25 straight hours of gaming for Edmonton’s Stollery Children’s Hospital
Global News
West Edmonton Mall was filled with gamers who participated in an annual gaming marathon that has raised nearly $3 million for the Stollery Children's Hospital over 12 years.
A group of passionate people in Edmonton were up early Saturday, and all for a good cause.
Gamers plugged in at 6 a.m. to play video games for 25 hours straight in support of the Stollery Children’s Hospital.
“We’ve got about 80 gamers that are sitting here playing their favorite games. They’ve pledged to fundraise throughout the evening and also all year long,” said Lisa Hawthorne, Extra Life Edmonton president on Saturday. She says the event’s popularity has skyrocketed in recent years.
“We started in a little area and we had 30 gamers that came out. Cut to 2019, we had about 250 gamers in this space.”
Extra Life Edmonton has taken over West Edmonton Mall’s Ice Palace with the goal of levelling up care at the Stollery for the 12th year.
“Money goes towards great programs at the hospital, amazing equipment to help the kids, training, teaching and research,” said Lindsay Dodd, trustee with the Stollery Children’s Hospital Foundation.
Participants were able to participate from their own homes and the game session is a marathon. Participant Kari Young is one of many who have come up with a game plan to stay awake, which includes many energy drinks. But Young said it’s all worth it to help support local health care.
“To raise money for kids I mean, that’s huge, and hearing stories as well of how it affects families and young people,” Young said.
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