Fight Against Hunger
It’s no secret that Amtgarders love food. We enjoy great feasts together and celebrate our sense of taste with deliciousness in the arts of cooking and baking. We also know that not everybody in our local community has their nutritional needs met, and that people experience food insecurity around us each day. In 2009, Amtgarders across the nation came together to start what is now an annual tradition each September: the Amtgard Food Fight.
This Food Fight isn’t of the typical sort, with mashed potatoes flung across the table during sibling squabbles, but a competition to see which Kingdom can generate the most donations to feed the hungry in their local community. Points are earned through fundraising and collecting donations of non-perishable foods.
Our Food Fight Representative for Greenwood Keep is Balor Famori, and he’ll be running some fundraising activities and collecting our donations to drop off. He’ll also be reporting up the points we earn to our Northern Lights Kingdom Representative, Count Medzek, who will keep us informed about how we’re doing in the competition against the other Kingdoms of Amtgard.
Participation in the Food Fight is encouraged, but should never be considered an obligation and is not meant to pose a financial burden on any of our members.
Volunteer Opportunities!
Our events are made possible by the hands and hard work of volunteers from across the park and kingdom. Without members stepping up into roles big and small, we wouldn’t have the ability to come together as a community to do all the fun things we love to do. This includes things like:
- Helping run, reeve, or count points in a battle game
- Making scrolls or gifts for award recipients
- Tournament reeving or counting
- Judging A&S competitions
- Volunteering for a 1-2 hour shift at a campout or other event
- Coordinating an event for a park day or during the week
- And so many more!
If you have any questions about the skills needed, time commitments, or want to sign up to help out but don’t know where to get started, please don’t hesitate to ask! Opportunities are available for everyone and you can lighten the load on fellow Amtgarders while enhancing our community by offering your help.
Finances
Current coffers: $1385.67
Scan the QR code below or use the following link to pay dues: Paypal.me/AnHa3
Dues are $12/six months, $24/year and you can also donate to the land coffers this way. When using PayPal, please be sure to use the “friends and family” method as PayPal will take tax out of the transaction if used as a business transaction. Vee can also send recipients receipts for confirmation and record.
You’re Invited!
September 10-13: NLCC Fall
Northern Lights Coronation Campout Fall Reign
Panhandle 4-H Camp – Shelton, WA
Our Kingdom campouts feature a full weekend of can’t-be-missed excitement from opening gate on Thursday afternoon until cleanup Sunday morning. Check the Ork for full schedule and details!
September 6
Kicking off the Food Fight with a fundraiser game day, our “Wild Magic” game of the day will be a “buy your level” game, followed by one-time use scrolls and potions available for purchase and use the remainder of the day. Items will cost $1 or 1 non-perishable food item.
September 13
Yes! We will have battle games after NLCC!
September 20
Food fight fundraising tournament
Martial tournament with single elimination
$1 or 1 non-perishable food item to enter
September 27
As one reign ends and another begins, we come together for a Court of Awards and Coronation. Join us as we honor our park members for their recent achievements with fun and merriment.
Feast: Celebrate the changing over from summer to winter monarchy with delicious food on September 27.
Kingdom Highlights
September 5
NL M/R/C election day
IO: Battle Game Tourname
September 6
SM: Food Fight Event
September 19
IO: Sagittarius Tournament
September 20
TH: Coronation
SM: Coronation
September 26
IO: Food Fight Carnival
NL: Panhandle Cleanup Day
Park Days
We meet on Sundays at Wonderwood Park in Lacey from noon until we’re tired!
Fighter Practices
6pm Wednesdays
Bradley Lake – Puyallup
5:30pm Fridays
Wonderwood – Lacey
Do you want more practice, but not available at the times above? Host your own! To get credit, you must give 3+ days notice, post about the fighter practice in 2+ locations (must include GWK discord), and be attended by at least 1 person that doesn’t reside in your home.
Ork Updates
Our Ork wizards have been casting spell after spell to update the site. Scan the QR code to go directly to our park page to RSVP to this month’s activities. You can now also update your food preferences, change your color scheme, add your backstory, and more! Contact a monarchy member if you need your password reset to login.
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