Support Dave's Free Events

I have been leading and supporting a ton of free events around Seattle for the past four years, from pub crawls to happy hours to camping trips to costume parties. The rest of the events I'm involved in are generally fundraisers and for nonprofits. Several thousand people have attended these events and tens of thousands have been raised for good causes. While I love connecting people and supporting the Seattle scene, it takes a lot of my time and energy, and there is little to no money in it for me. Usually my payment is just free drinks and warm fuzzies for making something happen.

Helping with all of these events has taken a toll on me. The money I had saved up is all gone. I'm unemployed and without housing. And some of the negative feedback I receive about the free things I do keeps me up at night. Basically I've put so much time into community that I stopped caring about myself. For my own preservation I will be forced to quit volunteering unless things change for me very soon.

I was raised to never ask for handouts. I hate asking for help and I feel like I've been asking for too much of it lately. But I don't know what else to do. This is rock bottom for me.

I've set the fundraising goal for this at $2,000. That averages out to $2 per person attending Saturday's free pub crawl that I'm leading. I don't expect to raise nearly that much, but if I do, 100% of it will go towards basic needs until I'm secure again, with the rest of it going back into events. Thank you and I'm sorry again for having to ask.