By Wesley Regenbogen
About Barbie Alchemi
Barbie Alchemi is the founder of Creations Park. She created this place with the help of her family, and holds events there for Team
Fox, for the Michael. J. Fox Foundation. Her real life father died with Parkinson’s and one
year later her mother was diagnosed with the disease as well. Her brother introduced her to Second Life about eight years
ago and her mother spend more and more time in Second Life and it
improved her real life by doing so. They
were all so amazed that Second Life had a so positive
influence on her real life management of the disease that they felt
that they needed to do something positive with their time on Second
Life. Her
mother is 90
years old in real life now and she is still active in Second Life
today!
Interview
I met Barbie Alchemi in Creations
Park. First I asked how she got into Second Life and how she
created Creations Park. The answer to that question is in the introduction
above. Next I asked how the raise money fo the foundation in
Second Life. They started to raise money and awareness for
Parkinson’s disease. Over the last eight years they raised 10 Million Lindens (
over 40,000 USD ). In addition to raising donations, they have held a
weekly support group, which is open to anyone with Parkinson’s.
This year they created a Gotham Halloween Event, which
is held the whole month of October 2017. They have 75 shops with fashions and home and garden
decorations. Barbie told me, "You
can explore our Haunted House, Cemetery and Asylum with wonderful
details and surprises at every turn. We have a fun Amusement Park
with Halloween themed rides and also a Lil' Pumpkin Park for families
to bring their children"
They
will have a fabulous line-up of DJs and live singers. They will have three performances of the "Misfit Dance and Performance Art Troupe"
at 5pm Oct 21, 28 and 29. There is a raffle and auction. And we
have a terrific HUNT with original gifts in every shop for only 10L
each!
Then I asked how the donations are done for the
foundation. She
replied to me “We
believe it is very important for people in SL to know how their
donations are handled. Our family covers all SL expenses. Team Fox
has arranged to have LL to wire all donations and money raised
directly to the Team Fox Headquarters. Visitors
can donate at the cute Ghost Kiosks we have around the sim. And 50% -
100% of all shop sales are scripted to go to the official Team Fox
Account.
"We
are extremely proud to tell you that The Michael J Fox Foundation has
the top rating from Charity Navigators. Team Fox gives 100% to The
MJF Foundation. They have perhaps the lowest overhead of any major
charity, at only 11% !!! Which means that 89% of Your donations are
going into the most promising research. We are getting closer every
day to a cure. And when that cure is found it will help lead to a
cure for all other neurological diseases. “
Then
I asked how she manages to create the sim and the decorations. She
wanted to thank a few people for this, "This
event could only be possible with our talented team who has worked so
well together." She listed them as.
Rose
Mikaelson (djroseathena)- Events for Parkinson's Coordinator
Nola
Hellershanks- Events for Parkinson's Co-Coordinator
allιє
pαrĸєr
(swazeyrivers)- Event Music Coordinator
Miyushu
Babii- Assistant Decorator
Ayesha
- Solace Beach Estates (ayesha.lytton)- Amusement Park
Linden
Labs- Region Sponsor
Then
I asked her how she sees the future of the sim and the events she
holds for the foundation. She
told me, “ Gotham
Island will be here for the month of October. Creations Park has been
our permanent region for 6 years now. We will continue with the
fabulous Shopping, Hunts, Music and on-going weekly fun activities
which we all enjoy. Our
Events for Parkinson's Team has some fun plans for another big event
this Spring and more in the future!"
I
thanked her for the interview and wished her luck with the sim and
her events for the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
You
can visit the place at this SLURL :
Check
out this video :
Wesley Regenbogen
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