When VR Bangers created a social campaign at VRBangers.com/heroes in May to benefit veterans, the company never realized the hoops and hurdles they would face to make a donation to a charitable organization.
VR Bangers’ Marketing Director Igor Zhivago reached out to national veteran charities with an offer of a sizeable donation and accompanying PR, but often was rejected with the excuse of “not being associated with adult industry for political and public reasons.”
“We received tremendous positive praise and feedback from the online community, with a very logical warning of wanting to witness us seeing it through and making good on our promises. And this is exactly what we thought we could do,” Zhivago said. “But this is where the obstacles started to arise.
“I personally contacted charities like The Gary Sinise Foundation, Semper Fi Fund, Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Fisher House Foundation, Freedom Service Dogs of America, Air Warrior Courage Foundation, Operation Second Chance, Hope for the Warriors and another sixty seven national and local charities, and they all ‘respectfully declined’ our charitable contribution to ‘maintain the positive public image of the company and to ensure continuous donations from regular donors.’”
So to avoid similar problems in the future, the executives at VR Bangers decided to cut out the middle man and donate directly to various veterans.
One of the veterans, Mr. Robert Clarke, was willing to go on record and actually participated in the video interview with the company, in which he has openly spoken on multitude of issues veterans face today. After many tries and with the use of some “alternative” and non-direct methods, the company has managed to proceed with the transfer of their donated funds to a number of actual veterans personally.
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