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When Fanbase Press is not providing you with the latest in geek news and entertainment, the Fanbase Press staff hopes to offer our readers a myriad of opportunities to give back to the community. We love reading comics, watching movies, and playing video games, but we are never happier than when we are able to help others in need. With Geeks Care: How You Can Help, Fanbase Press will provide you a variety of causes that would greatly appreciate your time.
Fanbase Press' Geeks Care: How You Can Help installment is coming to you a bit earlier than usual this week, as we wanted to inform you of a charity event that is well worth your focus and attention. This evening, CGFGC (Canned Goods for Good Charity) will be hosting their 7th Annual CGFGC Charity Ball & Swag Bag Party at The Study Hollywood, and all proceeds from the event will benefit Project Return Peer Support Network, a non-profit organization based in Commerce, CA, that promotes wellness, personal growth, and self-determination for people who have experienced mental illness by providing social opportunities, education, and community involvement. Offering an evening of comedy, music, raffle prizes, and free swag, we hope that you will enjoy an evening of fun and entertainment while learning how you can help.
When Fanbase Press is not providing you with the latest in geek news and entertainment, the Fanbase staff hopes to offer our readers a myriad of opportunities to give back to the community. We love reading comics, watching movies, and playing video games, but we are never happier than when we are able to help others in need. With #GeeksCare: How You Can Help, Fanbase Press will provide you a variety of causes that would greatly appreciate your time.
In this week's installment of #GeeksCare: How You Can Help, Fanbase Press would like to highlight Jason Wiggin, who recently launched his fifth consecutive fundraising campaign with the Movember Foundation to raise funds to fight cancers commonly found in men and raise global awareness about these cancers. In the following interview, I chat with Wiggin about his motivation for launching his annual campaigns, how others can get involved and create their own Movember campaign, and more!
When Fanbase Press is not providing you with the latest in geek news and entertainment, the Fanbase staff hopes to offer our readers a myriad of opportunities to give back to the community. We love reading comics, watching movies, and playing video games, but we are never happier than when we are able to help others in need. With #GeeksCare: How You Can Help, Fanbase Press will provide you a variety of causes that would greatly appreciate your time.
In this week's installment of #GeeksCare: How You Can Help, Fanbase Press would like to highlight Amy Wagner, author of the blog, “Behind the Scenes at Stuart Ng Books,” who has devoted her time and efforts to the study of art theft and educating independent creators as to how they can protect themselves. In the following interview, I chat with Wagner about her efforts to combat art theft and piracy, what she attributes to the rise in the phenomenon, how creators can learn more about ways to protect themselves, and more!
As a special feature of The Fanbase Weekly podcast, the Fanbase Feature focuses on and celebrates a specific element of geek culture. When Fanbase Press is not providing you with the latest in geek news and entertainment, the Fanbase staff hopes to offer our readers a myriad of opportunities to give back to the community. We love reading comics, watching movies, and playing video games, but we are never happier than when we are able to help others in need. With #GeeksCare: How You Can Help, Fanbase Press will provide you a variety of causes that would greatly appreciate your time.
In this joint Fanbase Feature / Geeks Care installment, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief Barbra Dillon chats with actor and NerdHQ co-found Zachary Levi regarding NerdHQ's partnership with Operation Smile, the largest volunteer-based medical charity that has been providing free cleft surgeries since 1982. Nerd HQ is a FREE, four-day event held the same weekend as San Diego Comic-Con and offers exclusive gaming and tech activations, nightly events, and intimate celebrity panels benefiting Operation Smile. The event is scheduled to be held July 21-24, 2016, at The New Children’s Museum in downtown San Diego, California. Dillon and Levi discuss the genesis of The Nerd Machine and NerdHQ, how he became aware of Operation Smile, and how fans can get involved and give back to Operation Smile to help children all across the globe.