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#Quentin quarantino planned parenthood fundraiser series#His comedic and often political memes have seen him amass over 770,000 followers, and he has channelled this success into a series of fundraisers over the last year – including over one million dollars for Planned Parenthood and $500,000 to send oxygen tanks to India during its Covid surge. Marcus shared the fundraiser through his Instagram account, quentin.quarantino, which he set up last March at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m just the face of this, there’s over 100 people – some of the most incredible people I’ve ever met – who are working around the clock to make this happen,” he said. Marcus is running the push to aid Afghans with the help of a large team including many US military veterans, such as Sheffield Ford of special missions company Raven Advisory and Karen Kraft, the head of Veterans Media Entertainment. “We’re not going to leave one dollar unused.” “So there’s a lot more that has to be done than just getting them out of Afghanistan… we have to build lives for them. “Most of these people are going to be boarding the planes with only the clothes on their back,” he said. The fundraiser’s total continues to rise at a rapid rate, but the young social media influencer said they will buy as many flights as possible and every penny remaining will help Afghan families build a new life. “I think this ultimately shows the good of people, when we all unite for a cause that is so important and so urgent and so necessary.” “I am just immensely happy that the people that we are going to help are going to be safe, and that’s what keeps me going. “I’ve seen things that I wish I could unsee … and it breaks my heart that not everyone can be helped. “I’ve received 1000s and 1000s of desperate pleas from people to help them get out. “This is without a doubt the most important thing that I’ve ever done… it’s a humanitarian crisis, and people who don’t deserve to die or are going to if they’re not helped,” the meme artist from New York told the PA news agency. The money is going towards flights, at a cost of $550,000 per round trip, to bring home Afghans in need who – according to the American fundraiser – are on the Taliban’s “kill list”, such as human rights lawyers, journalists and interpreters and their families. Tommy Marcus’ GoFundMe page Flyaway: Emergency Afghan Rescue Mission has raised more than $6m (£4.4m) since its launch on Tuesday evening, including $5m in its first 24 hours. A 25-year-old social media influencer has hailed the good in people after his campaign raised millions to help at-risk Afghans escape the Taliban takeover.
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