# Is anyone else making real money in Second Life?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/07/14/anyone-else-making-real-money-second-life/
- Published: 2009-07-14T19:54:03+01:00
- Author: Bryan Miller

Since the heady days of Summer 2007 when we had virtual Wimbledon and The Guardian
backed a whole virtual music festival, the virtual world Second Life seems generally
to have slipped down the online hypecycle from the ‘Peak of Inflated Expectations’
to the ‘Trough of Disillusionment’.

 

However, one charity that is still actively establishing its presence there is the
American Cancer Society. Led by an incredibly dedicated Second Life community of
volunteers, the ACS has grown its Second Life activities substantially since its
first virtual Relay for Life fundraising event in 2005 – raising over $215,000 through
its 2008 event and now hoping to surpass this with its 2009 event being held this
Saturday, July 18th.

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[Click here to read more details about the event…](http://givinginadigitalworld.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/second-life-relay-for-life-2009-virtual-fundraising-event-this-weekend/)

 

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