The
Star Wars Force For Change results are in and Unicef can count with
over $5 million for their Inovation Labs.
Bad
Robot announced the news with a picture featuring a robotic hand that
either belongs to a robot or to Luke. Check it out!
#ForceForChange @starwars #EpisodeVII @omaze @UNICEF #uinnovate @UNICEFinnovate pic.twitter.com/pCAbhcjKxn
— Bad Robot (@bad_robot) 11 agosto 2014
With
an exciting initiative that offered a chance to win unique rewards
and prizes, including a once-in-a-lifetime grand prize, Star Wars:
Force for Change raised $4,261,410 USD for the United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Donations were received via fundraising
platform Omaze from citizens of 125 countries and enough money was
donated to fund the equivalent of 7-8 new UNICEF Innovation Labs. The
grand-prize winner was D.C. Barns of Denver Colorado, who shared
during on a donor video chat that the first time he saw Star Wars
when it opened in theaters in 1977, when he was only five. "I
loved it! ... I just couldn't get it out of my head of 35 years."
D.C. was then asked to share his favorite Star Wars moment. As he
began to reply, he was suddenly surprised in his Denver office by
members of Star Wars: Force for Change team. Once settled, D.C.
exclaimed, "This! This is my new favorite Star Wars moment!"
D.C.
will enjoy a trip to London for himself and a guest, a
behind-the-scenes visit to the Star Wars set, and will be fitted with
a costume and filmed for a scene in Star Wars: Episode Vll.
UNICEF’s
current network of 14 Innovation Labs help create sustainable
solutions to critical issues facing children around the world in the
areas of nutrition, water, health, and education. The funds raised
through Star Wars: Force for Change will impact the lives of children
around the world, through projects like MobiStation, a portable,
solar-powered educational kit to ensure children have access to
quality learning anywhere, and Rapid FTR (Family Tracing and
Reunification), a mobile phone application that helps reunite
separated and unaccompanied children with their families in natural
disasters.
Disney
committed US $1 million to support the launch of Star Wars: Force for
Change. Star Wars continues to inspire generations of dreamers and
doers to use their creativity to accomplish great things. Star Wars
and Lucasfilm were built on the belief that in uniting creativity
with innovation, you can make the impossible possible.
Visit
StarWars.com/ForceForChange to learn more about this charitable
initiative and the work of UNICEF’s Innovation Labs and programs.
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