F*** Cancer; Charity drive by Stephen Amell

My father died of Pancreatic cancer when I was a boy, leaving my Mum a widow and three boys without a father, I try to raise as much for Cancer research as I can will put an order in for one.

A quick update on this for those who were following/interested in this particular charity drive. Or possibly a minor guilt trip for those who didn't;

The campaign has now finished, with the grand total being...

...I'm going to make you wait for a moment longer.

The prior record which Stephen was hoping to beat was some 8000 shirts sold. He was in fact joking about wanting to beat the top three prior campaigns (other celebrities were involved in those, their names escape me right now).

Stephen may well have managed this, as his grand total was 21,503 shirts, hoodies, sweaters and tank tops sold. I don't have the final total yet, but my estimate based on earlier totals for the number of shirts sold comes to some $430,006. The sweaters and hoodies were more expensive, which is why estimating an exact total is difficult. But we seem to be looking at $400,000 or thereabouts raised - I'll update when Stephen gives a more specific total.

If you still want to support the charity you can check out nockingpointwines.com Stephen is the co-owner of this winery*, and a portion of all sales go towards various charities - F*** Cancer being just one of them. If you are in the US you can order wine**, as you might of guessed, but they alas can't ship outside the US. Not to worry though as they do have some other items for sale which they can ship overseas.

(*Anyone who manages to raise THAT amount of money for charity - and this is FAR from the first charity drive Stephen has done on Facebook - deserves to get some advertising for their business. Especially when said business is also supporting charities)

(**They can't ship to every state as of writing. There are a few they have not yet sorted out distribution routes for, and five or six that don't allow wine to be imported. Check the site for where they can currently deliver wine.)

You actually reminded me of an important update on this.

Stephens drive was so successful, AND he is being asked where to get the shirts from so often, that he and Represent have got together to do something they have NEVER done before; They will be reopening the ordering line for 24 hours.

This will start at midnight 30th October (EST) and run for exactly 24 hours before closing for the last time. Although it seems reasonably likely that Stephen will have a similar charity drive at some point, these shirts will not be available to buy after this last drive - unless you see one on Ebay, and then the money isn't going to any charity.

To reiterate some points;

There are a more than just teeshirts available, there is a sweater, hoodie and tank top as well. They will deliver anywhere in the world (the deliveries are carried out by UPS). The shirts etc would seem to be handsome and of good quality - as evidenced by Stephen wearing one in at least one or two of his workout videos.

Fans of Arrow might also be interested in knowing that Stephen has also posted at least one from the set picture of him in his full Arrow costume, under which he was wearing one of the teeshirts. So if you are watching the show around episode seven and notice Arrow has a grey shirt under his jacket, that would be one of the F*** Cancer shirts. (It is even possible, although unlikely given the logo, that one of the shirts might turn up being worn by someone at some point slightly more openly.)

This reopening of the orders is as far as I know unique, a never done before last chance to pick one up moment. If you don't have one ordered, or want another one, the 30th OCtober will be your last chance - take it.

The reopened drive is now over, with Stephen having shifted more shirts in 48 hours than he managed to in the original 3 week drive.

The grant total in terms of shirts sold is 46,122 - which has utterly shattered the prior record of some 8,000. In fact he managed to not only beat the existing record but the combined totals of all prior drives (some 29,500). We're looking at a total of at least $831,000 raised for the charity.
Wow.

Thank you to anyone who bought a shirt or who helped advertise this.

The final total was $947,380.

Believe me he's being praised and then some on FB. His drive was even mentioned in the Hollywood reporter a while back.

As the 'final' total is so close to a million people are asking him to reopen for a third time, or to do something like raffling off signed copies of some of the shirts to get the total to a million. I'd be surprised if he doesn't do something to try and get the total up to that figure. My best guess would be a raffle of signed versions, since he's done raffles before and this would only require Represent to print off another 50 or so shirts rather than another 10,500+

I'll keep you informed. He'll probably make a decision in the next few days, depending on how heavy his filming schedule is.

Link for the new (and last, really this time)drive; represent.com/store/stephen

Two versions of the products are available, the family friendly and original versions. This includes a number of new designs/items including a shopping bag and all are available in several colours.

Go tell your friends, family, co-workers...random strangers in the street. Even if you have one of these already get another, or something else.

Not to deminish your cause here, but Stand for the Silent doesn't have anything to do with mental health. It's an organization that works to stop bullying.

Info here: standforthesilent.org/who-we-are.html#whoweare

Still seems like a noble cause worth supporting, though. Just thought people should know what they're supporting by buying the shirt.