate loving each other and wanting to spend our lives together than by making the world we want to live in better, and honoring an author whose work we adore?

Thank you,Patrick Rothfuss, for throwing your time, energy, and reputation behind Heifer’scause. And thank you for showing us howgenerous people can be when they’re given the chance.

Although thedeadline for the match has passed, you can still donate to the Worldbuilders team page.