Hey all, new Whiskey Media intern here asking for a favor from some of you guys. (I know, one day and I'm already asking favors) The tl;dr is that my friend's wife is very sick, and is going to need treatment that costs around $10,000. This friend is a man who created what is known as the JPAG, the Joystiq Podcast Appreciation Group. This is the only other gaming thing I'm involved in besides Giant Bomb (and is what actually got me into GB in the first place). Now, I wouldn't come here just asking for your guys' money, so I want to let you know there are a TON of cool prizes donated by members of the JPAG including Joystiq's on Justin McElroy.

Here is a link to the Facebook event, if you don't have Facebook, I'm going to put the details below in spoilers. Basically there is a live stream, and every donation of $5 gets you a raffle ticket for one the hourly prizes, and a raffle ticket for the grand prizes. I would be grateful if you were even to check out the link, let alone attend tomorrow or tell a friend.

The event starts tomorrow at 3:00 Central Standard time (1 Pacific, 4 Eastern, something else European). I'll bump it again tomorrow around then

Thanks again,
-Ben

Edit: I know some of you guys are Redditors, so if you can at the very least upvote here so we can get some attention. Thanks!

Added a Reddit link for those who can help out with an upvote there.

Dang, just finished reading the whole story on the facebook page. That's really sad. I feel for your friend and Shelly.

I'll check it out on Ustream tomorrow. I'll definitely make at least one donation during it.

Wish I could help, but I'm a walking charity case myself and I'm flat broke. Best of luck getting the money.

Gosh, sounds like an awful situation. I'll try to tune in to the live broadcast.

Hey guys, we're about halfway through. There are two more hourly drawings, as well as the grand prize.

We've raised 2200~ dollars so far, and there have been a few double winners, so you've got good chances if you want to win!