Editing The Pen Addict 580/transcript (section)

== St. Jude campaign raffle details ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' We do. So you, as promised, have opened the raffle for the Pen Addict Community St. Jude campaign dealio. Do you want to talk through a little bit about what's on offer?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. So for, what, the fifth year in a row now, I have collected goods from the community, you know, pens, inks, notebooks, whatever, anything like stationery Pen Addict adjacent type of stuff, to put in a raffle to help raise funds for St. Jude. So what I'm doing for every $10 you donate between, what was it, September 4th? I don't even have my dates here. The 4th to the 26th? Mm-hmm. Yeah. 4th through the 26th that you donate to St. Jude's. You send me your receipt. And for every $10, you get one entry into the raffle for a litany of pens and inks and stationery, which I just said. Yep. And this will continue on. You can enter as many times as you want. You can buy as many raffle tickets as you want. I will continue to add goods. You're eligible for all the goods, no matter if you, if you submit your donation today. And I add more goods tomorrow, you're eligible for everything, literally everything I collect during the month. And it continues to grow and people love participating. And I love their participation in this. And, you know, we have our good friend, John from HelloTello. I'm going to miss some as I'm reading through this, but we'll have a link in the show notes to go check out all the products we have so far. And I want to emphasize that I have so much more coming next week. So like probably next Monday or Tuesday, I'll do an update with like a round two of goods. And I'm sure there'll be like a round three. Because as soon as I start this, the emails start coming in. It's like, hey, can I do this? And I'm like, yes, you absolutely may. So, you know, we've got a pen from Elba.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I would imagine as well, like especially if there's a pen show going on, right, that people might be like, oh, can I give you this thing to put in the thing, right?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like I can imagine. Exactly. Exactly. So I imagine I'll be coming back with some stuff either, you know, just donated or stuff I pick up. But it's some really cool stuff, you know, Frank from Elba, you know, when he did that podcast for us while what back in the summertime. And he said, hey, I know you're doing this thing. People know about what we do every September. So I start getting emails and contacts like in the spring, like, hey, I want to be part of that. Can I make a pen for that? Yes. So like that's what John Tello did this year with this great new Allegria model and this clip and this finish from Heinz Pens and the clip from Hooligan. And Frank made an Ebonite short cap model of his fountain pen design. Plotter is giving us an early release and an early look at a product that's not launching until next week. I don't believe the Shiranami notebook. So people like to I am very lucky that people like love to participate in this and give us like cool things. So Eric from Amarillo Stationaries, he's donating an ink that's not even out yet. His newest ink is the Amarillo Antigo.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So just all kinds of cool stuff y'all can go see here in the link. I'm not going to read everything. And then, Myke, I have a section called Mysterious Benefactors.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is the stuff that blows my mind. And like I really, really appreciate all our retailers and all our friends and, you know, all the businesses and makers that donate to this. And then we get just listeners want to participate as well. Myke, did you see the stuff that is in this?

'''Myke Hurley:''' There's some of the stuff I don't even understand it. Like it's outrageous. There's such beautiful products in here. Yeah. These Sailor Pro gears? Are you kidding me? Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. There is some massively rare pins in this that various donors have sent to me to give to to participate in this raffle. Right. Like the stationery Delta Pilot Custom 845, Myke, there's only 70 of those pins in existence.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right. Like this is the type of stuff like people are sending me this stuff and it's brand new. Like it's not even used. Like it's brand new. Like people, I, the amount of products that I'm getting is like, I, I honestly, I, I'm not being like, I, I, I try to be like very open. Like sometimes I have to turn things down. Right. Like sometimes it's just a lot or sometimes it's like, it's too much volume. Right. There is a, there is a, there is a maximum we can do here, but I'd like to, I want to do this as most as possible. But like, and this tag stationery, Secura, like the pink one and the blue one from the aquarium.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's just unbelievable. So we're going to continue to see more stuff. I really, really appreciate it. Everyone who has worked with me to make this the biggest and best ever. And I, I just can't thank everybody enough. So stay tuned. Like seriously, stay tuned. There's going to be more coming. Even if you have donated, you're, like I said, you're eligible for anything that I get over the next month. Or if you wait till the end, you're eligible for everything in the beginning. Yes. Don't, don't sweat that. But yeah, we're off to a great start, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. So I'm going to give you a quick rundown again. Go to stjude.org slash relay and you can donate today. For every $10 that you do, that you donate, that is equal to one entry in the raffle. So after you donate, forward a copy of your donation receipt or a screenshot of this, including the amount and date of donations. You've got to be able to see all of these. Email these to stjude at pennaddict.com with 2023 raffle in the subject line. Eligible donations are only from September 4th to September 26th. And then Brad will do all the selection stuff. There will, of course, be a link in the show notes with these instructions all written out very clearly. So you can see them for yourself. I also wanted to point people to the Studio Neat Boys because I think this will be very of interest to our listeners. So last year, Tom and Dan put together a gold PVD coated steel version of the Mark 1. And they put this on raffle in a similar fashion for people that support St. Jude. They're doing it again. So I'm going to also put a link in the show notes there. It's a similar thing. But for them, you have to put thoroughly considered in the comments field. I will ask. This is just a kind ask from me. Don't double up your raffle tickets here. I'm not saying don't do this. I'm saying Myke would like it. If you want to enter this one, then put a donation in for this one and also put a donation in for Bradstuff. That's what I would like. Let's just make as much money as we can. As the boys say, most of this is fundraising. That's what we're doing here. All we want you to do is give as much money as you can to help defeat childhood cancer. That's not a big ask, is it? You know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No. We actually talked about this. I vividly remember the conversations in me deciding, should we limit how much people can donate? And we're like, absolutely not. Nope. Like, so, like, we had long conversations of, like, so, like, what did you say about the, what did you say? Like, relentless donations or what did you say? Merciless fundraising. Merciless fundraising. So, yeah, like, you can donate as much as you want. We would like them to be separate. Like, if you're going to do, you know, $20 for the Mark 1 and $20 for this, the Panatic one, do them separately. That would be awesome. That would be nice. But that is a hassle for people, but I do appreciate that. Agreed.

'''Myke Hurley:''' They're also doing a, like, I was thinking of Willy Wonka with this one, especially because it's the golden thing. But, like, this time they're doing something very specific, which is the person who donates the most money, with thoroughly considered in the comments field, will automatically get one of these. And then the rest will be random drawing. Nice, nice, nice. Very cool. So, there is a way to guarantee yourself one.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That is true. Donate a lot. Well, you don't know. It's blind. It's a blind raffle. You don't know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No, but you will because it will say thoroughly considered in the comments, right? So, if you're, like, top donor of the campaign, then you don't know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' What I'm saying is if you and me are going for that, you know, I don't know what you don't know. Exactly.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And there could be someone who gets in at, like, the very last minute. You never know. But, like, be generous. Why are we asking you to be generous? It's because this is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. That is September. And we are coming together here at RelayFM. To ask you to support us in supporting the work of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. St. Jude won't stop their life-saving work until no child dies from cancer. And if your support will be one step closer to that day, one cure closer. St. Jude is an incredible place. And they have done incredible work. And they believe that no matter a child's race, ethnicity, beliefs, or ability to pay, that they deserve the care. So, St. Jude will make sure that their patients receive customized care. This is what is needed to treat childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. No matter what barriers they face, St. Jude wants to help these children. And they also want to share their research with the world. And they do. It's very important to them that they do that. They are a research institution and a hospital. They treat children with the research that they have amassed over the years, over the last 60 years. But then they share that research worldwide so that children all over the world can defeat childhood cancer. Because of its supporters, St. Jude can provide children with cutting-edge treatments not covered by insurance at no cost to families. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food. Meaning that they can do the thing that matters most, focusing on helping their child live. So, please go to stjude.org slash relay to donate. You can also find out more about fundraising yourself there. So, you could set up a fundraising campaign that you could share with your friends, your family, your co-workers, your community. And you can earn some exclusive RelayFM merchandise for doing so. That is stjude.org slash relay to learn more and donate. St. Jude won't stop until no child dies from cancer. With your support, we'll be one step closer to that day. One cure closer. One child closer. This month and every month. Let's cure childhood cancer together.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Me and Stephen are also doing a bunch of videos and milestone streams and stuff like that throughout the month. Mm-hmm. And one of these was a desk tour video that I just put up. I'll put a link in the show notes. It's on my YouTube channel. It's showing off the desk that I use every day. So, there's a bunch of interesting little trinkets and stuff of interest to pan addicts. As well as a preview of this new core keyboard that I got sent from people at Mod Keyboard. So, go check it out. I'll put that in the show notes too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I've made it through six minutes of the video. It's just come in prior to us starting this show. So, I didn't have time to catch it. I have notes, Myke, already. Like, written notes. And I'm going to go through them. So, if you all haven't watched it, go click on the link.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I just realized right now in you saying I have notes that I made a blunder in this video. I didn't explain why the stickers are on the desk.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, I'm going to look like a madman to people that don't know me. Like, I've just realized this right now. I think it's a feature. I intended to explain why my desk was covered in stickers. And I realize now that I did not do that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' We'll do it now because that was last year's bet.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I mean, I think listeners of this show know. Yeah. But hey-ho. People will just think I'm weird.