31 August 2017 Better Than Ever...

Our staff works hard to make dreams come true & give back. We got personal & asked them what a few of their favorite things are....find out below!

On August 24th 2016, a strong earthquake hit Central Italy, killing hundreds of people and destroying entire villages.  The news was especially devastating to those of us in the Milan office. Like the rest of Italy that day, we spent hours trying to get in touch with friends and relatives in the affected areas. As we watched the news coming in, we wished there was some way we could help. But at CharityStars, we realized there was something we could do. We immediately reached out to celebrities and created a campaign supporting the victims. The response was amazing. Dozens of celebrities, athletes, and singers joined the initiative, auctioning experiences to support the cause.  We worked relentlessly for weeks to make it possible, driven by our desire to help those people who lost everything.  Thanks to the campaign, we raised over €200,000 to support the earthquake victims in Italy. We are currently still hosting CharityStars auctions that directly benefit Italian earthquake victims.  This is what we love about our work: every day we have chance to help someone in need, and when we go home after a long day in the office, we know that we did something good.   

We inform you that on July 24, 2019 CharityStars S.r.l. completed the sale of the entirety of its shares in AidCoin. Domenico Gravagno, the new CEO of CharityStars and Human Versus Machine, the holding company that has acquired 49% of the fundraising platform, said: “the group’s development objectives have led us to concentrate all our efforts on the strategic enhancement of CharityStars, leading platform in the non-profit sector. The “AidCoin” project and its company do not fall within the business plan drawn up in accordance with our Investors and are therefore no longer part of our corporate structure.” Gravagno adds: “CharityStars will continue to be one of the first platforms to accept AidCoin as a form of payment for goods and for making donations”.

Do you need advice on finding the perfect gift for your grandmother? You could buy her flowers, a book, perfume… or you can do what one bidder did and surprise your granny with a lunch with Silvio Berlusconi, the renowned former Italian prime minister.  It’s not the cheapest gift. The winner bid €70,000 to win the lunch, auctioned by CharityStars. The amount, however, was completely worth it. The proceeds directly supported the central Italy earthquake victims.  To make the gift even more special, the lunch is going to take place at Berlusconi’s personal residence in Arcore.  “Dear friends, I decided to auction this experience to support the victims of the Italian earthquake. I think everyone should do everything in his/her means to help our fellow citizens, and sometimes we can be helpful even with smaller gestures. I’ll be really glad to meet and have lunch with the generous winner of the auction, that I hope is going to be sold to a high price, since the proceeds will support the Italian Red Cross!” - Silvio Berlusconi