STEEM Community Fundraisers : It doesn’t get bigger than this!
When it comes to worthwhile communities on STEEM it is hard to go past #SteemSilverGold. This group of precious metal stackers is still going strong for well over a year now, despite the downturn in the crypto markets and the STEEM platform overall. They are one of the main reasons why I still occasionally lurk around this place – I want this community to succeed and thrive because I’ve seen first-hand how tight they are and how they unselfishly support each other. To me they demonstrate the way the STEEM platform is meant to work.
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The community has a number of initiatives, but one of the big ones is the Monster Raffle which is a community fundraiser that is run every 2 or 3 months. It’s not just a great showcase of silver prizes, but the generosity of this community is on full display because all of the prizes are donated by community members. Last time there was something like 50 troy ounces of silver donated, which was worth over $1000 US so this is not a dinky little raffle we are talking about here. This thing gets BIG…and it gets big EVERY time.
All of the funds raised goes toward leasing STEEM POWER which is then used to support the production of community member content on STEEM with upvotes. It’s a community owned and run initiative with nobody pocketing a commission on sales. ALL the funds raised goes back into the community and that’s one of the main reasons why I support it. The OTHER reason is that the raffle is usually cracking value too! At last count there has been about 380 tickets sold and they are tickets which sell for only 1 SBD each so the funds raised haven’t even covered half the value of the prize pool so far. Plus there are still more prizes being added to the pot!
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If you want to see the current (unfinished) list of prizes for the raffle you can check out THIS POST from one of the dedicated members @summertooth who has put together an updated list. There is some great silver coins and bars in there from around the world. The draw is happening live in the #SteemSilverGold discord using a random number generator (for transparency) on Saturday 24th November. (This will be Sunday morning for my fellow Aussies) It’s a live event and if you’re interested in stacking precious metals as an alternative diversification to Fiat Currency or even Crypto – the Discord draw is a great time and place to meet the members of #SteemSilverGold and get involved in this great community. You might even win something and get a nice booster to your silver stack. As I mentioned before, tickets are only 1 SBD each and if you’re feeling lazy just use one of the SteemConnect links below to send your SBDs to @ssg-community for tickets.
I can't wait to see all the winners, It's fun to send silver all over the globe!
Indeed! I really like how there is always a lot of winners and they get a chance to pick interesting stuff from the other side of the world.
Awesome post. Steemsilvergold is one hell of a group. Good luck in the raffle.
Thanks. I missed out last time but I've got a good feeling about this one ;)
@buggedout Thank You for talking about YOUR Favorite Community on Steemit.................
Cheers. Some times it's the only thing I talk about on Steemit ;)
The obvious initial impression on reading the title was "sounds like a challenge?" and after reading yep I think you're right, be hard pressed to get bigger than those raffle prizes XD
Maybe my sub-conscious did that deliberately. I don't actually know. Normally I try and get a catchy title that isn't too click-baity....
But, yes, I don't think any other community fundraisers are going to get close to this. Thanks for dropping in! :)
Interesting post. I didn't know about steemitsilvergold.