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Real Life Charity Providing School Supplies for Disadvantaged Children
Committed to Raising Funds Through Second Life
Royal Oak, MI - Operation: Kid Equip , a Congressional District program (OKE), plans an extensive celebration in Second Life (SL) on Wednesday, May 21, 2008. The days events, beginning at 1:00 PM SLT and ending at 11:00 PM SLT includes sim tours, free balloon rides, a party featuring SL VIPs who support OKE, a formal Grand Opening ceremony, a live party with a DJ and post-celebration event with an M&M theme.
Recently established as a "real life" charity, within both RL and the SL platform, the OKE mission is to, "provide economically disadvantaged children with the basic educational supplies needed to be successful in school." OKE supplies pencils, pens, paper, crayons, markers, etc., to those children and families who might not otherwise be able to afford them."
Menachem Kniespeck (SL Name: Alligator Wingtips), Co-Founder & CEO of OKE Management Group states, "Our goal for 2008 is to equip 1,000 children through our Second Life efforts. Any amount donated will help us reach our goal. Every Linden dollar donated in Second Life does count and will be converted to US dollars." Kniespeck continued, "Given the economic situations in the areas we serve, it was important for the OKE Management Group to bring Operation: Kid Equip into Second Life to help diversify its donor and supporter base; to bring awareness to the issues schoolchildren are experiencing; and, to create awareness of OKE's efforts."
Scheduled events for the Grand Opening of the Chesed sim include: 1:00 to 3:00 PM SLT, OKE will host tours, free air ballon rides and the opportunity to preview rental property on sim; 3:00 PM SLT, OKE's top vendors, supporters and donors will be recognized; 4:00 PM SLT the Grand Opening main event will be held at the Pavilion; 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM SLT, a Live Party featuring Liquid NRG will be held at the Pavilion and Club Cadence, which is OKE's dance club established as a fund-raising venue on the sim; and the day's events will close with an "M&M" themed Post Party from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM SLT. Opportunities to donate to OKE will be possible through donation boxes located on the sim
"For only $3,895 Linden dollars, or $15.00 US, we are able to supply one child while helping children and their families defray educational supply expenses," stated Mike McFall (SL Name: Maybee Fall), Co-Founder & Co-Executive of OKE Management Group.
The new OKE sim features a large open area with a stage and park to host fundraising events; a vintage one-room schoolhouse style information center as a symbol of OKE's mission; elegant commercial and water view residential rental property to support tier payments; and Club Cadence, a dance club open to the public 24/7 featuring themed events and DJs. OKE Management Group offices are located in the sky above the sim.
Spiegel Development designed and built the sim with a team that included avatars Abel Dreamscape, Suku Ming, Toby Rainbow, Sha Faulkes, as well as products from LL Prefabs and Houses. According to avatar Stacy Spiegel, "Members of our team donated time and materials, or performed work at reduced rates, so the OKE sim build could be completed as inexpensively as possible for this wonderful organization."
For more information, please visit the Operation: Kid Equip website or contact Alligator Wingtips (Real Name: Menachem Kniespeck) or Maybee Fall (Real Name: Mike McFall) in-world through Second Life.
OKE in Second Life: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Chesed/104/120/30
OKE Wesite: http://www.operationkidequip.org
OKE Second Life Website: http://www.operationkidequip.org/secondlife.html
Second Life is the trademark of Linden Research, Inc. Operation: Kid Equip is not affiliated with or sponsored by Linden Research.
All OKE Management Group net income goes to Operation: Kid Equip, is a project of Congressional District Programs, Inc, a registered 501(c)(3) public charity. (Tax ID #: 65-0970090). Letters of Determination from the IRS, and other available legal paperwork and documentation will be freely provided upon request.
 Our mailing address is:
Operation Kid Equip
P.O. Box 364
Royal Oak, Michigan 48068-0364
(800) 948-3169
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