With all the rage in starting up projects and putting up businesses that may just succeed big time through crowdfunding, why not fully utilise the power of the Airsoft Community to help build more facilities where airsoft players can play their hobby? It is not a new idea as we have emphasized here on Popular Airsoft the potentials of crowdfunding in airsoft if done right, now a group of airsoft volunteers are pushing hard on the harnessing the airsoft community to help fund airsoft fields.

Called Fund Airsoft, the members and volunteers of this group only have one objective --- to build more airsoft fields, as simple as that. Whilst it sounds easy on paper, it is actually a tough proposition to build airsoft fields. Money is needed to lease/buy land or building and then design the game site and put up the proper facilities to make it a viable airsoft field. Often, those who want to put up an airsoft field do not have capital to build one and getting a loan these days is even hard, unless one has rich parents, willing to pour all life's savings, or best of all a banker himself.

Fund Airsoft wants to harness the power of the "Community" part of the Airsoft Community through crowdfunding to quote them:

We at Fund Airsoft aim to launch this campaign to be the next big thing in Airsoft, right now it's about getting the word out and getting people on board so when we launch in the next few weeks, it is a success.  We think it's time to show the world that the airsoft community is not just a team here or a team there, but a actual community that helps one another no matter what part of the world they are playing this awesome sport.  It's time that an average guy can open a store or build a field and follow his dream without having to worry about taking his life savings or putting his family's home on the line.  Just think of the positive impact this could have on the economy by creating more jobs, bringing tourism to other places but most of all giving our kids a safe place to play with their airsoft guns.  This campaign also does not just go for new fields.  If you know of a field in need of repairs or upgrades but lack the funding to do so, please share this with them and have them contact us.

Indeed, the lack of airsoft fields for young people to play in can lead to some situations in which they expose themselves to danger --- playing in public places that can lead to police responding to community complaints of people holding realistic-looking firearm replicas. You know the story. It's best to help fund airsoft facilities to keep young people, the neighborhood and the airsoft hobby safe.

Fund Airsoft will list projects of airsoft fields that are either to be built from the ground up or in need of upgrades or repairs. Fund Airsoft will not accept pledges or donations at their website and would rather direct interested funders to visit these projects at well-known crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter, GoFundMe, and Indiegogo.

If you like this idea, you can like follow Fund Airsoft at their website or like and share their Facebook and Twitter Pages. It also takes resources to maintain the Fund Airsoft site and community so why donate to the effort by buying a Fund Airsoft shirt? All for a good cause.