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All statements about This Star Won't Go Out (charity)

85 statements about This Star Won't Go Out (charity) in 42 videos, by upload date.

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2010

  • 2010-08-27 · Rest In Awesome, Esther — John: Esther means 'star', and her friends printed a bracelet reading 'This Star Won't Go Out'; John says it won't: we won't let it. — 00:02:40
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John: Answering Nerdfighters who asked where to get a 'This Star Won't Go Out' bracelet like his, John says they are now sold at DFTBA.com/Esther. — 00:00:42
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John says the bracelets honor Esther Earl, the brothers' friend and fellow Nerdfighter who died a couple of months ago from cancer. — 00:00:42
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John says they bought the bracelets and Alan at DFTBA Records processes and packages every order free, so 100% of the money goes to the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation. — 00:00:42
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — announcement: John describes the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation as a new organization founded by Esther's family to help other families with kids who have cancer. — 00:01:11
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — ask: John calls the foundation another way to work with Esther to make the world suck less and urges viewers to get a bracelet at DFTBA.com/Esther. — 00:01:11
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — ask: John says the $540 is not his money but Nerdfighteria's, so Nerdfighters must decide where it goes, and asks them to say so in the comments. — 00:02:04
  • 2010-10-27 · You Are Awesome — John's inclination is to give it to This Star Won't Go Out and then hold a matching BlogTV fundraiser for the Uncultured Project and Save the Children, or the reverse, or something else. (hedged) — 00:02:04
  • 2010-10-29 · Hank Has Questions — ask: The description links to the Esther bracelets. — video description
  • 2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — John thanks the many Nerdfighters who made Nerdfightastic pumpkins this year (2010); his favorite is a This Star Won't Go Out pumpkin. — 00:03:15
  • 2010-11-01 · Consider the Lemming — ask: John: Reminded by the pumpkin, John tells Nerdfighters to get their Esther bracelets. — 00:03:15

2011

  • 2011-02-04 · QUESTION FRIDAY: Spelling is Hard Edition — ask: John wears an Esther bracelet and tells viewers to get one, since they make the world suck less; link in the description. — 00:02:49
  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John says Nerdfighteria has accomplished a ton in recent months, including raising more than $10,000 with Esther for This Star Won't Go Out. — 00:01:36
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John: On tour in Hoogeveen a Nerdfighter gave John a This Star Won't Go Out bracelet, which he has worn since; his own was broken by a small, unnamed member of his household. — 00:01:29
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — ask: John reminds viewers This Star Won't Go Out bracelets are at DFTBA.com, with 100% of proceeds to the foundation set up in Esther Earl's memory to support families affected by cancer. — 00:01:44
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — John says that in the almost ten months since Esther died, more than $10,000 has been raised for This Star Won't Go Out, and thanks Nerdfighteria. — 00:02:02
  • 2011-08-03 · I Love My Brother — announcement: Hank says Esther is why the brothers always wear their bracelets, sold for $5 at DFTBA.com with all proceeds to the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation, which helps children with cancer and their families. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — announcement: John announces that as part of P4A 2011 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck comes back, with no stupid stuff: Nerdfighteria will pool money and choose together how to spend it to decrease the most world suck. — 00:01:07
  • 2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — announcement: Hank announces the Project for Awesome is happening again this year (2011) on December 17th. — 00:02:40
  • 2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: With the brothers' match, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has already raised more than $8,000, to be distributed through the Project for Awesome. — 00:01:23
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — ask: Hank: The Project for Awesome happens again on December 17th and 18th; Hank asks viewers to make, curate and promote videos then and clear their schedules. — 00:03:24
  • 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank: Videos will be submitted at projectforawesome.com, not fully working until P4A begins at noon on December 17th; people, Hank included, are already making their P4A videos. — 00:02:58
  • 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank: Viewers will be able to vote for the charities in P4A videos; the most-voted charities get a piece of the money being raised for P4A, already over $10,000. — 00:03:27
  • 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank's own Project for Awesome video will come on Saturday, not Friday, because that is when P4A is. — 00:03:27
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: The official time to upload P4A videos is noon Eastern time tomorrow, Saturday, December 17th. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: No funny business: the P4A Fund money is distributed to the charities that get the most votes at projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:47
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: ProjectForAwesome.com launches at noon for submitting videos; each video's charity goes into a database and people vote on whether they deem it worthy and like the video. — 00:00:47
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: Video makers should tag 'P4A' and 'P4A 2011', use the P4A thumbnail if they are partners, upload at noon, and submit the video at projectforawesome.com so its charity can get P4A Fund money. — 00:01:16
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank will start off the P4A live stream at noon tomorrow and John will join shortly after. — 00:02:35
  • 2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — ask: Hank asks viewers to vote for Water.org at projectforawesome.com so it gets a share of the Project for Awesome fund. — 00:01:53
  • 2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — announcement: Hank will see John on the P4A livestream; an end-screen video explains what the Project for Awesome is and how to take part. — 00:01:53
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: In the last 48 hours the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raised $75,000. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Alex Day is donating the proceeds from remixes of his song Forever Yours to charity, which John says will come to $15,000. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Other P4A projects also succeeded, such as iJustine's project to get wells built in the developing world and Rosie raising money for the Stroke Association. — 00:00:43
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Added up, the Project for Awesome raised more than $100,000. — 00:00:43
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: The Project for Awesome generated thousands of videos about charities, millions of views, tens of thousands of tweets and hundreds of thousands of comments. — 00:00:43
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John says this was the most fun he has had at the Project for Awesome since 2007. — 00:01:13
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — announcement: John: The foundation will distribute the money according to how the community decided it should be distributed; more in the coming weeks. — 00:01:13
  • 2011-12-21 · 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! — announcement: Hank hopes that by Friday (23 December 2011) John will have the Project for Awesome voting results, showing which charities get the money everyone raised. (hedged) — 00:03:07
  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank announces the P4A charities by votes: Kids in Need of Desks fifth (915), Kiva fourth (1,043), the Harry Potter Alliance third (1,393), Water.org second (2,000), This Star Won't Go Out first (2,224). — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — announcement: Hank: Kiva's share will be split: half to running and maintaining Kiva.org, half to loans for entrepreneurs in the developing world. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank: Each of the five charities will receive $14,269.22: the roughly $71,000 raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck divided by five. — 00:00:58

2012

  • 2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says more than $16,500 went to each of five charities chosen by Nerdfighteria: Kids in Need of Desks, This Star Won't Go Out, the HP Alliance, Water.org and Kiva. — 00:00:59
  • 2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John thanks Nerdfighters for their hard work during the Project for Awesome and points to how much suck was decreased. — 00:01:24
  • 2012-07-31 · Nerd Olympics — ask: John: Viewers can enter a t-shirt design contest for This Star Won't Go Out, the organization Esther's family set up in her memory. — 00:02:03
  • 2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank lists results: $300,000 and thousands of videos for charities through P4A, thousands of This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, over $1,000,000 lent through the Nerdfighter Kiva group, hundreds of Thoughts from Places. — 00:01:04
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — John notes Nerdfighters make awesome things: a Nerdfighter from Britain's Got Talent's first album, Elmify's Etsy store, This Star Won't Go Out banners in Nerdcrafteria; only some have commercial life. — 00:00:29
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — announcement: John announces that 19-year-old Tatyana from Kazakhstan designed the winning This Star Won't Go Out contest shirt, now on pre-order at DFTBA.com. — 00:03:24
  • 2012-09-25 · Do Businesses Need to Suck? — ask: John reminds viewers they can order Esther bracelets, with proceeds going to This Star Won't Go Out, which supports children with cancer and their families. — 00:03:24
  • 2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says that after last year's (2011) Project for Awesome the Foundation to Decrease World Suck gave more than $80,000 to five charities chosen by the YouTube community, leaving it broke. — 00:00:29

Also named in: I Don't Understand My Life

2013

  • 2013-08-03 · Esther Day 2013 — ask: The description asks viewers to support This Star Won't Go Out, the charity Esther's family created in her memory, at tswgo.org or by buying TSWGO merchandise at DFTBA (all proceeds to the foundation). — video description

2014

  • 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John: The ten $50,000 winners: Harry Potter Alliance, This Star Won't Go Out, Not Forgotten, Save the Children, Liberty in North Korea, Child's Play, Thirst Project, Water.org, Partners for Mental Health, TECHO. — 00:01:07
  • 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John describes This Star Won't Go Out as set up in memory of Esther Earl to give direct support to families of kids with cancer. — 00:01:15

2015

2017

  • 2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John: On Saturday (25 February 2017) John visited Esther's grave with her parents and one of her sisters; many Nerdfighters have visited over the years, leaving artwork, keychains and This Star Won't Go Out bracelets. — 00:00:34
  • 2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — ask: The description asks viewers to apply for a $5,000 grant from This Star Won't Go Out to make the world better. — video description
  • 2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — John says that after Esther died her family created This Star Won't Go Out, a charity that has helped many families of kids with cancer. — 00:01:05
  • 2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — announcement: John announces Project Lovely, This Star Won't Go Out's expanded mission: people aged 13 to 30 can apply for a $5,000 grant to make the world better; two will be chosen and followed. — 00:01:12
  • 2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — ask: John tells viewers who want to donate to This Star Won't Go Out that they can do so at TSWGO.org. — 00:01:48
  • 2017-08-03 · HAPPY ESTHER DAY!!! — recommendation: John highly recommends Esther's memoir This Star Won't Go Out, a beautiful book available wherever books are sold. — 00:01:53

2019

2020

2021

  • 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John: Esther died a few weeks after the first Esther Day in 2010, aged 16; her parents then founded This Star Won't Go Out, which gives direct financial support to families of kids with cancer. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John: Childhood cancer treatment can be very expensive in the US, with indirect costs such as a parent leaving work; the charity helps families spend more time with their kids. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — announcement: John: Tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern, This Star Won't Go Out's annual gala is virtual and free, with special guests including Sarah Urist Green and chances to donate. — 00:01:27
  • 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — recommendation: John recommends that viewers new to Nerdfighteria read Esther's book, also called This Star Won't Go Out. — 00:01:56
  • 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — John sees the response in thousands celebrating Esther Day, the community's commitment to child health including pediatric cancer care in impoverished communities, and support for This Star Won't Go Out. — 00:02:26
  • 2021-08-03 · I L*** Hank — ask: John: In a P.S. John says he really hopes to see viewers at tonight's Esther Day Gala, linked in the description. — 00:03:25

2022

  • 2022-08-03 · Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? — announcement: Hank announces an Esther Day livestream tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern with people from This Star Won't Go Out, Esther's family, John and Sarah, and the Animal Wonders folks. — 00:02:40
  • 2022-08-03 · Why is it So Hard to Say 'I Love You'? — announcement: Hank announces a t-shirt designed by Karen Hallion whose proceeds all go to This Star Won't Go Out, a charity that helps families with sick kids. — 00:02:40

2023

2024

  • 2024-06-21 · I Was So Sad that I Did Comedy — announcement: The description says Dropout also sells a 'Pissing Out Cancer' shirt with all proceeds going to This Star Won't Go Out. — video description
  • 2024-08-03 · I Love Hank. (Also I'm back.) — John: The celebration will also discuss This Star Won't Go Out, the charity Esther's family founded in her memory, which financially supports kids with cancer and their families. — 00:02:45

2026

  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the P4A makes meaningful change: community health workers hired in Lesotho, Save the Children's work in refugee camps he visited on the Syrian border, and small charities like This Star Won't Go Out. — 01:24:38
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — Hank plays a Project for Awesome Bingo card that someone from This Star Won't Go Out made. — 05:05:22
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — announcement: John says the current featured P4A video is from This Star Won't Go Out. — 00:36:58
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — John dedicated The Fault in Our Stars to Esther Earl, a Nerdfighter who lived with cancer and in whose memory This Star Won't Go Out was founded; she and her family were and are good friends. — 00:38:42
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — John says Esther Earl's family runs This Star Won't Go Out, which gives families of sick children the financial support they lacked: for bills, hospital travel and time off work. — 00:39:08
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John asks people not to donate if they cannot afford it: deciding where the money goes matters as much as raising it, since the P4A has always crowdfunded the money and crowdsourced its destination, from big organizations to small ones. — 03:01:29