CTF’s new opportunity Connect2Fight is for anyone interested in livestreaming who wants to help raise funds and awareness for neurofibromatosis. If you have an existing online channel, we would be so thankful to have you educate your community about NF, and use the new tools we have created to seamlessly raise funds for the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
If you are new to livestreaming and looking for ideas, have a look at the livestream events below that benefited the Children’s Tumor Foundation and our efforts to end NF.
BRAVE THE SHAVE: ONE YOUNG WOMAN’S JOURNEY TO RAISE MONEY AND AWARENESS FOR NF2
Sarah Sappington shared her story of living with NF2 through a video campaign on social media, which she called Brave the Shave for NF, letting her audience know she had decided to shave her head. She raised nearly $3,000 through online donations, and her video surpassed 7,500 views.
READ MORE: https://www.ctf.org/news/connect2fight-brave-the-shave-nf2
“THANK YOU/I’M SORRY” LIVESTREAM PLAY
Janna Walter and her daughter, NF National Ambassador Brianna Worden wrote a play entitled “Thank You/I’m Sorry,” telling their story of love, pain, and life changes while dealing with neurofibromatosis. They performed the production virtually and were able to raise more than $800.
TUNE IN TO BRIANNA’S CHANNEL: https://youtu.be/-8yXRawfA0I
THE BEARDED GUY LIVESTREAM FUNDRAISER
Joe Downey is a guy with a beard who also happens to be a single dad living with NF2. He’s a self-professed single dad chronicler, content creator, influencer, and host of a YouTube channel called Bearded Life. CTF’s Connect2Fight program gave Joe a link to create a Tiltify page, some logos, other graphics, he did the rest, raising close to $5,000 in just over 2 hours.
WATCH THE EVENT HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ugUmavUWU
SILENT BAT GAMING LIVESTREAM
Antoine Bandele goes by Silent Bat on YouTube, and decided to do a series of video game livestreams during September and October 2020. Click below to watch just one of the lives treams that went to benefit the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb3-I1hkvjA !
PODCASTING AND GAMING ON TWITCH
David Abrams goes by CheapAssGamer, and he livestreamed his podcast and played games to support the Children’s Tumor Foundation.
WATCH HIS CAMPAIGN ON TWITCH: https://tiltify.com/@cheapassgamer/cagxctf
TEKKING101
Our very first online gaming frundraiser, Tekking 101 invited NF Hero Aidan Fraser onto his popular YouTube gaming channel for a Charity Fundraiser. The stream went on for a little over 8 hours and raised over $7,000!
WATCH HERE: https://www.ctf.org/news/tekking101
Visit ctf.org/connect2fight for more information about the campaign and available resources.
