Macklemore & Ryan Lewis! Pearl Jam! Slog! The fans of all three of these beloved hometown treasures are raising money to save YouthCare’s Orion Center—which does life-saving work right here in Seattle—and in the process we’re finding out whose fans are the best fans! Whose fans will do the most to help homeless youth? Here’s where we’re at on Day 12…
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans have donated: $34,068.14
• Pearl Jam fans: $25,093.27
• Slog fans: $9,136.00
And fans of Seattlish are still donating: $1,920.00 so far!
And while Seahawks fans—who we called out yesterday—have only donated $0* so far, the Seahawks organization is stepping up to the plate charging onto the field: the Seattle Seahawks are donating two tickets to the Seahawks vs. Cardinals game on Sunday, December 22, to the Charity Challenge! GO HAWKS!!! For a chance to be at the game, donate to the Holiday Charity Challenge by noon on Monday! Any amount counts! Then forward your receipt to us and explain in 150 words or less why Seahawks fans like you are awesome and why you should be the Seahawks fan who goes to this game! The best reason wins! The winner will be announced Monday afternoon, right here on Slog!
Donate to the Orion Center right now for a chance to win!
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans: GO HERE TO GIVE!
• Pearl Jam fans: GO HERE TO GIVE!
• Slog fans: GO HERE TO GIVE!
• Seahawks fan: GO HERE TO GIVE and make a note that you’re a Seahawks fan who cares about homeless teenagers and really, really wants to go to see the Seahawks crush the Cardinals on December 22!
• Seattlish fans can go here to give and make a note that your donation is pro-Seattlish and anti-Savage! The fans that raise the most for the Orion Center by December 24th WIN the title of the Best Fans of the Best Band or Best Blog in the Universe Forever!
Please note: You don’t have to donate as Seahawks fan for a chance to win the tickets! Macklemore & Ryan Lewis fans, Pearl Jam fans, Slog fans, and Seattlish fans who donate by Monday can also enter to win the Seahawks tickets too! Just email us a receipt for a donation made between now and noon on Monday along with a good reason why you should get the tickets to the game!
* Once more with feeling: in fairness to Seahawks fans, they weren’t a part of this charity challenge. But they are now thanks to the generosity of the Seattle Seahawks! For a chance to win those tickets—and to show how awesome Seahawks fans are by doing your part to save the Orion Center—go make a donation, Seahawks fans! GO HAWKS!!!