After one day in the Glass House, Serious Request has raised nearly 3 million euros. Broadcasting from Zwolle, the event will continue for five more days to collect funds for Metakids, an organization supporting research on metabolic diseases in children.
This amount is significantly higher than in previous years. In 2023, the total after one day was around 800,000 euros, which was already double compared to the five years prior.
This year, the first million was collected even before the event officially started. Many individual fundraising initiatives have been ongoing for weeks.
One of the DJs in the Glass House, Wijnand Speelman, personally collected 214,861 euros by running a double marathon. Speelman and his NPO 3FM colleagues Barend van Deelen and Sophie Hijlkema are broadcasting non-stop radio from Rodetorenplein in Zwolle, taking turns in shifts and living on juice for a week.
Source: NOS