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[Brandorf]

There have been posts for previous years' events, but I've not seen one for this year.

About Extra Life:

Extra Life began in 2008 as a way of honoring a young lady named Victoria Enmon. Tori’s battle against acute lymphoblastic leukemia inspired the Sarcastic Gamer Community in a way that is difficult to describe. Members sent in video games and bought gifts to keep Tori’s spirits up despite numerous hospital stays and three bouts with the deadly disease.
Tragically, we lost Tori to cancer in January 2008. Later that year, I asked my partners at Sarcastic Gamer if they would be interested in Extra Life, a 24-hour video game marathon to raise money for the hospital that treated and fought beside Tori. In 2008 and 2009 Extra Life raised a combined $302,000, 100 percent of which went directly to help kids like Tori at my local Children’s Miracle Network Hospital (Texas Children’s Hospital).
While thousands of gamers, more than 100 websites and more than 12,000 donors were happy to support Extra Life, many expressed their desire to raise money to help kids closer to home. In what I can only consider destiny, in 2009 I left behind my radio career and went to work full-time for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals as a Radiothon Director. This life-changing event gave me unique insight into an incredible non-profit organization that helps kids all over the United States and Canada.
I quickly realized that Children's Miracle Network Hospitals would be the perfect solution to expand Extra Life into more communities.
This year, when you sign up to play games for 24 hours this year, you won’t just be raising money for kids. You’ll be supporting LOCAL kids and their families. Kids right in your own backyard.
All the money you raise for Extra Life 2014 will go directly to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospital of your choice.
Do you want to have more fun than you can handle while helping some of the bravest (and smallest) warriors in your community? All you have to do is:

• Register and create your personal fundraising page.
  
• Try to get four friends or family members to sponsor you at $1 per hour ($24 each).
  
• Sit on your rear end and play all types of games for 24 hours. We will be putting in our game play on Saturday, October 25th, beginning at 8 a.m.

This is my 3rd year participating in the Extra Life event to help raise money for Iowa Children's Hospital, and to date, I've raised over $1300, but there is so much more to be done, my fundraising goal is higher than in the past, but so too are the needs of the kids!

Edited by Brandorf, 23 September 2014 - 07:34 PM.

[Brandorf]

Here is my personal fundraising page, if you'd like to contribute to me or my team, fantastic. However what I'd really like to see is more Mechwarriors participating on their own, smashing 'mechs for charity! If you join extra-life, or form your own team, post your profile here so that we know who will be dropping for charity on the 25th of October!

[IceWolf007]

This is my personal fundraising page, and if you'd like, help me beat Brandorf in fundraising!! By the way, it all goes to the charity, so neither one of us sees a penny. Like the B33f says, all I see is the cookie!! Also, you should search for a local chapter of Extra-Life, I bet there is one near you, which you could join and challenge us to EPIC 24 HOUR DUEL!!..... anyways, do it for the children. Dropping on Oct. 25!!

[Brandorf]

Shameless bump for visibility. Less than 20 days before the event, any other mechwarriors plan on participating?