If you haven’t heard of Snowsgiving before, it’s the time of year where the Discord community from all reaches of the planet are brought together in a single server through the holiday spirit. We make new friends within the Snowsgiving server, run a massive amount of contests and giveaways, and give back by supporting a charitable organization that works to make the world a better place.[1]
In other words, Snowsgiving is an annual event that starts in December. They host contests, giveaways, and they always donate to charitable organizations every year.
Snowsgiving 2022[]
This year, Discord decided to support the Crisis Text Line, a not-for-profit organization providing free mental health texting service through confidential crisis intervention via SMS message. They created a Snowsgiving bot that gives daily quests throughout the event to unlock rewards exclusive to Nitro subscribers. They released exclusive Snowsgiving merch, as they did last year, with all proceeds going to the charity partner. The Discord client got a winter-themed overhaul, replacing some visuals and sound effects. Unlike previous years, there wasn't an official Snowsgiving Discord server; however there were events and contests held on the official Discord Town Hall server. The main event lasted from December 5th to December 12th and the winter theme was active until January 3rd.[2]
Past Snowsgivings[]
Snowsgiving 2021[]
Discord decided to fundraise for To Write Love on Her Arms, a nonprofit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury, and more. They released 4 festive Snowsgiving merch bundles and all the money made proceeded to the charity partner. They raised over $512,000. They also revealed eight Snowy Surprises during the event which lasted from December 6th to December 13th. Additionally, they hosted events and contests on the Snowsgiving Discord server.
Snowsgiving 2020[]
For Discord's annual charity fundraiser, they decided to fundraise for Doctors without Borders in result on the COVID-19 global pandemic. Doctors without Borders focuses on providing lifesaving medical humanitarian care to more than 70 countries around the world. On Tuesday, December 8th, around 10 am PST, the Snowsgiving server hosted an AMA with Karen Stewart, a Mental Health Officer from Doctors Without Borders who answered questions about what the charity does to help, mental health, and COVID-19. This years fundraising goal was $150,000[3] and reached $156,500.01, $6,500.01 over the planned donation goal. They gave out winter sweaters if you donated and selected that you wanted one.
Snowsgiving 2019[]
Discord decided to donate to Team Trees for Snowsgiving 2019, raising $107,254.90, adding $7,254.90 to their planned goal of $100,000.[3] Their top donator of all time, assumed to be Jason Citron, CEO and Founder of Discord donated exactly $1,000.
Snowsgiving 2018[]
Although in 2018 when the time rolled around for Snowsgiving, it was assumed that Discord had not picked a charitable cause to fundraise for. Instead, they gave $25,000[3] in prize money for their Minion Masters Snowsgiving tournament. While they were at it, they discounted the following games in the discontinued Discord store. Here is the list of all discounted games along with their percentage during Snowsgiving 2018[4]:
- Sinner: 20% off
- Descenders: 20% off
- Crosscode: 15% off
- King of the Hat: 30% off
- Into The Breach: 33% off
- Forsaken: 25% off
- Masters of Anima: 60% off
- Hollow Knight: 34% off
- Visage: 20% off
- Moonlighter: 33% off
- Frostpunk: 33% off
- This is the Police 2: 25% off
- Spellforce 3: 50% off
- Battle Chasers: Nightwar: 67% off
References[]
- ↑ The Biggest Snowsgiving Celebration to date starts NOW, Discord Blog
- ↑ https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/10152404499607
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 $USD was used at the time of creating this page.
- ↑ Discord Snowsgiving 2018, Discord Blog