Wow does time fly. 15 years ago, the owner of a now defunct gaming site shared the tragedy of a family he was close with, literally breaking down in the middle of their weekly podcast. I should know, I was driving into work listening to it, and it was hard to even hear. Wanting to honor the little girl they lost, he created a one time charity event to say thank you to the hospital that helped the young lady through her struggle... and it was an absolute success as we rallied to the cause in a way he probably never expected.
The community rallied so strongly, it took all of two weeks before a sequel run would be announced for the next year... and every year after growing bigger and bigger into the global charity event we now know as Extra Life. It's been my absolute honor to see it and be a participant from the very beginning... and today we announce we are coming back to do it again.
If you don't know what Extra Life is, it is a charity event that is run by the Children's Miracle Network every year where gamers from around the world play games and collect donations to help sick kids. We each pick a hospital we directly play for and all donations are handled by CMN directly, and while we all play from time to time through the year, it all culminates to a 24 marathon to celebrate and push the drive to it's max in November. This year the big day for most will be November 4th (so those playing on the official day will be going 25 hours thanks to daylight savings).
If you wish to help us help these kids, you can on our official Extra Life drive page. The site collects donations from the first of January to the last of December, so if you wish to help but miss the big day, it's ok. It's frankly never too late to help the kids.
But what if you want to help more directly? Well sign right up and join the fight for the ones who need it most! You will be doing with your hobby something amazing. Game on and feel good helping others while you game! Like everyone involved world-wide, we will be routing for you!
In either case, thank you for listening and I hope to see you out there!
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