In 170 episodes, #Arrow managed to create 3 wonderful dynamics : OTA, Olicity, and the amazing community who supported them. Tonight, I want to celebrate this fandom and tell the world the impact the show had on us. He gave us the strength to be our own heroes. cc @ARROWwriters
Generosity is the word that describe this fandom the best. So, I tried to compile all the charities this fandom supported over the span of 8 years.
37 campaigns, more than 3.5 millions dollars were donated to various associations around the world. Let me show you: @ARROWwriters
“Queen for Mayor 2Q16” by @sapir_whorf was the first campaign ever done. Thanks to her design, Mariah donated more than 150$ to A.L.S Association. #Arrow
The “Gift Basket of Love, Socks and Love” from @jmSioux gathered 790$ for the Downtown Eastside Women's Center in Vancouver, which help homeless women, and families escaping domestic violence. #Arrow
A spontaneous fundraising by Olicity fans resulted in a 1,657 $ donation to the Reeves Foundation, made in the names of the @ARROWwriters Room and Arrow fans. #Arrow
In 2016, Tracy ( @scu11y22 ) organized the “Frack Cancer” campaign, and donated nearly 700$ to the Pediatric Cancer Research Fund (art by @cherchersketch ) #Arrow
The “Fight Against Hate and Give Back” campaign raised 2,500 $ for the Anne Frank Centre in January 2017 #Arrow
In April 2017, after the #Sodagate, @PepperDempsey organized the “Always Keep Aiming” campaign. At the end, 2,780 $ were donated to the Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter and the Coca-Cola Foundation for Empowering Women around the world. #Arrow
In June 2017, led by the @OlicityBench team, the Olicity fandom gathered together and raised $7k to benefit the preservation of Stanley Park in Vancouver, and a bench was dedicated for 10 years to celebrate the love of #Olicity. #Arrow
. @jesileighs and @cherchersketch teamed up to realize an Arrow’s ABC and raised 3,050 $ for The Children Book Bank of Portland, and Mainly I Love Kids, a foundation based in Singapore. #Arrow
After a heartbreaking earthquake ravaged Mexico, @latinasmoak , @Vera829 , @smoak_preston and @smoakyfelicity teamed up to organize the “OTA Mexico EarthQuake Relief”, and raised 1,690$ for the El Paso Community Foundation. #Arrow
To celebrate the incoming wedding of #Olicity, @thisiselley set up the “Olicity Wedding Gift” campaign (with a design made by @smoakyfelicity ), and raised 1,230$ for the Janaky Women Awareness Society in Nepal, to fight against child marriage with education. #Arrow
In 2017 and 2018, @hotcookinmama2 cooked us the Pampered Chef campaign, and raised almost 500$ for the American Cancer Society, and especially the Breast Cancer Research Fund. #Arrow
Nelly, aka @felicitymqueen organized the OTA for St Jude campaign, and donated the funds to the St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. #Arrow
In March 2018, Sarah, aka @ShippingAcademy , decided to pay tribute to Sara Diggle with the Remember Baby Sara Diggle campaign, which raised 2,000$ for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children #Arrow
Following the lead of Emily’s New Year polar plunge for the Vancouver Food Bank, Christy @CharmingWords23 and Veronica @codeeveronica organized the Olicity Virtual Food Drive for the Vancouver Food Bank, and raised 1,460$ in April 2018. #Arrow
Based on Emily and Felicity’s love for space, the @EmSpaceOdyssey campaign allowed the fandom to donate more than 650$ for the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center Education Funds. #Arrow
The “Emily Fund for Dogs Trust” campaign managed to sponsor 11 dogs in April 2018. Organized by Sam ( @ghostfoxlovely ), the campaign made a 1,110 $ donation to Dogs Trust U.K to provide healthcare and training for those dogs. #Arrow
During Emily’s run in Reborning, @jmSioux raised 200 $ to send Wish volunteers to see the play. #Arrow
It was meant to be a spontaneous pool, led by @jesileighs , to buy flowers for Emily’s last day in Reborning. It ended up being a full donation (775$), made in Emily’s name, to the Maderas Village in Nacaragua. #Arrow
To celebrate the first anniversary of Olicity’s marriage, @thisiselley set up the CookingLove campaign. It raised 1,550 $ for the Sustainable Culinary School in Fortaleza, Brazil, to help single mothers gain a new source of income for their families, via cooking lessons. #Arrow
This fandom went out with a bang! The @GoodbyeOta crew gathered the whole fandom to support 4 amazing causes:
- 5,375 $ donated to CURE Childhood Cancer
- 9,000 $ for the Klein Levin Syndrom Foundation
- 3,125$ to help an Arrow’s crew member fight Cancer
- and 5,000$ for BuildOn
This campaign, celebrating the love of a fandom for Original Team Arrow, raised 19,375 $ for charity, and it’s still going strong. Last goal: raise 10k for BuildOn, and help the charity build a school in Nicaragua. To donate → https://act.buildon.org/team/264815  #Arrow cc @GoodbyeOta
Our fearless cast was the one starting the generous trend.
First campaign ever made for the Arrow fandom : @StephenAmell ‘s Prayers For Sophie. This campaign from July 2014 raised 2,500$ to help Sophie in her fight against Optic Pathway Glioma #Arrow
During those years, @StephenAmell ‘s campaigns for F.Cancer became annual events. In 4 years (and 4 charity campaigns for F. Cancer), Stephen helped raise more than 1,6 millions $ for F*ck Cancer #Arrow
The Sinceriously campaign, held in 2015, raised 1,345,000 $ for Paws and Stripes, and Stand For Silent, while the Arrow vs Stardust campaign, organized by @StephenAmell & @CodyRhodes , raised 228,867 CAD$ for Emily’sHouse, a Toronto based hospice for children. #Arrow
In March 2016, Emily Bett Rickards sold 4,138 shirts during the Bathroom Therapy campaign, and managed to make more than a 100,000 $ donation to A.A.R.D.A (American Autoimmune Related Disease Association) #Arrow
Last but not least, the wonderful @david_ramsey organized the Don’t Quit campaign, and raised more than 18,000$ for the Testicular Cancer Society. #Arrow
During those 8 years, the Arrow and #Olicity fandom has been an amazing community, and often helped fandom friends in need.
The Savannah Archery campaign, set up by @mguggenheim , raised 17,070$ to send Savannah and her archery team to the NASP National Competition #Arrow
During those years, lots of campaign helped friends during time of need. Among them :
- Go Fund Effie (1262 $)
- Angelica’s Health Care (565 $)
- For Nina, to spread love (1270 $)
- Sophie’s cupcakes (950 $)
#Arrow
Last but not least, and because it will resonate with lots of @ARROWwriters and puppy lovers, I had to mention the effort put from the fandom to support a Furfriend in need. The fandom raised 400£ to help Roxy in her healthcare. #Arrow
If my maths are right (I'm no Felicity Smoak, so my maths aren't always right)....

this fandom has raised, in 8 years, nearly 3,5 millions US $ for many charities all over the world. That's a lot of lives changed over the years....
I’m sure there’s so much more campaigns and hard work behind the scene, to help and spread the love this fandom has. All of you, campaign organizer, generous donors and fandom members, you made this fandom what he is today. So thank you. Y’all are the real heroes here. #Arrow
Adding links to follow-up tweets and/or more campaign

https://twitter.com/ghostfoxlovely/status/1216816962262663168?s=21 https://twitter.com/ghostfoxlovely/status/1216816962262663168
I have to also mention Sir @PaulBlackthorne ‘s campaigns. In 2015, his “Poach Eggs, Not Elephants” raised more than 60,000$ for the Air Shepherd Initiative, while his 2016 “Save The Rhinos” campaign raised 21,884$ for Save The Rhinos Vietnam.
On July 25th, 2020, the fandom raised $6000 in 3 days for the IRC (International Rescue Committee) via @RESCUEorg , with the Emily Bett’s Yoga Zoom Party. https://twitter.com/elisaqueen/status/1287104515678695425?s=21 https://twitter.com/elisaqueen/status/1287104515678695425
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