2017 FUNDRAISER for ON-LINE GAMERS ANONYMOUS (OLGA/OLG-Anon)

Dear Recovering Gamers and Anons,

We are asking for your help!

Today, many are realizing they need to get help and support so they can leave the games.  When they come to our website, they know that they are not alone.  They find that many have come before them, and shared their stories and struggles when they moved from a social gamer to an addicted gamer.  They also share the experience, strength and hope of their recovery, in the gamer forums.

We also have the "Anon" stories from the friends and families of excessive gamers, who are looking for support and help.  It's like a recovery meeting on the web, that you can come to whenever you like, and stay for as little or long as you like.

We provide a hot-line, to answer questions, and support those in need.

On-Line Gamers Anonymous needs money to keep going.  Without your donations, we would not be here.

We do not levy membership fees, and our fund-raising is pretty low key (our last fund-raising drive was in the spring of 2014). We like it that way and we hope you do too. The result is that very little comes in month-to-month. This is why we have chosen a campaign as the way raise the funds our organization so desperately needs.

If you believe in Olganon.org, if you feel that membership in our site has helped you and/or your family members, now is the time for you to express this belief by giving.

Please give what you are able. Give a little or give a lot. What is important is that you do give. Our bank account is getting the “Low Balance Alert!!”

Please go to: http://www.olganon.org/donate now!

You can also donate by mailing cash, check or money order to: 

On-Line Gamers Anonymous World Services
PO Box 67
Osceola, WI 54020
United States

Our 2016 fund raising goal is $10,000.  

This is what your donations are be used for:

$5000 will be used for on-going website fees, mainenance and administration:
$140 a month for website hosting, domains and chatroom fees.

This is a parital billing request from our web master:
Ongoing Support and Security Updates only:
$50 per hour
Time invoiced by the minute
Includes meetings, phone calls, coding, investigation time
Billed every two weeks
Only billed if there is at least one hour in charges
Billing will include a time sheet report
This would be used for support requests, tweaks and fixes, and security updates

$5000 wil be used for a project, to upgrade/update the website and chatroom:  
- Update of website to latest version of software
- Upgrade website to:
    - include a better Chatroom
    - a better Search tool
    - see who is in Chatroom on front page of website
    - Better, secure login method
    - Finish conversion of private messages and large posts from old website
    - Change menus to automatically drop down, when you hover over them
    - Update website format

Here is an update of donations received from the 2016 OLGA/OLG-Anon Fund Raising Drive:

GOAL: $10,000 
TOTAL DONATIONS RECEIVED: $380
FEE Pd to PAYPAL: $13.01
NET: $366.99

Donations received:

12/9/2016 $140
12/11/2016 $10
12/12/2016 $25
12/13/2016 $10
12/16/2016 $5
12/18/2016 $20
12/21/2016 $50
12/27/2016 $10
12/30/2017 $100
1/1/2017 $10 a month

Together We Can Make a Difference. Your Change Can Change Lives!

Thank you for your continued support.

Liz W.
Founder of On-Line Gamers Anonymous
Email: olga@olganon.org