Fundraising Events: May 2023
Looking for a cause this month? Check out this list of charities with cool things happening this month!
💙 Performance Food Group
Event: PFG + Feeding America
Goal: $25,000.00
At Performance Food Group, we believe that no one should go hungry. Through the commitment of our associates to give back to the communities where we live and work, we “take steps” every day to help make that goal a reality.
💙 JDRF 05/21–05/28
Event: Creators for Cures
Goal: $10,000.00
Interested in hosting a charity stream during Creators for Cures? Click Start Fundraising above and share your stream plans with us using this survey, so we can feature you on the corresponding themed day and submit your charity stream for Twitch front page consideration (if submitted prior to May 5; not guaranteed): https://forms.office.com/r/NTcAaNk0j8
💙 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 05/01–05/31
Event: St. Jude PLAY LIVE
Goal: $2,000,000.00
*Has special incentives for fundraisers
Utilize our custom St. Jude PLAY LIVE alerts, chatbot, and overlay tools to magnify your Tiltify fundraising campaign! Keep everyone up-to-date on your fundraising progress, get donation alerts in real-time, connect with chat through interactive commands, and share facts about the life-saving mission of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
💙 Samaritans 05/15–05/21
Event: Mental Health Awareness Week
Goal: £50,000.00
*Has special incentives for fundraisers
It’s OK to not be OK. When life is tough, feeling anxious or worried is normal. We’ve all been there. Many of us have faced difficult personal, financial or physical challenges in our lives and it’s natural that this can have an impact on our mental health.
Day or night, Samaritans is here to listen when life gets tough. Our 23,000 volunteers are always on hand to answer calls for help — 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We listen to and support people in communities all across the UK and Ireland. And you can help keep us here to listen.
💙 British Red Cross 05/20–05/21
Event: 24-hour Chess Marathon for Ukraine 2023
Join players from around the UK as the English Chess Federation takes on a 24-hour chess marathon in support of the Ukraine Crisis Appeal.
💙 Project Hope
Event: Power-up for Mental Health
Goal: $25,000.00
The health meters of people around the world are in need of a power-up.
Worldwide mental health has been declining for years. COVID-19 accelerated the pace, causing many people to experience depression & other mental health problems. Increasing disasters like the earthquakes in Turkey & Syria and the war in Ukraine are also taking a psychological toll that will have lasting effects.
💙 Lupus Foundation of America
Event: Game On! to End Lupus 2023
Goal: $175,000.00
*Has special incentives for fundraisers
The Lupus Foundation of America’s Game On! to End Lupus™ unites streamers from around the world as they play video games and get creative while using their platforms to help end lupus. Held May 5–7 as part of Lupus Awareness Month, creators are welcome to stream as often as they would like during the event and throughout the month. However long you stream, you will be helping to raise money for lupus research, increase awareness of the disease, and rally public support for those who suffer from its brutal impact.
💙 American Red Cross
Event: Bite BACK X GIVE BACK
Goal: $5,000.00
*Has special incentives for fundraisers
Celebrate Redfall launch with American Red Cross, Bethesda, and Xbox by donating to Bite Back x Give Back. Your donation helps provide the collection, processing, and delivery of lifesaving blood for patients in need
Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood — people with cancer, trauma patients, moms with complicated childbirths, accident victims and countless others.
💙 Hope for the Day
Event: Mental Health Awareness Month 2023
Goal: $5,000.00
May is Mental Health Awareness Month! We understand that it is important to talk about our mental health all year long, but we celebrate this month for the excitement it brings. It encourages and pushes folks to learn more about mental health resources and the various ways to support themselves and the people around them. Not just this month, but EVERY month Hope for the Day works to empower the conversation on proactive suicide prevention and mental health education.
💙Safe in our World
Event: Play Your Way 2023
Goal: £1,000.00
Play Your Way is back for another year, and this Mental Health Month, Safe In Our World is asking the video games community to come together and play the games that mean the most to them whilst raising vital funds and awareness for mental health in our industry.
💙Dragon Master Initiative
Event: #CureQuest
Goal: $25,000
Dragon Master Initiative’s #CureQuest is creating a community of streamers to spread the message of hope, strength, and action. It’s our goal to make a real impact in the fight against cancer, and we’re partnering with streamers to raise awareness, funds, and support for the cause.
💙Canadian Red Cross
Event: Alberta Fires Appeal
The Canadian Red Cross has launched the 2023 Alberta Fires Appeal to support people across the province who have been impacted by wildfires.
More than 100 wildfires in northern Alberta are causing significant damage to homes, businesses, infrastructure and the environment, and have forced numerous communities and tens of thousands of people from their homes.
💙International Rescue Committee
Event: Helping Displaced Families
Goal: $50,000
Crisis Spotlight
Extremely Severe Cyclone Mocha crossed the coast between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu township in Myanmar on 14 May at about 13:30 local time, packing winds estimated at around 250 kmph, making it one of the strongest cyclones on record in the country and the 4th strongest in the region so far. Within 24 hours, as of 15 May, IRC has initiated emergency assessments but due to extreme weather and telecommunications interruptions it has not yet been possible to assess the full magnitude of the disaster.
💙Mental Health UK
Event: #ResetForMentalHealth
Goal: £10,000.00
Join us and stream, game & watch to help support the nations mental health with Mental Health UK!
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we are asking creators to stream for us through our campaign #ResetForMentalHealth to help fund our vital work helping people across the UK. Your stream can help make a difference to the lives of so many people.
More info coming soon on our partner streamers, when they will be streaming, some small incentives and Q & A sessions.
We can’t wait to meet you!
