Our Events

Summer Camp 2024 was a 12-hour-long event with a variety of activities that the staff at Alveus participated in. Hosted in and around the Session Yard at Alveus, the team had a water balloon catapult war, played a game of human battleships, went hunting for bugs around the property, had a campfire cookout, and more, all streamed live for viewers to watch.

This year, as part of Summer Camp, limited-time merch was available for viewers to purchase — a hoodie or pajama pants. Viewers were also able gift pre-paid merch to the livestream chat where another random viewer would be picked to win it. Each merch purchase or gift also came with a signed postcard from the event, and an entry into the giveaways. Throughout the event giveaways were run for unique items from Summer Camp, with each merch item purchased or gifted giving that viewer an entry to win. By the end of the event 17 bits of Summer Camp history had been given away and 1,280 postcards had been sent out to viewers who purchased or gifted merch. Thank you to everyone that supported Alveus by watching the stream or checking out the merch!

Hosted in the Session Yard at Alveus once again, the annual Art Auction returned and was a great success. 35 unique paintings created by the ambassadors and the staff at the sanctuary were up for auction, with livestream viewers able to bid on them. Viewers could also participate in the fundraising by donating $25 or more to receive a signed postcard as a memento of the event -- by the end of the 4-hour-long event, 499 postcards were sent out to donors.

Maya was the most successful artist this year, with her two paintings raising a total of $2,666. Our most successful ambassador artists though were Chips and Nilla, our rats, who raised $2,500 with their two paintings. In total, we were able to raise $44,181 for Alveus Sanctuary during the event. Thank you to everyone who watched and supported this event!

A 24-hour-long livestream event, featuring many of the Alveus staff camping in the Session Yard at Alveus. There were plenty of activities for the staff to participate in, including an archery competition to start the event off, a water balloon fight later in the day, cooking dinner around a campfire, late-night beer pong and feeding the pasture with a catapult.

After camping overnight, still on the stream, the event ended with a craft auction where viewers could bid and donate on 16 different crafts made by the staff for the event, including multiple friendship bracelets, two different Summer Camp paintings, a few ambassador-themed hats, two handcrafted pet rocks, a rubber chicken and the Summer Camp Spirit Stick itself.

Over the course of the 24-hour stream, a total of $14,070 was raised for Alveus Sanctuary, with $6,291 of that coming from the craft auction. Thank you to everyone that watched the stream, and to everyone that donated to support the sanctuary!

Hosted in the Session Yard at Alveus, with Connor and Alex from the Alveus team as the auctioneers, the Art Auction 2023 was a huge success. Livestream viewers were able to bid on paintings created by the ambassadors at Alveus via chat, with 33 paintings being sold this year. For viewers who were unable to win a painting, they had the option to donate $25 or more to get a signed postcard for the event, and 261 wonderful donors claimed one.

The event raised $63,019 for Alveus Sanctuary over the course of the 3.5-hour-long event, with $31,500 of that from an incredibly generous donation by Rotary at the end of the event. Georgie was our most successful ambassador artist this year, with his four paintings raising $4,225 in donations, with the top one selling for $2.1k. Thank you to everyone that watched and supported this event!