The charity stream Friendly Fire 7 has more than earned the title of complete success. After all, the illustrious group once again collected millions for charitable purposes. This milestone also gave those involved a very emotional conclusion.
Over 1.2 million dollars in donations from viewers
For 12 hours, Friendly Fire ran for 7 to 12 hours, during which there was laughter, cheering and all sorts of mischief. The constant fun ensured that at the end of the event proud 1.272.768 Euro
Thanks to additional money from sponsors, merchandise sales and auctions, at least 600,000 dollars should be added. So you miss just under the 2 million mark. Nevertheless, the joy of what has been achieved remains undimmed, and the participants react accordingly in the social media.
Gronkh says that for him, friendly fire has become something like Christmas before Christmas. Of course, he would also like to thank all the people who donated and thus contributed to this success.
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Peter Smits from the well-known YouTube channel Pietsmiet is similarly euphoric. He couldn’t sleep at first, then wanted to trumpet his gratitude to the world – and failed because of Instagram’s character limit (yes, there is!):
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Friendly Fire 8 confirmed?
In view of this great success, many should hope that the charming chaotic troop will lock themselves up in a small space for many hours again in the coming year and collect them for charitable purposes. Nothing has been confirmed yet, but given the sheer joy of both organizers and spectators, the chances should be very good.
The fundraising campaign is still running: The participating partner betterplace.org still accepts donations. If you missed the event but now feel like contributing something, you can still put this project into practice.