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Category
Active Engagement / Call to Action
Annual ID
OS23_SM020S
About the Work
It’s the “2022 Robin Hood story" of a local community centre vs. one of the most powerful companies in the world, combined with a never-before-done tech twist .
CONTEXT: The Jane/Finch Centre (JFC) took an innovative approach to their fundraising, asking people to donate to their very modest community centre by taking advantage of a loophole in Twitch (the gamer streaming service owned by Amazon), where none of the money donated comes from the donor themselves, but directly from Amazon - and therefore billionaire Jeff Bezos (in a perfectly legal way :).
HOW IT WORKS: Everyone with an Amazon Prime subscription is entitled to $3.50/month that they can give to their favourite streamer on Twitch, but for the most part, this money goes unused and reverts back to Amazon. By subscribing to the newly created JFC stream on Twitch, JFC was the first ever to raise money for their community in a way that’s 100% funded by Amazon. It costs the user absolutely nothing (aside from the money they’re already paying for their Prime membership), and they get to donate Jeff Bezos’ money from right under his billionaire nose.
THE TASK: To help the small community centre meet their donation goal of $20,000. Asking people for money is never easy, so when our team came up with a way to garner donations using a method that’s not only free for the user, but brings in one of the most wealthy and powerful men in the world as a foil, helping to spark a conversation around income inequality, we knew we were on to something.
The MEDIA: The campaign had organic videos on Twitch and other platforms, with everything leading to our Twitch page or the campaign microsite. The earned PR was also an important awareness-driver.
RESULTS: This campaign met the entire annual fundraising goal in under one week, with over 45% of the donations coming through Twitch subscriptions, and the rest as a result of the PR it garnered from local, national, and global news outlets.
CONTEXT: The Jane/Finch Centre (JFC) took an innovative approach to their fundraising, asking people to donate to their very modest community centre by taking advantage of a loophole in Twitch (the gamer streaming service owned by Amazon), where none of the money donated comes from the donor themselves, but directly from Amazon - and therefore billionaire Jeff Bezos (in a perfectly legal way :).
HOW IT WORKS: Everyone with an Amazon Prime subscription is entitled to $3.50/month that they can give to their favourite streamer on Twitch, but for the most part, this money goes unused and reverts back to Amazon. By subscribing to the newly created JFC stream on Twitch, JFC was the first ever to raise money for their community in a way that’s 100% funded by Amazon. It costs the user absolutely nothing (aside from the money they’re already paying for their Prime membership), and they get to donate Jeff Bezos’ money from right under his billionaire nose.
THE TASK: To help the small community centre meet their donation goal of $20,000. Asking people for money is never easy, so when our team came up with a way to garner donations using a method that’s not only free for the user, but brings in one of the most wealthy and powerful men in the world as a foil, helping to spark a conversation around income inequality, we knew we were on to something.
The MEDIA: The campaign had organic videos on Twitch and other platforms, with everything leading to our Twitch page or the campaign microsite. The earned PR was also an important awareness-driver.
RESULTS: This campaign met the entire annual fundraising goal in under one week, with over 45% of the donations coming through Twitch subscriptions, and the rest as a result of the PR it garnered from local, national, and global news outlets.
2023 Awards
Total Points: 21
Silver Pencil
Credits
Agency
Angry Butterfly / Toronto
Music / Sound Production Company
Pirate Audio / Toronto
Art Director
Chenice Piercy
Copywriter
Ian Dunlop
Chief Creative Officer
Erin Kawalecki
Executive Creative Director
Raul Garcia
Executive Producer
Maggie Blouin
Strategist
Lais Tavares
3D Artist
Liam Murphy
Engineer
Ian Boddy
Head of Production
Hanna Bratt
Associate Creative Director, Digital
Amr Elkouedy
CEO
Brent Choi
Chief strategy Officer
Graham Candy
Senior Project Manager
Ana Del Monaco
Voice Talent
Sean McBride
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