Gamers for Good (G4G) was created when a fellow gamers Liz Cooper, Peet Cooper and George Vasaliadis, realized that uniting to be of service in times of need was the best way to get some BigHearted work done! Much like us here at BigHeartedGamers, G4G realized that there can often be too much negativity attached to the game industry and that there are loads of people who are ready to give back and to shed…
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Check out Marcia Morgan raising awareness about Extra Life to supporting kids at a convention today! Who wouldn’t take a minute to chat with Marcia and learn more about how to raise money for kids while playing games for 24 hours? Shoot, most of us dream about having time to play games for 24 hours straight. Well Marcia puts her fame to work by not only participating in Extra Life events and raising money directly,…
There aren’t many things worse than not being able to do something you really want to do or feeling left out because you can’t do the things your friends are doing. People who are disabled often feel left out or left behind when their friends are all doing things that they cannot physically accomplish. For example, merely because someone is disabled doesn’t mean that they don’t want to play video games. Thankfully Special Effect is…
While not every one of our posts will be about helping children who are spending time in hospitals, you have to admit, that’s a pretty cool thing to do, right? Enter Child’s Play. Child’s Play was established in 2003 by the authors of Penny Arcade as a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in a network of over 100 hospitals worldwide. Since their inception in 2003, as…
I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Zach Wigal for some years now. I’ve always been struck by his enthusiasm and never-ending desire to help. Not surprisingly, this desire to help started when Zach was pretty young. While I could do my best to fill you in on how his quest to help others began, the wiki page for Gamers Outreach (the nonprofit foundation he helps run), does a better job of it: In March 2007,…