A note from our founder:

With Event 22:Video Games right around the corner, we couldn’t be more excited. We have a great lineup of movies, an awesome selection of drinks, and a bucket load of anticipation built-up from the two months we’ve had to look forward to it (thank you oh-so-much, Snowpocalypse). However, due to some recent issues, I’ve had to once again look to our old enemy: Event financing.

A frequent thought in the back of our minds, event financing is an ever-growing concern. While we’ve tried to tackle this in a variety of ways over the last two years (including a brief notion about membership subscriptions that we discarded because of the back-end tech required to make it happen), but none have really worked as well as we hoped. It’s certainly not from lack of interest by the community, but mostly from a lack of understanding the total costs of each event, and how to provide a means for said community to help support our efforts.

A lot of work goes into the Cavalcade, from the website hosting costs, to the event preparation and space rental, and these costs have been up till now have been majorly covered by me, with some minor assistance from the door donations (which usually total roughly $70 on a good night). But some recent events have occurred that would make this nigh-impossible for the foreseeable future. So we’ve come up with an alternative:

The Fundraiser

Each month, when we publish the event write-up, we’re going to post a fundraiser for $240, the average cost of a Cavalcade Event ($100 for food/booze, $100 for the space, $40 for the movies). Any monies not used in a current month will be carried over to the next. If you donate to an event, print out the receipt, and that will serve as your ticket to said event. This saves you from having to remembering cash, and us from having to make change.

The way the system is designed, an individual can donate as much or as little as they would like, and still print the receipt for a ticket. This means that yes, you could game the system and get in for as little as a single dollar. But we sincerely hope that our efforts, and the future of our events, mean more to you than that.

Don’t worry though, we’ll still be glad to take your $5 at the door. But if this system doesn’t work, that price will more than likely have to go up to $10.

How to Donate

We’ve made the process as simple as possible. On each event write-up, you’ll find a button on the right sidebar that says “donate.” Click that, enter your amount, and follow the instructions to complete the transactions. Simple. I’ve also taken the liberty of including it below.

So to paraphrase our friends as the local Piratz Tavern, we’re asking you to open your hearts, and more importantly your wallets, and help us entertain you!

Sincerely,

Micah Pearson

Founder, Editor, and Host of the Cavalcade of Schlock