Tag: Red Cross

  • Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2016

    Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2016

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    Yes it is that time of year once again.  The Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2016 from May 9 – June 15, where you do stuff and I donate money to worthy charities.   This is the 8th Year I have done this so far donating over $7500.

    I do this challenge each year to raise awareness of my blog while giving money to charities who need it.  Some people have asked why I don’t just shut up and donate the money without all the fuss.  Three  reasons.  First, what I spend on this is my advertising budget for the year so if you enjoy Bearman Cartoons, please help by spreading the word on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc and/or thumbing up on StumbleUpon or Reddit.  Second, I have heard from many people who want to donate but their current financials don’t allow for it.  This is a great way for them to get involved.  And finally, no one would probably know about all these great charities without the challenge so it is my way to strum up some publicity for them.

    Again this year I will divide evenly the amount of money donated between three charities up to $1500.   The first charity I will support is the Red Cross in their continued efforts.     The second charity is the Brandon C Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Foundation.   This charity is named after my friend Brandon Gromada who was stricken with this terrible disease and passed away in 2012.  His family set up this foundation to direct funds to research for better treatments.  This is a rare type of cancer that research funds are needed to combat it. And the third is of course one of my favorite charities,  Crayons to Computers.  It is a free store for teachers allowing them to stock up on school and art supplies for their students/classrooms. But that is not all.      I will donate the indicated amount for each thing that you do in the month of May:

    • $10 – For any cartoonists who uses ME in a cartoon in their strip.  Use “BEARMAN” somewhere in the toon.  Maybe it’s a character’s name, a name on a bar sign in the background, integrating my green haired gravatar into a background character or even loosely as “Check out that Bear, man!”  Be sure to link back to this post so I know to include you in my tally.   I know some of you work with a buffer so if you plan to post after May just contact me and let me know and I will add it to the list.
    • $5 – Blog about my challenge to your readers and link back to this entry in your post – http://beartoons.com/2016/05/09/bearman-cartoons-charity-challenge-2016
    • $1 – Circle/Follow me on Social Media -Payout limited to the first 1200 new followers in May so I have money for the other parts of the challenge.

    PLUS Donation Match.  You make any donation to any of the three charities listed above in honor of Bearman Cartoons or Beartoons.com and I will match that donation up to the maximum payout for the challenge.  Just send me something or post something showing your donation so I can count it.

  • Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2015

    Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2015

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    Yes it is that time of year once again.  The Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge during the month of May, where you do stuff and I donate money to worthy charities.   This is the 7th Year I have done this so far donating over $6000. and it will run until the end of May.

    I do this challenge each year to raise awareness of my blog while giving money to charities who need it.  Some people have asked why I don’t just shut up and donate the money without all the fuss.  Three  reasons.  First, what I spend on this is my advertising budget for the year so if you enjoy Bearman Cartoons, please help by spreading the word on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc and/or thumbing up on StumbleUpon or Reddit.  Second, I have heard from many people who want to donate but their current financials don’t allow for it.  This is a great way for them to get involved.  And finally, no one would probably know about all these great charities without the challenge so it is my way to strum up some publicity for them.

    Again this year I will divide evenly the amount of money donated between three charities up to $1500.   The first charity I will support is the Red Cross in their efforts to help those suffering after the Nepal Earthquake.    The second charity is the Brandon C Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Foundation.   This charity is named after my friend Brandon Gromada who was stricken with this terrible disease and passed away in 2012.  His family set up this foundation to direct funds to research for better treatments.  This is a rare type of cancer that research funds are needed to combat it. And the third is of course one of my favorite charities,  Crayons to Computers.  It is a free store for teachers allowing them to stock up on school and art supplies for their students/classrooms. But that is not all.   Once again, I am going to match dollar for dollar anything you donate to Crayons to Computers up to a max $500.  When donating just make it in Honor of Bearman Cartoons and they will know how to notify me.   So that is $2000 of my own money I am will to put up to get the word out about these causes. I will donate the indicated amount for each thing that you do in the month of May:

    • $10 – For any cartoonists who uses ME in a cartoon in their strip.  Use “BEARMAN” somewhere in the toon.  Maybe it’s a character’s name, a name on a bar sign in the background, integrating my green haired gravatar into a background character or even loosely as “Check out that Bear, man!”  Be sure to link back to this post so I know to include you in my tally.   I know some of you work with a buffer so if you plan to post after May just contact me and let me know and I will add it to the list.
    • $5 – Blog about my challenge to your readers and link back to this entry in your post – http://beartoons.com/2015/04/30/bearman-cartoo…challenge-2015/
    • $1 – Circle/Follow me on Google Plus – http://googleplus.beartoons.com.   Payout limited to the first 1200 new followers in May so I have money for the other parts of the challenge.  Currently I have 84,004 followers so a buck for every one added above that up to the max.

    If by some luck I hit the max payout and your are a cartoonist willing to utilize me/my name in your strip but haven’t posted yet, just let me know and I will still count those as part of the match money to Crayons 2 Computers. Thanks for your continued support.

  • Bearman Charity Challenge 2011 Final Tally

    Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge

    Here is the breakdown for week 4:

    $2 each for 1 new follower on Facebook.

    $2 each for FreddyNOTLP,  Cat5ComicsGames,  TweetSmarter, Herta078, Leadershipfreak, LollyDaskal, lifeismarktrail, TheGoodyGoody, cowmumble, Josepf, Timtoons, crittertopia, strippedcomics, SgtElzetta, truebluecomic, JulieKayJKLD, krakhead, Roc_Cayard_Fan, executieveil, FLDreamr, itsnotaboutwork, DutieeTweets, mtupyro, ReShootComic, PopSmacker, TheVoidComic, MarshallRamsey, OfficeInkComics, lucentmediallc, Piecomic for following me on Twitter.

    $10 each for including me in their cartoon:

    $10 each to those who blogged about the challenge:

    Please let me know if I missed anyone!!!

    Which gives us a week 4 total of ………$122 and a GRAND TOTAL for the month of $690.  A new record

    Thanks to all of you who went above and beyond this year.  New record in money raised.  The people of the Red Cross and the FreeStore Foodbank I am sure thank you for your efforts.

  • Charity Challenge Week 3 Results

    Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge

    Here is the week three breakdown:

    $2 each for 12 new followers on Facebook.  I hit 200 and then someone decided to take it back so I hover at 199

    $2 each for iPeed, 700BillRinehart, Midtoon, Dustyad, astoreisgood, roystoncartoons, kaazaah, Malvinagp19, NetworkingLeads, Promote_Cincy, AddictionHealer, AlfijsLacis, sightsoblind, CincinnatiDealz, sjaakbewaak, CultureROI, edycott, RexMayBaloo, Learning3point0, ItsDRecord, newt0, TMComics, weirdnews, askyeshuaonline, animaticpress, learningcouncil, Dorino_rGUN for following me on Twitter.

    $10 each for including me in their cartoon:

    $5 each for those adding a link or banner to Beartoons on their site:

    $10 each to those who blogged about the challenge:

    Please let me know if I missed anyone!!!

    Which gives us a week 3 total of ………$193

     If you want to find out how to get involved just click the image above to go to the post that explains it all.

  • Charity Challenge Week Two Results

    Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge

    Here is the week two breakdown:

    $2 each for 0 new followers on Facebook  (That is zero for you math buffs)

    $2 each for @francisbonnet, @robbieandbobby, @JonCDraws, @bobbyjkane, @ChickenChunkie, @Tim_the_Sheep, @CupcakeGothic, @caricaturekerry, @claytoonz, @costa_kout, @mikeroth, @brewsterrockit, @Neogrupo, @manninschool, @SalesmanTrainer, @EdwardLHeld, @RichardC, @robotfriday, @Tiffanyls36, @vipercomics, @AMAnet, @BogartsShows, @guyhodge for following me on Twitter.

    $10 each for including me in their cartoon:

    $5 each for those adding a link or banner to Beartoons on their site:

    $10 each to those who blogged about the challenge:

    Please let me know if I missed anyone!!!

    Which gives us a week 2 total of ………$171

    Now this may be upsetting to some that it isn’t more but in 2 weeks we are close to surpassing what was raised in year one so I am pretty happy.  Let me know if I missed anyone. If you want to find out how to get involved just click the image above to go to the post that explains it all.

    BONUS:

    Been doing some guest cartoons of late that have published so make sure to check them out at Tooned In, Mojo Comic, and check out all the entries for Dialogue Free Comic Day.

  • Charity Challenge Week One Results

    Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge

    Week one is complete and we started out thing with a bang.

    First though, let me thank the folks at the Webcomic Alliance for letting me hijack their site today and blog about the challenge.  If you are a cartoonist or interested in cartooning as a business, they offer a wealth of information, so check them out.  In addition, since several of their members are behind the Webcomics: What’s Cooking Book which is also raising money for hunger,  I promised to pay an additional $5 for every book they sold this month.  I’ll update at the end of the month on that tally.

    Here is the week one breakdown:

    $2 each for 11 new followers me on Facebook

    $2 each for valerie_smith, drawntobewild, CincyCasino, DigitalAdhesive, ChewyHuman, Beefstu409, Wombie, CincyLiveMusic, manchesternova, InfctiusCharity, Foreman_8157 for following me on Twitter.

    $10 each for including me in their cartoon:

    $5 each for those adding a link or banner to Beartoons on their site:

    $10 each to those who blogged about the challenge:

    Please let me know if I missed anyone!!!

    Which gives us a week 1 total of ………$204

    Let me know if I missed anyone. If you want to find out how to get involved just click the image above to go to the post that explains it all.

  • Cartoonists for Japan

    Several different cartoon related projects have sprung up to support the relief efforts in Japan.

    Comics for Japan is asking cartoonists to create cartoons showing their characters donating to the relief efforts and asking them to publicize ways for their readers to donate.  You can check out their site to see who is already involved.

    

    Japan Needs Heroes is looking to create a book showcasing different cartoonists work to help raise funds for relief efforts.

    IMPORTANT:

    I posted the American Red Cross link the other day.  I did hear of someone in the U.S. trying to donate to the Japanese Red Cross, only to get hit with Exchange Rate fees from his credit card company.  I don’t know if that is the case everywhere but it might be easiest to donate where they use your own currency.  Peter from Wombania, helped get me started on some of them.

    Miss anyone??

  • Red Cross Banner

    Given the massive destruction of property and lives that happened in Japan, people always wonder how they can help. Internationally, the Red Cross does an amazing job in my opinion and I quickly donated and wanted to put a banner linking to their donation page on my site.

    I wasn’t happy with the sizes or styles of banners they had available so I created this one. It links directly to their donation page where you can designate your donation to the efforts in Japan.

    Webcomic Alliance

    If you would like to use it as well, all you need to do is grab the following html.

    <a href=”http://american.redcross.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ntld_main&s_src=RSG000000000&s_subsrc=RCO_BigRedButton/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss159/BearmanCartoons/RedCrosscopy.jpg
    ” border=”0″ alt=”Red Cross Banner” /></a>