Gaming Warriors “Power Up” for an American Cancer Society Event!
Now Playing! Gaming World Wide, with the help of RetrocadeMagazine.com, Retroids.com, Doublekill.us, PatrickScottPatterson.com and WhereIsRachelLara.com have launched their 2012 American Cancer Society Fundraising Event! This Event is currently underway and will end on a date yet to be determined.
Press Start on this Event and Join gamers/entertainers from across North America as they combine their skills, passions, and online communities in support of raising funds for the American Cancer Society.
Wait…what's going on?
Glad you asked. This weekend, the brains and talent behind the websites Gaming World Wide, RetrocadeMagazine, Retroids, Doublekill.us, PatrickScottPatterson.com WhereIsRachelLara.com and more TBA will be asking people to donate and/or bid on awesome prizes, with all proceeds going directly to American Cancer Society (ACS) programs, services, and outreach initiatives. This interactive event will include live streams from world champion gamers, entertainers (or people simply attempting to entertain you heheh), ongoing promotions, and the ability to bid on sweet auction items, including but not limited to:
Autographed mementos from Gaming/Entertainment Industry Personalities and gaming world record holders
The Eric Cummings Grab Bag contains: Signed copies of NES Deja Vu and Jackal, signed World Record Gamer used NES controller, Sealed Star Wars: Starfighter T-shirt, Fans of the Game card Autographed by Tony Hawk, Topps Americana Material cards of Carmen Electra, Mickey Rooney and the Actor that played the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld and more!
Official swag from Entertainment/Gaming industry donators
Tweed (Rachel Lara) from RE: Operation RC signed headshots, games and RC Sign provided by the very gracious Capcom and Rachel!
Signed items from the cult classic movie “Clerks” (cue: guitar riff)
(Clerks – Chewlies Gum rep Scott Schiaffo, Marilyn Ghigliotti AKA Veronica)
With more to be announced.
How can I help?
You already are. By reading this (and hopefully telling everyone you know) you're joining one of the biggest ACS fundraisers in the gaming community.
We’ll be keeping track of monetary donators through Chip-In so we can thank them personally and include them on a list of gracious people that are helping us and the ACS, please visit Gaming World Wide's Chip-in at: http://gamingworldwidechipin.chipin.com/the-great-american-cancer-society-event and feel free to add the widget everywhere.
To bid on awesome items for the benefit of the ACS, head over to the event's indiegogo site at:
http://www.indiegogo.com/GwwACS
Even if you can't donate items or money, you can still make a huge difference by donating a little of your time and spreading the word over your social network of choice (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, your mom's Pinterest account), talking it up on your podcast, pumping it up over a live stream (Twitch.tv, Ustream), posting the chip-in widget everywhere and just basically telling anyone and everyone about what we're doing. Or even join in as streaming entertainment; we’ve got a schedule just like T.V. Guide and if you’re willing to stream yourself, your gameplay, or both, as entertainment (and keep it clean for charity) we can hopefully fill a slot.
You can also help by donating Entertainment/Gaming related items that can be auctioned off to benefit the ACS, for help doing so, please contact Gaming World Wide’s Event Coordinator Josh Jones atDFOVon@hotmail.com
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Or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JjJones1981
Remind me: How does my money and/or support help?
We've all been touched by cancer at some point in our lives; whether it's been a personal struggle, or supporting a friend, family, co-worker, or acquaintance. In short: Cancer knows no rules and no bounds. With your donation, you'll be helping ACS raise awareness for breast cancer prevention through early detection and healthy living, and giving ACS the power to invest in ongoing research that will help find, prevent, treat, and cure this global disease.
Want more reasons? With your help, ACS can continue providing free information and services to help people facing breast cancer today, when and where they need it most. This includes transportation, lodging, wigs, support programs, financial assistance, and tons more. You'll also be helping ACS fight to ensure access to mammograms for women who need them, and encourage lawmakers to pass laws that will cut through the red tape and help defeat breast cancer once and for all.
The Goal: Is simple. Unite as many people in as many fields of entertainment as possible for the benefit of the American Cancer Society. If we all come together, the sky is the limit.
Thanks!
No. Thank you. Play on! (originally written by Matt Bradford and heavily edited by Eric Cummings due to constant additions