Leading gaming review website Oggs.com has teamed up with UK charity Whizz Kidz, its inaugural partner, to launch a platform dedicated to engage a wider audience and induce giving to good causes.
Sponsoring a relative on a walk through the foothills of the Himalayas may seem like a far flung and unlikely inspiration for the creation of a permanent online platform dedicated to stage fundraisers for humanitarian causes. Not least when that platform sits very firmly within the online gaming industry. Yet that's exactly how Solomon Balas, Chairman of Oggs.com, one of the leading online casino review portals, came up with the idea for 'Oggs Good Cause Events' http://www.oggs.com/
As Solomon explains "I sent my daughter's in law a donation through JustGiving.com and asked her if she would like to write about her experience for our Blog. She declined, but it got me thinking". Mindful of the battered finances of charities after the credit crunch and Madoff's scandal, and in sight of the mountains of money that change hands every day through online gaming, being a keen advocate of social responsibility, Solomon asked the team at Oggs to come up with a practical and, for the online gaming industry, a fresh and engaging event. "The online gaming industry needs to be, and be seen as being, socially responsible - as much of a giver as a taker."
The result? An online platform dedicated to give humanitarian charities an online platform to engage with a wider external audience and induce giving. Team Oggs expect 'Oggs Good Cause Events' to attract good industry participation. Says Solomon "We are happy to invest in the development of the platform, and hope that others will recognise its merit and so support it and amplify the help it can extend to genuinely deserving causes. We are not precious about it being our brainchild, far from it. We invite and welcome participation from kindred spirits in the gaming industry and others who want to help grow and advance the aims of this unique platform". First fruits came in the shape of a signed framed photograph of England and Chelsea football captain, John Terry, donated by Bet365.
Activities at fundraisers will vary depending on participation of the Charity itself. From an eBay auction for items donated, casino promotions, double tithes from Oggs on qualifying deposits etc.
Whizz Kidz is a charity that gives disabled children the chance to lead a more independent life. Our services meet their individual mobility needs and ensures they get the right mobility equipment, advice and training at the right time and is the selected charity for the maiden Good Cause Event. As for the future, different regulator approved humanitarian causes will take it in turns to benefit from fundraisers aimed at the gaming industry.
In Solomon's own words "Oggs is all about supporting the aims of social responsibility and working to give online gamers the facts and a fair deal - if we can put a bit back at the same time, everyone benefits, whether it be morally or financially. And that can't be a bad thing".
Established for five years, Oggs.com is a market leading, constantly evolving review site for casinos and online gaming. Respected and award winning, it supports players and online casinos worldwide and is a firm advocate of social responsibility and tighter self regulation within the online gaming industry.
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